Special Education

***ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (SEPAC) MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE***

Due to unforeseen circumstances, all Seekonk Schools are closed from
March 16, 2020 through April 6, 2020. As a result, all special education services are suspended.

Beginning March 16, 2020, all special education services and timelines will be placed on immediate hold until school resumes again.

Special education teams will reconvene in an orderly manner to reschedule all team meetings once school resumes.  No home and hospital services will occur during this time.  The last accepted IEP will remain in place. Team members will assess regression on an individual basis. 


DATE/TIME EVENT LOCATION
10/02/19
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 		 Annual Parents' Rights Workshop & Effective Use of Language and Visual Helpers Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School Library/Media Center
12/11/19
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM		 Bullying Discussion led by Dr. Carolyn McKearney  Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School Library/Media Center
03/25/20
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM		 Spring 2020 SEPAC Meeting - Guardianship Process Presentation with Attorney Rochelle Raposo  Seekonk High School Library/Media Center

 

 SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
   
Susan Doe - Director of Special Education
 
 Holly Flanagan - Out of District Coordinator
 
 Amy Infante - Administrative Assistant in charge of IEP data
 
 Julie Braga - Administrative Assistant in charge of Evaluations
 
 Contact Information:
Telephone Number:  508-399-5068
Fax Number:  508-399-5128
Office Address:  25 Water Lane, Seekonk MA  02771
Office Hours:  Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm
 
Resources

Parent's Rights of Procedural Safeguards
Parents have the right to receive all special education evaluation reports two days before the team meeting. Parents must ask the school for copies of these reports in order to receive them in advance of the meeting. They may pick the reports up at the Administration Office. Districts are required by DESE to provide the DESE Parent Procedural Safeguards (PNPS) to inform parents and in their native language of their rights when an initial evaluation occurs. In addition to the annual distribution of the PNPS, the Seekonk Public Schools provides the PNPS to parents when an initial evaluation of a student is requested by the parent or another person; upon the parent's request for a copy; and when a student with a disability is removed from his or her placement to an interim alternative education setting as a result of discipline.

A Parent's Guide to Special Education in Massachusetts
Written collaboratively by the Federation for Children with Special Needs and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, this guide was developed to serve as a resource for parents and the organizations that serve them.

Executive Function Handbook
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