@BostonSpedPac

SpedPac Organization: 
 
Sped-Pac Officers

Committees

BSP By-Laws

Boston Public School System:

Special Education Dept

OCESS Contact Info
  
School Organization
FY11-12

Schools by Grade Span

Inclusion Schools

Specialized Schools

Resources

BSP Library

BSP General Issue Form

Concord Sepac

Email Contact:
 
John St. Amand 

SpedPac Contact:
 
Email:
spedpac@boston.k12.ma.us

Phone:
(617) 635-8600
 

Welcome to the Boston Public Schools Special Education Parents Advisory Council. The purpose of SpedPac is to provide a voice and give support for parents of children with special needs.  We are a multi-lingual, multi-cultural, council made up exclusively of parent volunteers.  We work with the Boston Public Schools system to ensure that children get the services and support they need to develop to their full potential.  All parents are welcome and encouraged to participate.  The more voices we have, the more we can accomplish. 

As you will see, this website is still a work in progress.  We need your help.  The more people get involved, the more we can do.

New Content:      Bold = New or updated content

BPS Student Assignment: Improving School Choice
- Website  -  Community Meetings - Take the School Choice Survey

Boston SpedPac Flyer - Translate into any language.  Now available in text for easy translation.

Boston SpedPac Library  -  Find more information, links and documents on many Special Education topics.  
Handouts from Presentations added on 5/3/12
Links to MA DOE added on 5/3/12

BSP General Issue Form  -  Use this fill in the blank form to document your Special Education issue.  We will send your request to the proper BPS departments to help resolve your issue.

BPS ABA Parent Information Series:
Boston Public Schools (ABA Dept.) will be hosting a Parent Information Series at the Campbell Resource Center from  January - June of 2012.  The series will consist of 6 different topics presented by Caileen McCormick and Kim Kiemek.  Each topic/date will have a morning and evening presentation.

Announcements

May General Meeting

Our next general meeting of the year is scheduled for
Thursday,  May 31
in the Boston English High School
Cafeteria located on the 2nd Floor. 
Child care is available. 
For more information click the link below:  

May 31 Meeting Flyer
PDF
English and Spanish

New Feature:
May
Text Based Flyer for Translation

 Meeting Dates

for the 2011-2012
School Year:

Thursdays   7 - 9PM at
Boston English High School

September 29   October 27
November 17   December 15
January 26   February 16
March 29   April 26
May 31 - Annual Elections

More Info:

Federation for Children with Special Needs (FCSN)
Is a wonderful resource. They offer both educational workshops and information.
Have questions about your child's IEP? Need an Information specialist? They offer free educational courses to parents and hold a yearly conference.

The Federation is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their families. Organized in 1975 as a coalition of parent groups representing children with a variety of disabilities, the Federation offers workshops and training, advocacy and resources to parents of children with special needs and the professionals who serve them.