Local Task Force on the Right to Education AND Parent Training Delaware County Intermediate Unit 200 Yale Avenue Morton, PA 19070 610-938-9000 x3047 The Local Task Force on the Right to Education, Delaware County is a group of parents, professionals and community members working together to ensure appropriate delivery of special education services within the county. The group works to monitor the special education services provided and to insure that there is an awareness of the rights of eligible students as mandated by state and federal laws. Contact the task force at 610-938-9000 x4037 or [email protected] 200 Yale Avenue, Morton, PA 19070- 2269 610-938-9000 x4037 [email protected] Facebook Local Task Force On The Right to Education, Delaware County Delaware County IU Parent Training PA Training and Technical Assistance Local Task Force events: Duties of the 1. Assist The Local Task Force on the Right To Task Force families and Education, Delaware County provides professionals of assistance to families who are The Local Task Force school aged experiencing an issue in their efforts to on students with special education needs ensure their children receive a free, by providing educational and networking opportunities so that they are better able to appropriate public education. make informed decisions to meet the needs of their student(s). The Right To Contact the LTF at the phone number or 2. Help disseminate local, regional, state school and community based special email address to request placement on Education education services, workshops, and the next scheduled general meetingʼs informational or recreational opportunities to Agenda. the community. 3. Foster collaboration amongst public and Delaware private agencies which provide special The primary purpose of the Local Task education services. Force on the Right To Education Task Force is to make recommendations that County 4. Identify local needs and problems and forward them to the State Task Force. assist in improving, strengthening, expanding, monitoring programs and 5. Assess programs and services for school services for school age children with age children with special needs, making special needs. recommendations for their improvement, expansion, or discontinuation. According to the PARC Consent Degree 6. Recommend solutions for identified areas the LTF has to include 51% parents, a of concern and develop an action plan to school personnel, The Arc, a affect positive change. representative from The Office Of 7. Review recommendations of the State Task Behavioral Health, The Office Of Force and advise the Administration of any Intellectual Disabilities and a liaison recommendation which should be adopted/ from a Delaware County School implemented within Delaware County IU/25. District. 8. Assist the Administration in carrying out the rules and regulations growing out of the PARC Consent Agreement. The PARC Consent Agreement of Working together to 1972 provided for the ensure the delivery of 9. Review Intermediate Unit and District establishment of a Local Task Special Education Plans and make recommendations which will help assure that Force in each of the 29 Special Education they meet the needs of school age children Intermediate Units to insure that with special needs. the intent and spirit of the Services Agreement is carried out 10. Assist the State Task Force in the to eligible students. collection of data to determine the throughout the Commonwealth of effectiveness of the PARC Consent PA. Agreement. MeetingsBusiness meetings are 9/16/2013 10am-12pm Room #163 SCHOOL DISTRICTS sometimes followed by General Meeting presentations. All meetings *Chester Upland School District include: 10/14/2013 6-8pm Room #102 Presentation: Assistive Technology *Chichester School District * Dissemination of resources. 11/11/2013 6-8pm Room #102 *Garnet Valley School District * Discussion on current issues Presentation: Extended School Year & Extra within local special education. Curricular Activities *Haverford School District * Networking. * Advocates available. 12/9/2013 10am-12pm Room #102 *Interboro School District General Meeting & Presentation: Making a Topics are selected by the Difference Award Planning *Marple-Newtown School District Local Task Force members. JANUARY NO MEETING *Penn Delco School District Suggestions for future topics 02/10/2014 6-8pm Room #102 *Radnor School District Presentation: Inclusion in the Classroom, are warmly What Curriculum Modifications Look Like *Ridley School District welcomed and encouraged. 03/10/2014 6-8pm Room #102 *Rose-Tree Media School District Presentation: Including Students with Special Needs in the Classroom: Using the *South-East Delco School District Supplementary Aids and Services Toolkit *Springfield School District Delaware County Local Task Force 04/21/2014 6-8pm Room #102 on the Right to Education meetings General Meeting and *Upper Darby School District are held at the DCIU- Presentation: Parents & 200 Yale Avenue Professionals as Partners: Building *Wallingford–Swarthmore School Morton, PA 19070 a Strong Collaboration District 610-938-9000 -ext. 4037 05/12/2014 6-8pm Room #102 *William Penn School District [email protected] General Meeting & Presentation: Cutting through the General Meetings: 10am -12pm Red Tape: Agency Panel CHARTER SCHOOLS Presentations: 6pm - 8pm Discussion *Chester Community Charter School 06/9/2014 10am-12pm IN CASE OF SNOW, PLEASE CHECK THE DCIU WEBSITE FOR Room #102 *Widener Partnership Charter CANCELLATIONS AT WWW.DCIU.ORG General Meeting School.