All right, good night everyone. Thank you for for the people that are here that are taking the time to be here. Um, thank you for being here. Um, can our translators um start? We'll start with um uh Mandarin.
Hello. Good evening. I think this is um can everybody hear me? >> Yes. Yes, we can. >> Oh, okay. Great. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Can we have a Spanish
interpretator? for symbol. Gracia, Spanish announcement completed. Thanks. >> Thank you so much. And Arabic interpreter. for thank you. Thank you everybody um once again for
being here. Um, as I can see from the attendance because it is Friday, um, I think um, going forward we will continue to have our meeting on the first Tuesday of the month because it seemed that we had more um,
participation and unfortunately like I feel like Friday it's it's a day that is harder to get um, people to be on a meeting like after 5:00, you know. So I do understand that. So our next meeting for um next
month will be April 14th. Um do our parents want to introduce themselves because we we want to make sure that like Oh or any of our bes you know our participants want to introduce themselves. Michelle Christina do you
want to say a little bit something or you could put it in chat or you could be free to unmute. I want to make sure that this um committee is like we want to be informal, but we also want to be able to bring um information and resources to our family in in a space
that is easily accessible to them. And one of the best ways to do that is um a community education council, you know what I mean? Cuz we have access to um many departments that many parents might not know about or might not, you know,
have access to. So, we want to make sure that we our goal especially for our um students with disabilities is to bring the resources to you and that's one of the things that we that's that we're trying to work on.
Oh, no problem. Okay. So, at last month's meeting, we discussed like certain goals that we wanted to um to try to get to in the next few months. Um, one of them was trying to make a
comprehensive list of resources for our families going from like early intervention all the way to hopefully transition services because, you know, with a student with disabilities, you it starts with early intervention and it it does go can go into um all the way into college. So, we
want to make sure that those resources are available to um our families and um we have a list. So depending on where you're at with your child in the school system, you can click on those resources and all that information will be
available. That was one of the goals. Another was um discussing more in-depth early intervention for many of our families that you know are not aware of how to get these resources for early intervention and where it and how it
starts. And the IEP process was another one because you know just going over that from beginning to end for all our families because um how to get related services, what what to advocate for and everything that comes with the IEP
process. And then we also have invited um a dial team which is our special education department within the um the DOE or the NYC public schools and they will be um attending one of our meetings
and basically introducing themselves and giving you a rundown of what their department does and who's in charge of um what part of their department. That way if you have any questions or you do need to reach out to one of them just in case you do have an issue that your
school is unable to help you with or you need to escalate something, those people um those individuals you'll be able to contact and anytime and they're very responsive. So, um I know
that um we're working on for next month, April 14th, we're either going to be doing um early intervention workshop with include NYC or the dial team is going to come introduce themselves. Right now, we're just finalizing um um the availability of um both of them for
April and May. So, that's what we were working on. And one of the things that um include NYC did provide us with is um a list of workshops that they already have in the works and it comes with PDS and and everything for our family so
we're able to share that out with you guys. Um also I wanted to go over I'm not sure if anybody really um goes to the schoolsnyc.gov gov site where um unfortunately sometimes
it's hard to navigate and the site has been like changed and updated depending on who on on the chancellor and the administration and so forth and that that site is it's like I said it's it's hard to navigate. So I wanted to run
through like ways for you to find information because there's a lot of information there that I don't think a lot of families are aware of. Now, before I show you how to navigate that, does anybody have any questions or or
any concerns that they they want to discuss? You can put it in the chat and then we could go from there if you can't unmute yourself or you can mute yourself and say something. Nope. Okay. Kevin, am I able to Hold on. Let
me let me pull up my screen >> first. I want to go to Okay. Okay. I'm going to share my screen. All right. All right. Can everybody see that?
Okay. So now um when you go to the New York um city public schools website which is schools nyc.gov hold on let me minimize this. Oh wait let me just actually let me move this
whole thing down. Okay just so you're aware you can change the language here that that's needed when it says select language. So you could um translate this site in any
language that you need right here. Um and then it will change it according to whatever language that you speak and um that's easy for you to understand. Now one of the things I wanted to show
you guys is you go these tabs here. They some of them have drop down menus and some of them do not. Okay. So to get to the special education portion of this side, you go to learning and then you click and then you get special
education. It also has multilingual learning like a whole bunch of topics right here and then you will go to special education. They as well have their family resources that you can go to. They also have the IEP process, support and services, all these things
that have an abundance of information that is very helpful. Okay. So, I'm going to go to the IEP process. One, one of the things I don't think a lot of um families know is there's something
called parent members. Okay? and parent members are parents that um were trained and certified to be um parents that can assist any families that need it with their IEP
meetings like anywhere in the city. So, a lot of times, you know, you would get an email sometimes a text message for from somebody like I'll click on it right now and hold on. Can you can you see where it says
request a parent member Kevin or no? >> No. >> All right. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And it has like if you need a parent member, it like how to go about requesting them. And it like it says, it says here, if
you want a parent member at your child's IEP meeting, you inform the committee on special education in your school or the school IEP team at least 72 hours in advance by sending an email or going to
the or going to the person. And this has a list. Let me see. Oh, it doesn't even show what I needed to show, but it basically tells you like what the parent member is and so forth.
