News and Resources: April 2025

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(IN SPANISH): Procedural Safeguards in Special Education and What To Do If You Disagree

Tuesday, April 23 | 6:00-8:00 PM | Zoom

Understand your rights and protections in special education and how to communicate effectively with school teams.

You’ll learn:

• Simple ways to participate in the IEP process and improve communication with school teams

• How to speak up if you disagree with evaluations or team decisions,

• How to request an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)

• Additional processes for resolving disputes, including mediation, due process hearings, and complaints.

Register: Spanish session
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Language Services: This training will be presented in Spanish.

Money Skills, No Limits: Financial Empowerment for Youth with Disabilities

Mondays and Wednesdays
April 28, 30 and May 5, 7, 12, 14
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Zoom

This 6-session virtual training series helps young people with disabilities, along with their families, learn how to manage and make smart choices about money. We encourage youth (14-26) and their families to attend together.

Youth will learn:

• Why it's important for youth to make their own decisions about money.

• About bank accounts, digital wallets, and mobile payments.

• How to be safe with money.

• How to set goals, create budgets, and make plans to spend wisely.

• How credit - or borrowing money - works.

• How having a job can affect SSI/SSDI benefits.

• Financial resources available to get more help.

Register for the series
Flyers: English/Multilingual | Spanish

Language Services: Training will be provided in English with Spanish interpretation. Please request other language support at least 14 days before the event. We will do our best to accommodate.

NEW: Overview of Developmental Disability (DD) Services in Oregon (In English | Spanish)

This course will help you understand how these services support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), and their families, to live full and meaningful lives.

You'll learn how to access DD services, the types of support available, and how DD services can work with family, community, and personal strengths.

Register at our On-Demand Trainings page.

Understanding Special Education: Introducing the Six Core Principles of IDEA (In English | Spanish)

This self-paced, on-demand training is comprehensive, interactive, and vetted by the Oregon Department of Education.

Whether you're a parent, community partner, or educator, this on-demand training will give you the knowledge and tools to better understand and take part in the special education process.

Register at our On-Demand Trainings page.

We have created three new storybooks in English and in Spanish to help families and children with disabilities prepare for a fire, a flood, or an earthquake. Read them all with your child!

Read or download here.

 Thank you to the Oregon Health Authority for funding to create these resources.

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