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Upcoming Events and Webinars
Parent Workshop Community Resiliency Model
The Exceptional Children's Department is hosting a parent workshop on Community Resiliency Model (CRM) on April 12th at 6:30pm. CRM is designed to help individuals understand the biology of traumatic stress reactions and learn specific skills to return the nervous system back to balance after experiencing traumatic events. Dr. Jennifer Matthews of ECU will be speaking. Please see flyer for more details and to register for this event. EC Parent Night (CRM)
ECAC Webinar Calendar and Links
Catalyst Open House (Creating Opportunities in STEM for students with disabilities)
Student Transition Assistance Resources
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Handbook on Parents' Rights
- Parent Rights & Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural Safeguards
- Parent Rights & Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural Safeguards(Spanish)
NC Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities
PCS Annual Written Notification
General Special Education Resources
- Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC)
- Special Education Guide
- East Carolina University Stepp Program Information
Helpful Links For Parents of Children with Autism
- First 100 Days Kit: What to do after the Autism Diagnosis
- Autism Online Resources
- Recognizing Sensory Implications
- The Culture of Autism: Helpful Information in Understanding Autism
- Choosing Items to Bring When Your Child Has to Wait
- "Toolkits" From the Autism Society of North Carolina
- http://www.autismspeaks.org/
- http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/
- Parent Rights & Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural Safeguards
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EasterSeals UCP Family Peer Support Group
The IDD Family Peer Support Group is a new program looking at lived experience for those parents/caregivers of individuals with IDD and serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance. The support group will meet virtually on the 1st Saturday of the month. Please join in from 10:00a-11:30a. Follow the links below to register and join.
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PCS Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
MTSS is a multi-tiered framework which promotes school improvement through engaging, research-based academic and behavioral practices. NC MTSS employs a systems approach using data-driven problem solving to maximize growth for all. North Carolina Department of Instruction's vision for MTSS is that every North Carolina pre-kindergarten-12th grade public education system implements and sustains all components of a Multi-Tiered System of Support to ensure college, career and community readiness for all students.
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Parent and Caregiver Resources from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
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NC DPI Parent Listserv
Click link below for instructions on how to sign up for DPI's parent newlsetters.
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Young Exceptional Perspectives (YEP)
ECAC quarterly publication produced for and by youth with disabilities
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Accessible Books and Library Services