Special Education Parents Advisory Council (SEPAC)

Laura Holgate, chairperson of the Scottsdale Twice Exceptional (2e) Parent Group is looking for some ideas.  Can you help her?
Please feel free to contact me with any ideas you might have regarding information you would like me to include in my emails to you all in the next few months (i.e. information about certain diagnoses or [...]

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MEETING ANNOUNCMENT:
Our last 2E meeting for the year will be this Saturday May 17th from 10-12pm at the Mustang Library in the Book Discussion Room and the topic will be:
Discipline, resolving behavioral issues, and creating a predictable environment to help children flourish.
Barb Ross (parent information network specialist) will be there to help me facilitate this [...]

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The Dept of Education is conducting a compliance review of some of the district’s programs, including Gifted and Talented programs, Honors classes, Advanced Placement classes, and the International Baccalaureate program. No complaint triggered this review; it is a routine matter. The purpose of the review is to determine if all district students have an equal [...]

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From the May 1st Scottsdale Supporters of the Gifted e-newsletter:

Gifted students with disabling conditions such as Asperger’s, ADHD, deafness, learning disabilities, etc. remain a major group of under-served and under-stimulated youth. Focus on their disabilities often precludes recognition of their giftedness. Too often, gifted students with learning challenges are not challenged cognitively, they are bored [...]

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The next Twice Exception (2e) meeting is tomorrow from 10-12 at the Mustang Library.  Here are the details:
Happy New Year to all!
I am sure you are all waiting with bated breath to find out what new topics I have in store for you this Saturday. I thought we could start the year off with a little social [...]

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Laura Holgate provided this update for upcoming meetings and support groups that will assist parents of children in Special Education, some of whom are gifted.
Events:
CHADD meetings at Scottsdale Horizon Park Community Center, 15444 N. 100th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Upcoming meeting on Tuesday December 11th. chaddvos@schwartzplace.com,  dana@ottaz.com,  www.chadd.org
Asperger Parent Network Monthly meetings on the third Thursday [...]

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From the 2e group chair, Laura Holgate:
We are a parent group that meets on a regular basis (approximately every month at the Scottsdale Mustang Library) to discuss the challenges we face as parents of gifted children with learning differences such as ADHD, emotional disabilities, Asperger’s, Autism, Dyslexia, and other learning disabilities.  We provide support and [...]

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