The LINK Volume 13 | December 2023

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Thank you!

As the year ends, the MS Parent Training and Information Center staff would like to say thank you to the families that allow us to support them. Your journeys show us every day how important the work we do is to the children, youth, and young adults with disabilities in Mississippi. We want to wish you all a peaceful and joyous holiday season and look forward to a new year of progress and improved outcomes.


Sincerely,

Leslie Junkin

Project Director, MSPTI


Upcoming Events

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Event Recap

Torchbearer Celebration 2024

Community Health and Resource Fair

MSPTI Parent Educator, Jennifer Jonson, recently attended a Community Health and Resource Fair hosted by Parents for Public Schools in Greenwood, MS.



January


6 Core Principals of IDEA

Thursday, January 11

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM


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Navigating the IEP

Tuesday, January 16

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM


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Special Education Records: What to Keep and How to Organize

Thursday, January 18

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM


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Steps for Success: Making IEP Meetings Work

Tuesday, January 23

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM


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Power of a Personal Story

Thursday, January 25

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM


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Section 504: Students with Special Healthcare Needs

Tuesday, January 30

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM


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February


Procedural Safeguards

Thursday, February 1

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM


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Early Intervention: Written State Complaints

Tuesday, February 6

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM


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Transition Exit Summary of Performance: What is It?

Tuesday, February 6

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM


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Early Intervention: Mediation

Tuesday, February 13

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM


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Early Intervention: Due Process

Thursday, February 22

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM


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First Steps to Next Steps: Transition from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education and/or Community Supports 

Tuesday, February 27

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM


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Policy Statement on Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs

This document contains resources that are provided for the reader’s convenience. The inclusion of these materials is not intended to reflect its importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered. These materials may contain the views and recommendations of various subject matter experts as well as hypertext links, contact addresses and websites to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. The opinions expressed in any of these materials do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies

of the U.S. Departments of Education or Health and Human Services. The U.S.

Departments of Education and Health and Human Services do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any outside information included in these materials.

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Dose of Data: Did You Know?

In school year (SY) 2020-21, the percentage of students with disabilities, ages 14-21, who left school by graduating with a regular high school diploma varied across the disabilities categories, from 44.14% for students identified with multiple disabilities to 86.73% for students identified with speech or language impairment.

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OSERS Letter Emphasizes Support for Military Families

In a November 9 letter to State Directors of Special Education and State Part C Coordinators, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Director Valerie C. Williams emphasized the need to properly care for military-connected children with disabilities.


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Inspire Others


Do you have a personal story that would inspire and encourage others?

 

Are you a young adult with a disability that want to share your self-advocacy journey?

 

Contact MSPTI to share your experience and be a guest on our video series Journey of a Disability Warrior: The Road's We've Traveled. We would love to hear from you and help share your message of hope and perseverance!

 

If you would like to be a guest, please email brittany@msccd.org. 

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