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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.

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.

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.

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.

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AT Pre-ConferenceThe North Carolina Assistive Technology Program in partnership with NCDPI office of Exceptional Children is excited to announce the 2025 AT Expo Pre-Conference 

Collaboration is a long-established best practice in education and other practice settings, supported by IDEA, High Leverage Practices, literature and evidence from occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, and psychological services disciplines. These in-person workshops will complement foundational content in the Key Features of Effective IEPs through Collaboration virtual session and focus on applied activities.

Collaboration is a long-established best practice in education and other practice settings, supported by IDEA, High Leverage Practices, literature and evidence from occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, and psychological services disciplines. These in-person workshops will complement foundational content in the Key Features of Effective IEPs through Collaboration virtual session and focus on applied activities.