Business Meetings are held in Alden Rm 104 unless otherwise noted on the Mondays listed below. Enter through the door to the left of Alden Playground. We will also have options to participate virtually in the public portion.

6pm - 7pm Open to Public; 7pm - 8pm Parent/CG check-in

We will do our best to post agenda items in advance and meeting minutes.

Parent Support Meetings are chances to connect informally with other parents and caregivers outside the school setting.

Jun
5

Dr. Nadine Gaab - Leading Research Expert in Dyslexia

Dr. Gaab is coming to Duxbury! She will be sharing her research on Dyslexia and the importance of early identification. This event is FULL but to join the Waitlist RSVP to https://forms.gle/KZZKTn5S1A4fTEir6

Nadine Gaab is an associate professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zürich in Switzerland and did postdoctoral training at Stanford University and MIT.

Gaab’s work focuses on developmental cognitive neuroscience, particularly in language-based learning disabilities and typical and atypical reading development. Her research within the Gaablab the development of typical and atypical language and literacy skills in the pediatric brain as well as pre-markers of learning disabilities. Her work also focuses on developing EDtech screening tools for screening literacy milestones and developmental dyslexia as well as on educational policy and advocacy on behalf of children with learning disabilities.

She is the 2019 recipient of the LDA Award (Learning Disabilities Association America) for her work on learning disabilities. In 2018, Gaab was presented with the Allan C. Crocker Award for her advocacy on behalf of children with dyslexia and reading disabilities and efforts around the recent passage of the Massachusetts screening legislation. She has also been recognized by the International Dyslexia Association in her receipt of the Norman Geschwind Memorial lecture in 2020 and the Alice H. Garside Award for outstanding leadership in advancing the science and advocacy of dyslexia. She is a co-founder of EarlyBird Education, a company that focuses on developing screeners for the early identification of reading difficulties, including dyslexia, and works to provide practical solutions for evidence-based responses following screenings.

The Gaablab employs cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs and works closely with numerous public and private schools and districts within the US.

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Nov
14

SEPAC Business Meeting

[Tentative; agenda forthcoming] We’ll do a focused discussion or presentation on the nuts & bolts of IEPs and the roles of advocates (the latter for families only, not school administration)

Location and other details to come closer to the date.

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