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To register for an event, contact your district coordinator. Each district has an individual designated as the OT/PT coordinator or lead. If you are unsure who that is in your district, contact your ESE Director.
For educators not affiliated with a district, email Andrew Willson at awillson@fgcu.edu.

4/22/2025 - 4/23/2025
2025 Leaders Event for OT/PT and SLP Coordinators
Location: Safety Harbor
Presenter(s): Mindy Garfinkel, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, Francine M Seruya, PhD, MBA, OTR/L, FAOTA
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Description:

Day 1:

Updates on current FDOE Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services topics of interest relevant to related services will be provided.

Attendees will also have opportunities to participate in Coordinator Work Groups.

Day 2:  
Interprofessional Collaboration for Change:  Implementing Workload Models in Florida Public Schools.  

Research indicates school-based, related service practitioners desire to shift practice towards a workload approach.  Practitioners continue to report difficulty implementing a workload model due to a lack of "know how", administrative support, and negotiation skills.  

Dr. Francine Seruya and Dr. Mindy Garfinkle will provide a day of training and workgroup sessions highlighting the issues surrounding caseload vs. workload. This interactive training will provide activities for reflection on practice, completion and analysis of time studies, education on a workload model, and advocacy/negotiation skills for systems change.

Hotel Reservation and Event Registration Details


Participants must complete the following two items:

1.  Register to attend the event on the WWE site by completing the pretest and updating your account profile. 


2.  Complete the sleeping room survey. Even if you do not need a room, please confirm this via the survey.

This must be completed by March 7, 2025 at the link provided.  DEADLINE HAS PASSED.



You must live 50+ miles from the event for a sleeping room to be provided.  We provide a maximum of two sleeping rooms per district.  If the SLP and OT/PT Coordinator position is a combined position, one room is provided.  WWE is only responsible for reservations made on the WWE site.  Participants should not contact the hotel directly to make reservations, cancel reservations, or modify reservations. 

Due to seating limitations, a maximum of two individuals per district may attend, e.g. one SLP and one OT/PT. Please add additional participants to the event wait list and include them on your sleeping room reservation if sharing a room.  SLPs should register on the WWE SLP site and OT/PTs should register on the WWE OT/PT site.

If you need to change or cancel your reservation or registration status, please contact Jennifer Reeves at jreeves@coe.ufl.edu AND Alice Kaye Emery at aemery@coe.ufl.edu. Please DO NOT contact the hotel directly.  
Time: DAY 1: Onsite Sign In is at 1:30 PM; Event runs from 2:00 PM-4:30 PM DAY 2: Onsite Sign In is at 8:30 AM; Event Runs from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Details:
Safety Harbor Resort and Spa
105 North Bayshore Drive
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
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Registration Deadline: 3/14/2025
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5/5/2025 - 5/5/2025
(Morning Session) Overview of MTSS and the potential roles that OT/PT can play within an MTSS
Location: ZOOM
Presenter(s): Kelley Steinmetz, Elissa Yount
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Description:
 Learning Objectives:
1. To broaden participants understanding of the problem-solving process within an MTSS
2. To broaden participants understanding of the multiple tiers of instruction/intervention within an MTSS. 
3. Gather information to learn more about resources and barriers to OT and PT involvement within an MTSS.

*Waiting on Approval for CEUs (4/17/2025)
Time: 9:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST
Details:
THIS EVENT WILL BE ON ZOOM. Please look in documents below for the Zoom Link.
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Room #:
Registration Deadline: 5/4/2025
Document(s):
Comments: Zoom instructions, an agenda, and event materials will be posted soon in the documents.
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5/5/2025 - 5/5/2025
(Afternoon Session) Overview of MTSS and the potential roles that OT/PT can play within an MTSS
Location: ZOOM
Presenter(s): Kelley Steinmetz, Elissa Yount
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Description:
 Learning Objectives:
1. To broaden participants understanding of the problem-solving process within an MTSS
2. To broaden participants understanding of the multiple tiers of instruction/intervention within an MTSS. 
3. Gather information to learn more about resources and barriers to OT and PT involvement within an MTSS.

*Waiting on Approval for CEUs (4/17/2025)
Time: 1:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST
Details:
THIS EVENT WILL BE ON ZOOM. Please look in documents below for the Zoom Link.
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Room #:
Registration Deadline: 5/4/2025
Document(s):
Comments: Zoom instructions, an agenda, and event materials will be posted soon in the documents.
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