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ODSS Best Practices Conference

Special education is a complex and difficult area, with frequent changes in information, materials and interpretation. Join the ODSS Best Practices Conference 2022 to get the most up-to-date information!!

ODSS Best Practices Conference 2022
October 26-27, 2022
Moore-Norman Technology Center -South Penn Campus
13301 S. Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City, OK 73170


 

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ODSS Best Practices Conference 2022

ODSS Best Practices Conference 2022
October 26 & 27, 2022
Moore-Norman Technology Center, South Penn Campus
13301 S Pennsylvania Ave, OKC

Day 1

7:45 a.m. – Registration area opens & breakfast is available

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.    Under the Influence, Social Media, Mental Health and Special Education, Karen Haase

  • Influences, doom scrollers, clout chasers, and people acting suspicious 
  • School districts are increasingly asked to intervene in issues that begin on social media.
  • School Attorney Karen Haase will review the interaction between social media, mental health, and a school district’s special education obligations.
  • She’ll highlight the limits on a school’s ability to regulate off-campus speech, and the eligibility of students with mental health issues under the IDEA and Section 504. 
  • Karen will also provide practical recommendations for meeting the mental health needs of students while meeting the requirements of federal law, specifically addressing appropriate responses to bullying, harassment, and threats.

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.     Forest, Trees, and IEP’s:  Back to the Basics of Special Education, Karen Haase

  •  This session will take a step back and look at the forest for attendees feeling lost in the trees. 
  •   Karen will provide a fast-paced and practical review of a variety of IEP issues, especially implementation.

 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch for ALL from Ted's Cafe Escondido & an Oklahoma Election Update from CCOSA's Legislative Consultant, Megan Benn

 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.     Paid by the Hour:  What Your Lawyer Will Spend the Most Time Talking About in SY2022-23, Karen Haase

  •  This session will cover the issues Karen predicts you’ll be calling your school lawyer about during the 2022-2023 school year. 
  •  This honest, solution-oriented presentation will prepare attendees to spot issues, solve problems, and know when it’s time to talk to a lawyer. 

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. – Cookie Break

 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.  Paid by the Hour:  What Your Lawyer Will Spend the Most Time Talking About in SY2022-23, Karen Haase, cont’d  

 Day 2

 7:45 a.m. – Registration area opens & breakfast is available

 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – ODSS Business Meeting   

 8:45 – 9:30 a.m.    State-Defined Alternate Diplomas, Todd Loftin, Deputy Superintendent & Nancy Goosen, Program Specialist, OSDE Special Education Services Section

 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. – Choose between these breakout sessions

  •  Lawton Transition Program (LTP), Jerri Santos, Assistant Director – Secondary Special Services & Diane Keene, Executive Director of Special Services, Lawton Public Schools
  • Help Your Smaller District Move to More Effective and Evidence-Based Ways of Addressing Student Behavior, Kristen Perez-Rickels, SPDG Project Director, OSDE Special Education Services Section

 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. - Break

 10:45 – 11:30 a.m. – Choose between these breakout sessions

  •  Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) for Students in Smaller Districts, Judi Goldston, Project Director, DRS Training and Project Search, National Center For Disability Education and Training, University of Oklahoma
  •   “Informal” Removals, What They Are and What to Do About Them, Kim Elkington-Baxter, Director of Special Services, McAlester Public Schools and Andrea Kunkel, ODSS Executive Director/CCOSA General Counsel

11:30 - 1:00pm -- Working Lunch for ALL from Panera

  •  When “Must” a District Contract with a BCBA: A Recent Oklahoma DPH Case Sheds Some Light, Andrea Kunkel, ODSS Executive Director and CCOSA General Counsel

 followed by

  • Working with a Contracted BCBA: Two Districts’ Experiences, Linda Dickinson, Director of Special Services, Ada Public Schools & Michelle Dalton, Director of Special Services, Eufaula Public Schools