Planning is underway for the second annual ReImagine school occupational and physical therapy conference to be held virtually throughout the month of September. Last year, we introduced this exciting collaborative learning event that involved over 5000 participants from all around the globe including the US, Puerto Rico and Canada, Europe (Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Malta … Read more

The NCDPI Autism Team is pleased to offer a 2-hour live webinar on November 19, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with Perry Flynn, NCDPI Consultant for Speech Language Pathology. We will be exploring communication skills, pragmatics, communication differences in students with ASD, and effective collaboration with speech language pathologists (SLPs) to support improved … Read more

NC DPI is not endorsing or promoting this webinar. This notice is provided for your information. The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) presents this upcoming webinar: Student-Directed Individualized Education Plan (IEP): Bringing Person-Centered Practices to Schools and Beyond Register for the webinar on Tuesday, October 27 at 3:00 – 4:30 pm … Read more

A Month of Convenings The 2020 Color of Education Summit will be held virtually, and will consist of weekly events during the month of October.

For those interested in the Summer Institute sessions that they were not able to attend or those that would like to review the content again, you may now watch the recorded sessions. No CEUs are available for these recordings. All sessions are available at the link below: 2020 Summer Institute Recorded Professional Development

What happens next? Post-secondary Education, Work? A Journey toward Independence: Positive Outcomes for Youth With Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities Sessions will be held throughout the month of October 2020 Monday’s 12pm-1:30pm or 6:30pm-8:00pm Thursday’s 12:00pm-1:30pm or 6:30pm-8:00pm Registration will be required to attend!

Oct. 7, 2020 – Chris Chatham, PhD, & Kevin Sanders, MD, Roche,“Challenges in Developing Novel Interventions for Autism at the Global Scale” Nov. 4, 2020 – Darren Hedley, PhD, La Trobe University, “From Employment to Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Reflecting on Five Years of Research with Autistic Adults” Dec. 2, 2020 – Fred Shic, PhD, University of Washington, “Visual Attention in ASD: Explorations … Read more

The North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (NCATP) will be hosting a One-day Virtual Vendor Fair. The virtual platform will be Zoom powered by the McKimmon Conference and Training Center in Raleigh, NC. This virtual vendor fair is intended for individuals with disabilities, family members/caregivers, employers, local/state/national resources providing supports to individuals, senior living providers, students, … Read more