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Professional Learning for Educators, Student Presentations, and Parent Workshops
Special Education Popular Topics
Data with a Soul: IEPs that Tell a Story
What if an IEP could tell you more than what a student can’t do? What if it could tell the story of who that student is, how they learn, what they need, and where they’re going? Strong Present Levels of Performance (PLPs) don’t happen by simply collecting data and plugging numbers into a template. They happen when educators know how to make sense of the data—and use it to tell a meaningful, actionable story about a student. Join Samantha for a practical, hands-on workshop that takes PLPs beyond compliance and turns them into a foundation for meaningful instruction and support. Participants will explore how to distinguish and synthesize multiple sources of academic, behavioral, physical, and functional data while intentionally weaving in student strengths, student voice, and post-secondary goals when applicable.
More Than a Service: Rethinking Counseling in the IEP
Counseling services on an IEP should be more than a gut instinct. They should be grounded in student need, informed by data, connected to meaningful goals, and responsive to student growth. Join Samantha for an interactive, practical workshop that explores counseling eligibility through both a special education legal framework and a Response to Intervention (RTI) lens. Participants will learn how to use multiple sources of information to identify social, emotional, and behavioral needs, write strength-based Present Levels of Performance (PLPs), and determine when counseling is an appropriate and educationally relevant support.
Out of the Folder: Turning Student Data into Action
Data is only useful if it changes what we do. A graph can show growth, a percentage can show progress, and a score can show performance—but what do those numbers actually tell us about what a student needs next? This workshop moves progress monitoring beyond checking boxes and collecting numbers. Join Samantha for a practical, hands-on look at writing clear, measurable IEP goals and building progress monitoring systems that turn student data into meaningful instructional decisions. Participants will learn how to select data that actually answers the questions their goals are designed to measure, align progress monitoring tools with IEP goals, and use trends over time to determine when instruction needs to change.
With Me, Not For Me: Centering Student Voice & Strengths in the IEP
What if we stopped treating student strengths as a section of the IEP and started treating them as the foundation of it? Too often, strengths get a sentence in the Present Levels, while the rest of the IEP focuses on needs, deficits, and what a student is not yet able to do. But a truly student-centered IEP should tell a different story: one that recognizes what a student brings to the table, uses those strengths to guide support, and makes space for the student to have a voice in their own educational journey. Join Samantha for an engaging and inspirational workshop that challenges educators to rethink how they see students—and how that perspective shows up in every part of the IEP. Participants will explore practical ways to intentionally embed student strengths and student voice throughout the Present Levels, annual goals, accommodations, services, supports, and transition planning.
Student & Parent Topics
With Me, Not For Me: A Powerful Addition to Transition Planning
As a student, Samantha had an IEP. In an engaging and motivating student presentation modelled after her teacher workshop of the same title, Samantha will share her own journey as a student with an IEP and explore what it means to put the student at the center of the process. Together, students will unpack the language of the IEP and discovered how each section connects to their present experiences and their post-secondary goals. They will learn how to identify their strengths, understand their needs, recognize the supports that help them learn, ask questions, express their opinions and advocate for themselves.
Workshops for SEPTAs & Parent Organizations
Imagine that all families had the knowledge and confidence to become powerful advocates for their children without feeling like they had to become experts in special education law? Samantha offers practical, accessible workshops for SEPTAs, SEPTOs, and parent organizations focused on helping families understand the special education process and advocate effectively for student needs. Workshops are customized to the needs of each organization and may explore topics such as understanding the IEP, interpreting evaluations and data, preparing for CSE meetings, understanding progress monitoring, identifying meaningful supports, and helping students develop their own voice in the educational process.
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