Agenda for 3-13-07 SpEd PAC Meeting

Special Education Department, 10 am

· Notes from the Nashville SpEd Conference (Jeff, Sandy)

· SpEd Parent Library (Jeff)

· SpEd PAC group on Yahoo! (Jeff)

· People First Sevier County Meetings, 1^st Thurs, noon, DCI (Jeff)

o Self-determination training in Knoxville, 3/22, pm

· Division of Mental Retardation Services Waiting List handout (Jeff)

o New handbook

o Trainings 4/11-12 or 4/21

· Priorities and Subcommittees (all)

o Legal, recruiting/membership, autism, gifted, learning disabilities

o Transition issues (school to school and school to work life)

o Before/after school child care, helping parents new to special education

· What’s Response to Intervention? (Jeff, Sandy)

· TCAP Alt and TCAP week, April 16-19 (Jeff)

· EasyIEP and consent to invite “outside” agencies (Sandy)

· One Sunday a month, 2-5 pm respite at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Jeff)

· Challenger League softball for SpEd kids 6 to 18 (Blount County, Jeff)

· Child Find advertising follow up (Jeff)

· SpEd News, the latest newsletter (handout, Jeff)

· Admin/General info (Jeff)

o Next year’s school calendar (handout)

o Meeting remaining

§ May 8, 6:00 pm, Sevierville Middle School Library

§ Also the inservice just before it

· For next time? (all)