What's New on our website?

• Update our homepage, changed the photo on our website with a "Happy Labor Day" graphic.
• On the Type of Tests web page, updated the format and subtests of the two of the Phonemic Awareness (PA) assessments: TPAT and TOPA.
• Update our PAC Who's Who page with our new PAC Board for 2008-2009 school year.
• Updated the Tutors web page with Toni Ferrara-Reinstein availability for tutoring.
• Updated the link to the redesigned Revere SPED PAC website (expanded and redesigned) on our PACs in Mass web page.
• Updated Weston Sped PAC website on our PACs in Mass web page.

• Updated our homepage requesting volunteers for our PAC board.
• Updated the email Discussion List page, to change the moderator email address.
• Updated the Recommended Articles with reason Reed Martins website is no longer up and running.
  
• Update our homepage, add a new section called "What New?", added  the  Notice of Procedural Safeguards brochure (April 2008) , link to Wrightslaw article "Summer School for Parents", and notice about our PAC name change.
• Update our homepage, changed the photo on our website with a summer time photo of Revere Beach sandcastle.
• Updated all the our schools web site links on the Concord Schools web page, they all now have new addresses.
• Added new section to the homepage, "Other Student Documentation" listed CAP and 504 web page under this new section.
• Update our PAC Who's Who page with updates to our PAC Board, liaisons and committees.
  

• Updated the Accommodations web page to include Slow Processing Deficits.
• Updated IEP Goals webpage format and some links.
• Added the New England Academy (NEA) school website to our Specialized Schools web page.
• Added the newly created Georgetown Sped PAC website on our PACs in Mass web page.
• Updated our PAC Calendar webpage June and July meeting information.
• Updated the link to Special Education regulation for PAC on our Mission web page.
• Updated the What is IEP webpage for format and corrected some links.
  

• Updated link to the updated "Notice of Procedural Safeguards brochure" on the DOE documents web page.
• Update Trouble web page with corrected the link to, recognizing the first signs of a developmental delay or disorder. 
• Added a link on the Math web page, to some Math programs on the Tools & Technologies webpage.
  

• No updates were done this month, webmaster family had a personal tragedy.
  

• Updated the link to the "Requirements for the Participation of Students with Disabilities in MCAS" Spring 2008 version on MCAS webpage.
• Added question 12, on the FAQ about how and why do I write a vision statement for my child's IEP.
• Added Time Line Diagram  to the Time factors and webpage.
• On the Type of Tests web page, reorganized the Speech and Language tests and add TLC test to the list.

• Updated the link on the Cognitive Development Intervention web page.
  
• Added parents comments and added link to recommended Vision Therapists to our Vision Therapy web page.
  
• Added John Abbondanza, O.D., FCOVD to our list of recommended Vision Therapists web page.
  
• On the "Which Test to use to learn if it's LD / Dyslexic / Dygraphia?" web page, added the links to Dr. Shaywitz book, to the WJ-III subtests and other link to Type of Tests web page.
  
• Updated the Phonemic Awareness Programs, by adding the definition of Phonological Awareness along with the definition of Phonemic Awareness.  Added the articles on Vocabulary, and the Dyslexic references to the Reading web page.
  
• Updated some of the links and updated an advocate address, on the Advocates/Consultants web page.

• Added the links to the Time Factors and Parent Tool kit web page, and updated some of the other links on Request Evaluation webpage.
  
• Updated the Types of Evaluation web page added special education regulation and underline to request pre-evaluation conference before signing the Consent to evaluation form.
• Updated the Signature Page (IEP 8), the Response Section the 4 choose.  That can be written on the IEP 'I postpone a decision until the completion of an independent evaluation.' or until the completion of the school evaluations.  Added the statement: "This will be considered a rejected IEP by the school, so also check off the rejected box as well."  on the Reviewing your IEP web page.
• Added Concord Public School 504 form (2 pages) and 2 page information sheets, both in  PDF format on our 504 web page.
• Added another sample of 504 form to our 504 web page.
• Created a CAP web page.
  
• On the Psychiatrist/Psychologist/MSW web page, added the link to our Neuropsychology web page, a list of Recommended Neuropsychologist, on our Recommend Evaluators web page.
• Updated our Recommended Evaluators web page, with P. Adam description.
  
• Updated the Who's Who in our Concord Schools with personal changes in several of our schools.
  
• Updated the Definitions, WISC-IV, BMP, Laws webpage format and some links.
• Updated the Tutors web page with Dr. Susan Miller availability.

