Topics Related to Exceptional Children

October 16, 2025, 2:30pm - 4pm
This virtual session will describe how collaborative teams can provide individualized evaluations to convey student data to IEP teams in order to make eligibility determinations, program and service recommendations, and guide IEP development. Ample time will be reserved for participants questions. CEUs will be offered with registration.
December 18, 2025, 9am - 4pm
Meeting a student’s unique mealtime needs is a complex process often requiring specialized interprofessional evaluation, intervention, and progress monitoring. Students who require support for mealtime participation have needs that vary in type, resources required, intensity, and duration. This full-day course will equip school leaders in establishing and sustaining individualized programming while adhering to multiple requirements under USDA, IDEA, Section 504, state law, and local policies.
December 11, 2025, 9am - 4pm
Meeting a student’s unique mealtime needs is a complex process often requiring specialized interprofessional evaluation, intervention, and progress monitoring. Students who require support for mealtime participation have needs that vary in type, resources required, intensity, and duration. This full-day course will equip school leaders in establishing and sustaining individualized programming while adhering to multiple requirements under USDA, IDEA, Section 504, state law, and local policies.
September 29, 2025, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Please register [https://go.ncdpi.gov/New2School] for New2School orientation to School-based Practice.
September 30, 2025, All day
There are 3 date/time options to attend this training. Refer to the Just Getting Started in Medicaid flyer for more information.
October 6, 2025, All day
This is a series of events beginning on October 6, 2025. Please see the MiE Fall 25 Cohort Schedule for all dates & times of meetings.
November 13, 2025, 9am - 3pm
The IEP process can be confusing and sometimes hard to understand how to appropriate document services provided by the educational interpreter. This workshop will explain the difference between an accommodation and when the interpreter should be listed as a related service for a students IEP.
October 2, 2025 - October 3, 2025, All day
This two-day in-person course is a deep dive into language development and strategies for providers to encourage and teach communication to students who have complex needs. Participants will become familiar with communicative functions, informal assessment tools, augmentative and alternate communication teaching methodologies and explore ways to embed communication within instruction aligned with the Extended Content Standards.
May 4, 2026, 2pm - 3:30pm
This is a virtual CoP.