Events
Early Steps Together
Monday, November 10, 2025
6:30–7:30 PM
Cost: No cost
Location: Online
Early Steps Together
Are you a parent of a young child (ages 0–5) who has received Birth to Three (B23) services? You’re not alone!
Join our virtual parent support group starting October 6th, designed to bring families together to share, learn, and grow through early support.
In this group, you’ll find:
✨ A safe space to connect with other parents
✨ Support navigating early intervention
✨ Resources for your child and family
✨ Encouragement from others who understand your journey
Where: Online – join from the comfort of your home
When: Mondays starting October 6th, 6:30–7:30 PM
Come share your story, connect, and take your next steps with confidence. Together, we’re stronger. ?
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Early Steps Together
Monday, November 10, 2025
6:30–7:30 PM
Cost: No cost
Location: Online
Early Steps Together
Are you a parent of a young child (ages 0–5) who has received Birth to Three (B23) services? You’re not alone!
Join our virtual parent support group starting October 6th, designed to bring families together to share, learn, and grow through early support.
In this group, you’ll find:
✨ A safe space to connect with other parents
✨ Support navigating early intervention
✨ Resources for your child and family
✨ Encouragement from others who understand your journey
Where: Online – join from the comfort of your home
When: Mondays starting October 6th, 6:30–7:30 PM
Come share your story, connect, and take your next steps with confidence. Together, we’re stronger. ?
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Transition Tuesday
Transition Assessments and Why They Matter
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
7:00 pm
Cost: No cost
Location: Online
This session will provide an overview of the purpose and process of secondary transition assessments, highlighting the important role parents play as contributors and collaborators in the transition process. Participants will learn about both formal and informal assessment tools used to identify a student’s strengths, interests, preferences, and needs related to postsecondary education, career development, and independent living goals.
Presenters: From the Regional Educational Service Centers (RESC)
Morgan O’Malley, M. Ed, Secondary Transition Consultant, EASTCONN
Claudia Provenzano, Education and Transition Specialist, Capitol Region Education Council, (CREC)
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Martes de Transición
Evaluaciones de Transición y Por Qué Son Importantes
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
7:00 pm
Cost: Gratis
Location: Virtual
Esta sesión ofrecerá una descripción general del propósito y el proceso de las evaluaciones de transición secundaria, destacando el importante papel que desempeñan los padres como colaboradores y participantes activos en el proceso de transición. Los participantes aprenderán sobre herramientas de evaluación formales e informales que se utilizan para identificar las fortalezas, intereses, preferencias y necesidades de los estudiantes en relación con la educación postsecundaria, el desarrollo profesional y las metas de vida independiente.
Presentado por: Regional Educational Service Centers (RESC)
Morgan O’Malley, M. Ed, Secondary Transition Consultant, EASTCONN
Claudia Provenzano, Education and Transition Specialist, Capitol Region Education Council, (CREC)
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Tailoring Communication Systems for Adult Life
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
2:15 - 3:15 pm
Cost: $0-$25
Location: Online Event
This session will focus on supporting transition-aged students who use AAC. It will cover steps for planning device ownership, vocabulary
considerations, and setting goals for both AAC users and their communication partners as students move from
school to adult life.
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PART ONE: When Little Brains Explode
Compassionate Parenting: Brain, Emotions, & Behavior
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Cost: No cost
Location: Virtual
It's happening again. Your preschooler screams about the "wrong" plate, your middle
schooler slams their door, or your teen gives you that icy stare that cuts to your soul. You
feel your own emotions rising. What if these moments - these exact moments - are
actually your child's brain desperately trying to tell you something? What if their
"difficult behavior" is really a coded message you've never learned to decode, no matter
their age?
Join us VIRTUALLY to:
-Define compassionate parenting and its core principles
-Understand the “upstairs” and “downstairs” brain
-Recognize “flipping your lid” moments in you & your child
-Decode behavior as communication: toddler to teen
-Identify personal triggers that hijack your parenting responses
Presenter: Dr. Maureen Ruby, DMD, PhD
Sacred Heart University
Farrington College of Education and Human Development
Center of Excellence for Belonging & Leadership
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PARTE UNO: Cuando explotan los cerebritos
Crianza compasiva: cerebro, emociones y conducta
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Cost: Gratis
Location: Virtual
Está pasando otra vez. Tu hijo en edad preescolar grita por el “plato equivocado”, tu hijo
de secundaria da un portazo, o tu adolescente te lanza esa mirada helada que te
atraviesa el alma. Sientes que tus propias emociones comienzan a subir. ¿Y si estos
momentos – estos momentos exactos – son en realidad el cerebro de tu hijo tratando
desesperadamente de decirte algo? ¿Y si su “conducta difícil” es en realidad un mensaje
en clave que nunca has aprendido a descifrar, sin importar su edad?
Acompáñanos para:
-Definir la crianza compasiva y sus principios fundamentales
-Comprender el cerebro de “arriba” y el cerebro de “abajo”
-Reconocer los momentos de “perder el control” en ti y en tu hijo
-Descifrar la conducta como comunicación: desde la infancia hasta la adolescencia
-Identificar disparadores personales que sabotean tus respuestas como padre o
madre
Presenter: Dr. Maureen Ruby, DMD, PhD
Sacred Heart University
Farrington College of Education and Human Development
Center of Excellence for Belonging & Leadership
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Effective Engagement with Your Board of Education
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00pm
Cost: No cost
Location: Virtual
Families, community members, and Boards of Education (BOEs) all want the same thing—student success. But how do BOEs make the decisions that shape every child’s education? From setting policies and priorities to balancing budgets and staffing challenges, their choices have a direct impact on classrooms across Connecticut.
In this dynamic session, you’ll get an inside look at:
How BOEs work: What drives their decisions and responsibilities.
The power of your voice: How families and community members can influence outcomes.
Real-world strategies: Ways to engage effectively—even during tough conversations about funding, staffing, or policy.
You’ll leave with practical tools to strengthen partnerships with your BOE and make your voice count in shaping your child’s education.
Presented by:
Patrice McCarthy
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE)
Executive Director and General Counsel
and
Jennifer Lussier
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
Partnership Programs Manager
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Alternate Onscreen Keyboards for iPad
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
12 - 1 pm
Cost: $0-$25
Location: Online Event
For people with disabilities, the iPad has developed into an indispensable tool for various activities. With each new release of its mobile operating system, iPadOS, Apple has put a great deal of effort into steadily improving the built-in accessibility features of the iPad. iPadOS also allows for the installation of third-party on-screen keyboards, increasing the amount of assistive technology that can be used universally with iPad apps that involve reading and writing. This webinar will first review how alternate on-screen keyboards are installed and used on iPad. Then a number of specific keyboards will be demonstrated, including Read&Write for iPad, Keeble, Grammarly Keyboard, and SuperKeys.
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Early Steps Together
Monday, November 17, 2025
6:30–7:30 PM
Cost: No cost
Location: Online
Early Steps Together
Are you a parent of a young child (ages 0–5) who has received Birth to Three (B23) services? You’re not alone!
Join our virtual parent support group starting October 6th, designed to bring families together to share, learn, and grow through early support.
In this group, you’ll find:
✨ A safe space to connect with other parents
✨ Support navigating early intervention
✨ Resources for your child and family
✨ Encouragement from others who understand your journey
Where: Online – join from the comfort of your home
When: Mondays starting October 6th, 6:30–7:30 PM
Come share your story, connect, and take your next steps with confidence. Together, we’re stronger. ?
» Register for event
Understanding Dyslexia Evaluations
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Cost: No cost
Location: Virtual
Understanding Dyslexia Evaluations
Evaluations are more than tests — each is a comprehensive process that explores a student’s strengths and challenges in areas such as phonological processing, word identification, reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Learn about specific assessment tools that are often utilized, how results are interpreted, and how this information guides effective intervention and other supports. Join us for this informative session presented by: Sheryl Knapp, M.Ed., C/OGA, C-SLD, Director & Literacy Therapist at Literacy Learning and Assessment of CT
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Comprendiendo las evaluaciones de la dislexia
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Cost: Gratis
Location: Virtual
Comprendiendo las evaluaciones de la dislexia
Las evaluaciones son más que exámenes: se trata de un proceso integral que explora las fortalezas y desafíos de un estudiante en áreas como el procesamiento fonológico, la identificación de palabras, la fluidez lectora, la comprensión y el vocabulario. Conozca las herramientas de evaluación que se utilizan con frecuencia, cómo se interpretan los resultados y cómo esta información guía la intervención eficaz y otros apoyos. Acompáñenos en esta sesión informativa presentada por: Sheryl Knapp, M.Ed., C/OGA, C-SLD, directora y terapeuta de lectura en literacy learning and Assessment of CT
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Early Steps Together
Monday, November 24, 2025
6:30–7:30 PM
Cost: No cost
Location: Online
Early Steps Together
Are you a parent of a young child (ages 0–5) who has received Birth to Three (B23) services? You’re not alone!
Join our virtual parent support group starting October 6th, designed to bring families together to share, learn, and grow through early support.
In this group, you’ll find:
✨ A safe space to connect with other parents
✨ Support navigating early intervention
✨ Resources for your child and family
✨ Encouragement from others who understand your journey
Where: Online – join from the comfort of your home
When: Mondays starting October 6th, 6:30–7:30 PM
Come share your story, connect, and take your next steps with confidence. Together, we’re stronger. ?
» Register for event
AAC and Birth to Three: What's Next?
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
11 am - 12 pm
Cost: $0-$25
Location: Online Event
Do you have a client or child under 3 years of age who is using AAC, but you are not sure what to do next? This webinar will discuss how communication partners, including early interventionists and families, can support language and communication for AAC users in the birth-to-three population. It will also highlight the importance of parent/caregiver coaching and provide strategies to empower families to use AAC in the home and community settings. Resources to support AAC in early intervention will be provided as well, including handouts, modeling guides, evidence-based practices, and further professional development.
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