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On May 30, the Special Education Department of SVVSD is hosting a community resource fair. The event will be held at Soaring Heights PK-8 located at 3280 County Road, Erie from 4-7 p.m.
"Our hope is that by bringing together a wide variety of organizations in one space, we can provide a large array of needed services to members of the St. Vrain Valley Schools community," states an email sent to parents.
The list of program events is below. Child care will be provided during the event, please click here and fill out the Google Form in full.
Questions for the event can be directed to Nicole Brodeur or call 303-772-7700.
St. Vrain Valley Schools Special Education Community Resource Fair
Table Vendors:
Table # 1 Imagine!
Table # 2 IN! - Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education
Table # 3 ACL Boulder
Table # 4 Envision, Creative Support for People with Developmental Disabilities
Table # 5 Kids Overcoming, LLC
Table # 6 Tutor Doctor
Table # 7 Truly Inspiring
Table # 8 Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center
Table # 9 Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association
Table # 10 Autism Society of Boulder County
Table #11 Center for People with Disabilities
Presentations:
4:00 pm Speaker
Unified Champion School Amber Vanzant
School to Work Alliance Ryan Burch
Importance of School Attendance (Spanish) Ben Ready/Martha Bustillos
Importance of School Attendance (English) Karin Blough/Lauren Emerson
Child find in SVVSD Andrea Johnson
Developing Healthy Habits with Technology Michelle Bourgeois
5:00 pm Speaker
What you as Educators can do to combat Meghan Meyers
chronic absenteeism
Accommodating for the Classroom Robin Howard
The ABC’s of Early Childhood Behavior Andrea Johnson
Understanding Dyslexia Kathy McCall
¿Qué es la dislexia y cómo podemos ayudar Sandra Vasquez
a nuestros hijos?
Boundaries to Empower Independence Gertrude Burnett
6:00 pm Speaker
Preparing for Adulthood-Life after the IEP Kim Ainsworth
Appropriate Boundaries in Public Education Gertrude Burnett
DVR 101 Jeff Skidders
YES! Ambassadors (Youth Examples of Marie
Self-Advocacy)
Using AAC to Communicate at Home Kelly Reardon
The Social Diet Stacy Goreski, PhD