Special Education

Child Study Team Roundtable: 1/2-day session

Presenter: Cara Bayer

Tentatively Scheduled for November 24, 2025

Recommended for Educators of Grades Pre-K-12

The agenda for this learning experience will be created from participants’ interests and curiosities collected prior to the session. This workshop offers child study team members an opportunity to collaborate in a roundtable discussion. The day will focus on sharing best practices among participants.

*Note: This is a 1/2-day session, 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Identifying and Supporting the Twice Exceptional (Gifted and Talented Students with a Special Education Classification)

Presenters: Bernadette Ricco & Dana Petrie

Tentatively Scheduled for October 9, 2025

Recommended for Educators of Grades K-8 Gen Ed Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Learning Consultants, Gifted and Talented Teachers, Counselors

Twice-exceptional (2e) learners are individuals who demonstrate both giftedness and a disability, often leading to a unique blend of strengths and challenges. Learn the characteristics of Twice Exceptional students and research-based strategies to respond to their unique learning needs. Identifying these students requires a multi-faceted approach, including formal and informal assessments, teacher observations, and psychological evaluations. Supporting them involves understanding their specific needs, focusing on their strengths, and providing appropriate accommodations and interventions.

Self-Contained Special Education Teachers Roundtable

Presenter: Cara Bayer

Tentatively Scheduled for Grades K-6: October 29, 2025 & Grades 7-12: December 15, 2025

Recommended for Educators of Grades K-6, 7-12

Join a dedicated space for self-contained special education teachers to share ideas, strategies, and insights that support student success. This collaboration is designed to foster discussion around best practices, challenges, and innovative approaches to individualized instruction, behavior management, differentiation, and inclusion. Whether you're looking for fresh lesson ideas, classroom management techniques, or ways to incorporate technology and UDL principles, this is a space for meaningful dialogue and professional growth. Let’s learn from each other and enhance our students’ learning experiences together!

Special Education Roundtable

Presenter: Brittany Steele

Tentatively Scheduled for March 12, 2026

Recommended for Educators of Grades Pre-K-12

This workshop will provide special education teachers the opportunity to collaborate with other special educators in order to create/edit lessons, assessments, IEPs, and, ultimately, work together to better their teaching. The session will consist of strategies that can be used in the classroom. It is recommended that participants come as a team or from the same district.

Understanding Special Education Code NJ6A:14

Presenter: Blair Rosenthal

Tentatively Scheduled for December 8, 2025

Recommended for Educators of Grades Pre-K-12

This workshop will review components of New Jersey Special Education code NJ6A:14. Participants will have the opportunity to review case scenarios involving components of special education code so as to increase understanding and interpretation of the code. In addition, participants will have a more comprehensive understanding of how to interpret special education code.

Understanding the Important Components of the IEP - Part One

Presenter: Blair Rosenthal

Tentatively Scheduled for February 23, 2026

Recommended for CST Members and Self-Contained Special Educators of Grades Pre-K-12

This workshop will review essential components of the IEP with samples of legally defensible statements. This will review all areas with the exception of goals and objectives which will be part two of this series. Attendees will be reviewing their existing IEP verbiage with work sessions to understand how to refine those sections.

Understanding the Important Components of the IEP - Part Two

Presenter: Blair Rosenthal

Tentatively Scheduled for March 30, 2026

Recommended for CST Members and Self-Contained Special Educators of Grades Pre-K-12

This workshop will review essential components of the IEP with samples of legally defensible statements. The participants will be reviewing goals and objectives in IEPs and reviewing and refining their process for making goals more specific, measurable, and defensible to justify student progress.

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