This week's newsletter includes links to information on:

Section 504
Report Cards and Transcripts for Students With Disabilities

UDL
Unified Learning Framework

Secondary Transition
“It’s My Meeting!”

SLD Eligibility
Phasing Out Sever Discrepancy for Identification of Specific Learning Disability

Do2Learn
Disabilities: Characteristics and Strategies

OSPI
Free Course: Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia for Washington Educators
Proposed Student Assessment Plan for 2020-21
March Special Education Update

OSPI & DCYF IDEA 45th Anniversary Celebration - Part 2

Joint DCYF & OSPI IDEA 45th Anniversary Virtual Celebration: Celebrating 45 Years of Special Education
Join OSPI and DCYF on Monday, March 22, from 3–4:30 p.m. for a virtual celebration of Washington State’s journey over the last 45 years of providing education, resources, supports and services to infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families. Superintendent Reykdal and Director of Special Education Services Tania May will be speaking.

If you have questions about the celebration, please email Sue Rose. ESIT Stakeholder Engagement Manager. Register now.

Upcoming Classes and Events

• Multiple dates | Special Education Teachers Office Hours
• 3/1–29 | Explicit Literacy Instruction for Students Who Struggle to Read and Write
• 3/20 & 27 | A Child is Not Motivated, What am I Expected to Do?
• 3/23–31 | Leading Through Change and Conflict
• 3/24 | Social and Emotional Support for Preschoolers: Targeting Specific Skills
• 4/8 | AESD/OSPI Monthly Webinar Series: Overview of 2021 Special Education WAC Revisions
• 4/14–22 | Engaging Challenging Conversation
• 4/19–23 | Paraprofessional Fundamental Course of Study
• 5/19 | Cultivating Inclusion Celebration

Have a nice weekend. For more information, contact Abby Bowers.