And what happens is um a parent member will get contacted and they would be asked like right here. They would be contacted either by email in phone or if they're um say in like in the school or you know them personally, you contact um
you could speak to them like after school if you're if you know somebody that's um a parent member in your in your child's class and um you you contact them. You let them know like I need a parent member for my child's IEP meeting. You know,
I'm struggling with so and so. I need to understand like what what I I can ask for, what I can't ask for, and this parent member will help um walk you through the process. They will go over um your child's IEP with you and basically let you know what you can ask
for um when it comes to services for your child and then they will also attend the IEP meeting with you in person. Um if you if you decide to do it in person, it can be also done virtually as well cuz some of them are done that way. and they'll be able to attend that
through that. And what happens is they'll be attached to the email that the IEP team will send um to the parent, the child, and then everybody on the team, and then that parent member will be added to the email as well. And then
you meet that day. And then you go through the process and then the whole IEP meeting and decide help the parent navigate the whole the whole meeting and figure out what what they want to put on the IEP one they want to take out and so forth
and and then once the meeting's done, that's it. that if they need additional help or they they reconvening at the meeting because they feel they needed more time to add other things then um that could be done as well. But I just wanted you guys to know that you can
reach out for help through that process um at any time. old because I don't think a lot of um families are aware of that. And if you are knowledgeable enough
um dealing with um the IEP process, you could actually um go through the training and be certified to become a parent member. And it's you you do get paid by the DOE and yeah and and it's a good way to
really get involved and to to help other families who are going through the process um that you've been through and and like really help support them. So that's one of the things. Hold on. Let me I just want to X out of that.
All right. Let me X out. But All right. Let me go back to sharing. But that like I said, you could there's a lot of resources there that is helpful and I really think
that you should really take a look at at that. And it explains everything. And it also shows you like who to contact. Why? Why is it it keeps it keeps clicking? Okay, there it is.
All right. And there's support and services. Um there's also it talks about school um setting. It talks about um due process if you do go through the impartial hearing and mediation. And it talks about how to get um
um assisted technology as well. There's there's a lot of information here that that I feel like a lot of families don't necessarily know that's here and we want to make sure that you guys have that information. Okay. So, that's that's one of the
things that I wanted to add to the the resource list because it it it it has a lot of information and it helps narrow down like who to contact. Oh, hi John. Thanks for being here. Okay, there's
another one of the Hold on. Let me X out of that. another um resource. Hold on, I'll share again because I I had a list cuz a lot
of these I want to add as resources because I'm not sure who's familiar with what. So, this is an organization called Synagogia NYC. They are uh a not for profofit. They are also an organization that helps um with students with
disabilities as well. And they have support groups for families. Um they you could they have events as well. They have a lot of workshops that are done done in multiple languages
and it's a very great program that I'm not sure if everybody's knows about. So, this is something that I think should be added as a resource because I know a lot of families because they they also have a lot of um staff
that speak multiple languages as well for our families that need the translated services and so forth. We want to make sure that this information like whatever whatever um resources that we share with everybody um has people
that can assist with um any of our families that that English is not their first language because we want to make sure that our families know like are covered completely. We want to make sure that like who whoever we sent you guys to and the resources we shared can be
translated and end because we want to be able to help everybody. Another another um organization is Advocates for Children of New um New York. That's um a really great one. They actually do
um a lot of events as well. Hold on. just so you guys could see the page. And they have a lot of um resources. They work with a like everybody around New York. And they I remember last year I
believe they were one of the um the organizations that did um a transition fair that they did um in the city. And what a trans what okay a transition fair is basically what um a high school student
uh will go through as a way to help help them navigate how to transition um out into high school into college. And it has a lot of um great information. It tells you like what um you need to prepare for for your child when it comes
to applying for college, whether it comes to um being an independent um adult in case they don't go to college, how to get a job, how to get an apartment, things like that. Um they
talk about financial aid, how to apply financial aid. They also talk about um how to get um employment um as a high school student um through um SYP and through um a special part which called TCA TCAC
um which is the SY version of um that helps um students with disability get um some some youth employment so they could um try to get experience, work experience um to help them as they um transition. because we want to make sure that like
you know our kids um are able to get a job like after high school able to go to college whether it be like two-year college, four-year college, whether it's a trade school. So um they do a lot of events with um they do the I believe the
disabilities parade a lot of things that they do and they also provide litigation like any any um help with families that need um lawyers and things like that for for things like further avocation that they might
need. So, we want to make sure that you guys have that and they also have their own resources that um are very helpful and they do work hand in hand with the DOE. So, that's something that I feel a a lot of families should be aware of.
Um, let me see. Does anybody have any questions before I continue? Because I I want to get some of this information out while you guys are here. Um, you could unmute. I I can't Hold on.
Cuz I don't I I really don't want this meeting to be tomorrow is the only one that's talking in here because I could do I could talk at home with my family and my kids cuz they used to hear my voice constantly. So, does anybody
like are these good re do you guys think these are good resources that we should be adding to the list? cuz I cuz it's very helpful and I've been to um a number of their um workshops and event and like they it's it's the information is
um given in a way where it's easily understandable because I you know as as a parent with a student with disabilities myself like I feel like there's so much information out there and and I want it to be I don't want to be overwhelmed and bombarded like I want
to be able to to understand the information. So then I could that way I could help my child, but I also want to be able to understand it in a way that I could explain it to another parent who might be going through the same things that I am, you know. So, because the
whole point of, you know, putting together these resources because we want to be able to support all of our families because unfortunately, um, what I've learned in this process is like sometimes you feel like you're on an island by yourself and you have no idea
what you're doing, but you're you're trying to figure it out. And like I want to make sure that um with this information that no none of our other families feel this way. You know what I mean? I want to make sure that they have the support that I wish I had like how
many years ago, you know, but like easily in one specific place. So you guys could just click on it, you know, you could and it takes you to wherever you need to go to and you're not navigating like 10 different sites trying to figure out
what to do, like who to talk to, how this information translates, like what does it mean and so forth. So like that that's that's one of the goals um of this committee because we we know we've a number of our families especially you
know special education family have not really felt as supported and we we feel like we've been left literally out clinging swinging in the breeze you know so we want to make sure that nobody feels like
that. So, okay. So, a lot of a lot of this information we, you know, I'll make sure we're going to put it in into one specific place for everybody. And like I also want you guys, if you've never heard of this or you have your own
resources as well that you want to add to the list, please send it to us and we'll add them all accordingly cuz we want to make sure that it's just not, you know, resources that that I find or John's find. We want to make sure like if Michelle has resources or like you
know Jennifer has resources or Christina has resources is added there as well because you know we all might not have come to these resources in the same way but the thing it like something that that somebody else have used might be
helpful to me and something that I might have view might be helpful to somebody. So, we want to make sure that we have as many resources as we can to help make this this whole navigation of this as easy as possible.
John, do you have anything to say? You're doing a great job, Tamara. >> Um, for the presentations, do you have any um information who's going to join next month? Yeah, I I mentioned that in the early in the meeting. I said um I'm letting them know that what happened is
like there we're narrowing down on the availability of um the early intervention with include NYC and um the dial team. So it it depends on like who is available that specific day then and
they'll do the presentation on the 14th of April. >> Okay. So, I'm still waiting for them to um get back to me. So, they're all looking at their calendars right now. So, whoever can make it for April, we'll do the presentation for April and then the um the other would do um their
presentation in May. >> Thank you, Tamara. So, we want to make sure we at least try to get something um covered for those two months before going into um into into summer because um one of the things I also want to discuss like do you guys um think we
should have a discussion about summerrising when it comes to our students with disabilities and how we could better support them through that because I know um Stephen mentioned there's only like two
sites Nice. Okay. All right. So, I'll add that to the list. Thanks. Things are Okay. So, I'll add that to the list. Okay. Because I know that was something that
um John brought up how for uh D75 students, there was only like two sites that were available. So, um we we want to make sure that we figure out um how to better help our
students with disabilities during the summer because not everybody um has a 12-month IEP and um so not everybody's going to be getting the support during the summer
for um any related services if if it's not part of the 12 month IEP process. And I know one of the things that that um our students with disabilities have been having and um and a D75 students has been having is like
busing issues. So one of the things that I wanted to do is bring um parents um pissed back to it. Hold on. There are really great organizations that deal with um busing issues. They are Hold on.
parents to improve school transportation and they started in 2012 and it's a group of parents that we're constantly every year it seems that the busing issues has you know gets like worse and worse
with um any of our kids that are traveled on the bus especially our students with disabilities so I wanted them to to invite them to come to our meeting to talk about like the the constant issues what we can't what we can do as parents to help advocate for
um better busing services and um because I know one of the things they wanted to pass was like um uh student um no like a bill of um busing rights, bus rights that um they've been advocating for
campaigning for school bus bill of rights um so we could have um better services for our students um with bus transportation and everything and just I because it's it's it's it's a mess. So, that's one of the things that I'm adding
to the list as well. So, yeah. Hold on. I'm checking the chat. Okay. All right. So, we'll make sure um we Yeah. So, we'll make sure we're going to look into that and see what the
availability is to um attend one of our meetings. Pro maybe possibly the June one. Um I'll email them with um dates and the availability um in the next couple of
weeks. So, we want to make sure that we give them enough um time and space to to make room for us because I know they're doing a lot of other um presentations because that's what Include NYC has been doing, a lot
of other presentations with a lot of um other districts. So, that's what we're working on. And just um a show of hands, you could use the raise hands function. How many of you have actually attended a citywide council um for special education and a citywide council for
D75? Like is their versions of the um their community education? Um just raise your hands. you can just raise your hand like any of the the
people here like I've I've I've attended um CCSE for special education and sometimes they work hand in hand with D75 because we they um it's a lot of the same issues because they're all under
the umbrella of um special education but they have monthly meetings and I honestly believe that that's another um resource as well those citywide councils because they're citywide. So, it's
basically everybody from the Bronx to Stand Island to Queens that are having the same issues and a lot and those meetings have um information that's being shared with everybody because they they're like what the CC is but except
citywide. and that there those meetings are where you get to h hear the consistent issues that you might not think um other people are having but they are and they're having in other districts and other burrows and and it's
and sometimes it's great to bring a lot of those issues and concerns to those meetings because then then they could escalate it and and take it further. you know, we we could do it for our district here through the CEC, but they because they're citywide,
so we could take our issues as well to them and they, you know, help help try to resolve it in some kind of way and help get like some kind of um something done. So, that's um a good resource as well. I believe
CCSE, they have their meetings every third Thursday at 6, I believe, or 6:15. I'm not sure about CC
um D75. I'll have to look up their schedule, but they all have their own websites or the citywide councils as well as the community education council. They all have their their own website. So you could go on there and check the calendar and it lists their meeting dates and
times and they all have like a virtual link. So if you can't attend the meeting in person because we know not everything is feasible for families to attend, you can attend virtually. Thanks John.
So John put the link in the chat. All right. So, let me X out of some of these tabs. Okay. All right. Okay. So, here's the last slide that I have to show. Hold on.
Okay, this is Can you guys see that? >> Okay, this is the New York State Education Department site. This is this site also has a wealth of knowledge and information when it comes to like
everything like it tells you it it tells you what your rights for parents of children with disabilities are because I don't think a lot of families understand what their rights are when it comes to to your child with disabilities. And
this lists everything. It it's it tells you like they have the contact information, a whole bunch of topics that you could look into. You could also sign up to get their newsletters as well, and it has like a whole bunch of forms and notices. And it basically
everything is here. And it tells you what to expect when it comes to certain things. And they again, it's in multiple languages. So, we want to make sure this is this is available. And just so you're aware, hold on, let me go up.
You can, this site is this site is translatable. So what you will do, you go at the top on the right hand corner, there's like these three dots right here. You click on it and you go down to translate.
Hold on. And then you could click on translate and ask you what language you want to put it in. And because I speak English, mine is in English. But you go to these three dots and then you could change it to um and it says choose another language and then you click on the down
arrow and you could pick whatever language and it translates this site for you. So it doesn't have to be in English. So it could be in whatever language that you need it for your families. So, I wanted to show you guys that feature because I know like a lot
of times there's a lot of sites that that are given to families and you can't the site is not able to be translated at all, you know, and not all of our family English is not their first language. So, I want to make sure that you know that's
like I said, we're trying to make this easy for you to navigate and um and as easy of a process as we can. All right. But this site has a lot of information as well. Okay.
So, let me X out. So, hold on. I'm checking the chat. All right. So, that that was the information that I put together um after last month's meeting to add to our resource page. um as part
of our comprehensive um resource page. And like I said, um please feel free to um to email CC20 to add your own. Hold on. I think I just to add any resources that you have that you've used um as you
navigate this process and we could add that to the list as well. Okay. Now, does anybody have like any questions or concerns that they want to bring up? You could you could you like I said it, however you feel comfortable. Um, you
could put it in the chat. You could unmute yourself, introduce yourself, let us know like how we can help support because that's the whole point of this committee is to make sure that we're we're available to help support our families
when needed. Thanks, John. anybody cuz I know Michelle's at a swim is at the swim practice or swim I believe now is okay does anybody have like
anything else that they want to add to our list of goals for the year besides what was already mentioned because we want to make sure we're like we're checking off those goals and um but we're also giving you the resources
and the information to um to help with those goals. No. Okay. Now, I have a question. Do any of you um are interested in having like um a basically like a a support group?