• Updated Bullying, Change In Eligibility, Social Skill webpage format and some links.
• Updated some links on the CAPD webpage.
• Updated the format on all 3 book webpages: Disabilities books page, the Learning Issues and Main book webpages.
• Added "Return to Top of Page" to the Assistive Technologies webpage.
•  Updated the list with the approved Meeting Minutes from PAC board meeting with our Special Education Director.

• Updated our PAC Calendar webpage with our November location and time.
• Move our Special Education Director birth announcement to the School Who Who's webpage.
  
• Updated Rockport PAC website (expanded and redesigned) on our PACs in Mass web page.
• Updated the Accommodations and LD College webpage, added the page index.
• Added the agenda for our 2nd PAC meeting to Calendar webpage.
  
• Created a new webpage for Parent Surveys, there have been 3 surveys collect over the  past 5 years.
  
• Updated the our school district link on the Concord Schools web page.
  
• Added MCAS Writing Scoring Rubrics for grade 4, 7, and 10 to the Mass. Frameworks webpage, for use in measuring written language goals.
  
• Added Reading Fluency Indicator (RFI) under reading fluency on the Type of Tests webpage.
• Updated the format of Page Index, grouped the Reading tests by the 5 areas of reading, on the Type of Tests webpage.
• Updated the divider images on the Section 504 webpage.
• Added the clusters and broad scores ot the WJ-III subtests webpage.
• Update our homepage, changed the photo on our website to Fall leaves graphic for November.
• Updated Our PAC Resource Library, to include a link to Minuteman Library Network.
• Created 3 PDF files from The Reed Martin Special Education website, that went down June 6, 2007.  Updated Recommend Articles webpage, to replace the 3 broken links. (thanks to Dr. S. Lowe).
  

• Added the  McAuliffe Regional Charter Public School and The Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School school website to our Specialized Schools web page.
• Updated the link to article Unraveling the Neuropsychological Assessment by Katherine D. Tsatsanis, Ph.D. and Fred R. Volkmar, M.D. on our that describes a Neuropsychology evaluation webpage.
• Updated the Test of Language Competence (TLC) description on the Type of Test webpage.
• Update our PAC Who's Who page with corrected email address for Maria B. on our new PAC Board for 2007-2208 school year.
• Updated the 'Key evaluation Results Summary', of page IEP 2, the content of "Key Evaluation Results Summary" on the Reviewing your IEP web page.
• Updated FERPA law, and updated the links, the article on the Reedmartin no longer available (Reedmartin site, is down as of October 2007).
• Updated the Request Evaluation webpage by adding "how much the school district will cover for independent evaluation"  603 CMR 28.04(5)(a).
• Updated the images on the a User friendly summary of (CPS), K-8 report.
• Added our PAC Calendar webpage for this school year 2007-2008 PAC presentations and local conferences.
• Update our homepage with a link to our PAC Calendar and a  link to start at October.
• Updated the Massachusetts Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (MABIDA) added their new website to the description on the Mass. Organizations.
• Updated format of the to Disabilities Organization webpage.
• Added a page index the to Local Support webpage.
• Updated Bedford PAC website on our PACs in Mass web page.
• Created a table for the all the Charter Schools on our Specialized Schools web page.
• Updated our calendar with our PAC November meeting (still need location and time) to our PAC Calendar webpage.
• Added September 2007 PAC meeting minutes on our PAC Business Meeting Minutes webpage.
• Updated AANE address on the Disabilities Organization webpage.
• Updated the on the IEP Goals webpage that had the Federal law IDEA 97 on annual measurable goals to new IDEA 04 regulation on goals.
• Update our homepage, changed the photo on our website to Halloween moon and bats graphic. 

• Update our homepage, changed the photo on our website to Labor Day graphic.
• Added article to the Specialized Math programs: "What are Math Metacognitive strategies?" and link to the computer software programs.
  
• Added FASTT Math to the Tools and Technology listed on our Assistive Technologies webpage.  FASTT = Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology.
• Updated links address and fixed some formatting issues on the Disabilities Organization webpage.
• Added some links on Auditory Intervention Techniques (AIT) therapy services to the CAPD webpage.
• Updated the Disability Links webpage, added the page index.
• Added the Free Parent workshops and information, Federation for Children with Special Needs (FCSN) to Local Support webpage.
• Update our PAC Who's Who page with our new PAC Board for 2007-2008 school year.
• Updated the Evaluators web page, with Dr. Dinklage contact information and Dr. Rafael Castro, Ph.D., new website.
• Updated the PACs in Mass, added Gorton, and Wellesley PAC websites.
• Updated the format and footers on the MCAS webpage.
• Updated the Massachusetts Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (MABIDA) name, previously called; The New England Branch of The International Dyslexia Association (NEBIDA) on the Mass. Organizations.