Natomas SPED Community Advisory Committee

1. Natomas SPED Community Advisory Committee • Introductions • Carol Williams • Cecil Duke • Dave Perez and Kevin Knopf- San Juan CAC parents • Current Status of SPED • Staffing • SB161- Diastat • AB69- Hughes Bill • Supreme Court- insulin • Program Development (Health Services, Mental Health, SLPs, OTs) • Goals for the year • Special Education Self Review (SESR) • Poster work/small group discussion

2. What is a Community Advisory Committee • Introductions- • Kevin Knopf and Dave Perez • Q and A

3. Current Status of Special Education • Staffing • Fully staffed with District SLP, OT, Mental Health team, Nurses, Teachers • Warm body counts • Communication • How to address concerns • Assignments • Coordinators

4. Goals for 2013-14 • Communication • Development of a Mental Health team • Health Services Department • Technology • Professional Development (teachers and aides) to address CCSS, technology and accountability • Parent training- Development of a N-CAC • SESR- Compliance

5. SESR • Compliance review- Why is this important… • Parent input- posters and small group rotation; survey • Continue at the September N-CAC meeting

6. What is the Purpose of the CAC • To be transparent and communicative with parents regarding issues in Special Education • To make programmatic decisions with parent knowledge and input • The CAC is not a forum to discuss individual cases • Next time…SESR and Health Services