Thanks, Michelle. Like that's one of the things because you know unfortunately like when I started the pro the the process with my child like it it was it was literally just me. It was me and my husband. Um we had no
idea what we were doing. And that seems to be the the the common um consensus across the board with a lot of families like you you don't know what you're doing but like you know somebody told you some
information and then you you was like okay let me do this and then you met somebody else and they told you another information and then they were like okay so let me add that too. You know what I mean? So like you know I know how how it was it was very like I said ear earlier
it was very overwhelming you know as a new parent to to go through this process and not know like what to do or who to go to. So we we want to to to
alleviate that aspect by making sure that we have uh a comprehensive list of resources that um a good resources did not you know what I mean because that's the thing because we don't want resources that never worked for anybody.
We want things that actually work for people, you know, where like they had like a like a great result from Hold on. Yeah. See, that's the thing cuz I have a high school student. So, like that's how I felt in in middle school. And that's
one of the reasons why, you know, um, we did invite the DA team because they're going to, um, talk to you about how the process go from because see what people don't understand, it's like from elementary to middle, it's one process. From middle to high school, that's a
that's another process. It's completely different. Completely different. As a parent, I know that. And now me personally, I'm in the process where like I have a middle uh uh high schooler who is um a junior and then we're in the
process of going from high school to college and that's a whole totally different process and they don't they don't go together. They they really don't. It's completely different process and a lot of people don't explain like
how Go ahead. Go ahead, Michelle. >> All right. I stepped out because I'm in transition, but um thank you for having me tonight. I'm glad I was able to join. I am a recent um my son recently just got approved for an IEP, so I'm new in
this process. Um but as a former PTA president, I do feel like I didn't know as much to be as helpful to parents who were going through the process. And then when you speak to the administration, when you're trying to be
helpful, you're always given a different answer. >> So when you were talking about how moving forward can we be more resourceful, I definitely feel like PTA presidents unless their children are involved or any PTA board, it is really hard process to understand to help
families look like in in your own school community. >> It is because I'm I'm PTA president been since elementary. So, and I've gone through this process since like my my my kid was like three
and and like they're 16, you know? You know what I mean? So, like I've been through every part of this process. >> And when I tell you it's completely different and it's like >> it's not in no way the same at all. Like it's like we're talking about apples and
pears. Not even oranges, apples and pears. You know what? I wish the DOE would provide like train more training for board members or like some kind of presentation for them to be more helpful for their local community because it's
just about streamlining this information. And like I just remember not feeling as I would try my hardest to fight at SLT to say like, "Oh, they need more support." But I don't really know what that looks like or what that means or
what resources the school has >> to offer that support or how to better help families fight for that support. >> Um, I don't know what the DOE can provide in terms of like helping PTA members understand how to be more
helpful. like you guys are doing a really great job, but you know, when you have that point person in your local school, it kind of is easier to contact them and and reach out to them. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. Just something when you said for future like uh goals, just
something more of how to make awareness in each school for parents to be more helpful. >> Okay. I want >> I don't want to say parents to be more helpful. parents are already so helpful when they step in the role of a PTA board member, but maybe more informed so
that they could could feel like they're like, "Oh, here reach out to this person or here." Maybe they don't need to be trained themselves, but they have the resources to guide parents into a better direction. See, the thing the thing about that is like
each school has their own special education committee because they're the ones that deal with the um the whole IEP process for every child in the in the school. So, what maybe one of the things to look into is maybe having them attend
a PTA meeting, explaining, maybe introducing those that's those staff members to the the the community to the parent community and like what their roles are and what you know and how they
assist in the process. Maybe that might be helpful because I feel like I do agree with you, but the thing about it is like the only way I meet these people is because I do my child's IEP meeting. You know what I mean? Outside of that, I don't really have any other
communication with them. So maybe if they are introduced um staff-wise at a PTA meeting like in the beginning of the year, these are the people who will be doing your IEP process. these are the people you contact, you know, if you have any questions or you need somebody to help
you walk through this process, these are the people. Um, do you think that'll be helpful? >> Yeah. No, that's a really great suggestion. They should they should tell PTA presidents to do that >> during one of their meetings. