This session will define the purpose and legal requirements of the Prior Written Notice (PWN) in special education. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the essential components needed to ensure compliance. We will explore common challenges and mistakes, along with strategies for writing clear notices that accurately reflect team decisions. Attendees will leave with practical tools in developing compliant and meaningful Prior Written Notices.
Why the details matter. Ever wonder what happens with your paperwork after an IEP meeting? This session provides special education staff with insight and answers about the purpose and importance of SpEd paperwork, Synergy workflows, reporting requirements, and specialized processes. Participants will learn best practices directly from area experts, engage in a live Q&A session, and receive personalized support through targeted breakout groups. Submit your questions for the Q&A portion of the session here.
Whether it's providing specialized instruction or ensuring that students access core content, a special educator's To Do list can feel never ending. In this session, deepen your expertise in explicit instruction in the special education setting, and engage in discussion around intentional accommodations that make general education curriculum accessible and achievable for all learners. Bring just yourself and a writing utensil, and leave with ideas to begin next year!
I'm a Special Services instructional coach in the Olathe West feeder pattern. Prior to that I was a math MTSS support specialist and school psychologist.
Thursday May 28, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT Room 605
This session will define the purpose and legal requirements of the Prior Written Notice (PWN) in special education. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the essential components needed to ensure compliance. We will explore common challenges and mistakes, along with strategies for writing clear notices that accurately reflect team decisions. Attendees will leave with practical tools in developing compliant and meaningful Prior Written Notices.
Whether it's providing specialized instruction or ensuring that students access core content, a special educator's To Do list can feel never ending. In this session, deepen your expertise in explicit instruction in the special education setting, and engage in discussion around intentional accommodations that make general education curriculum accessible and achievable for all learners. Bring just yourself and a writing utensil, and leave with ideas to begin next year!
I'm a Special Services instructional coach in the Olathe West feeder pattern. Prior to that I was a math MTSS support specialist and school psychologist.
Thursday May 28, 2026 2:30pm - 4:00pm CDT Room 605
CPS focuses on teaching global skills such as flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, problem solving, and emotion regulation that help students respond adaptively to problems. CPS helps make interventions proactive rather than reactive and focus on the root of the unsolved problem instead of reacting to the behavior concerns. CPS promotes a problem-solving partnership that engages kids in solving problems that affect their lives and produces effective, durable solutions that enhances skills.
You will learn what Dr. Ross Greene describes as a paradigm shift in how we approach student behavior, and you will have an opportunity to apply some of the tools and strategies from Dr. Ross Greene, including the ASUP (Assessment of Skills and Unsolved Problems). Come with a student in mind with whom you might like to try the CPS approach!
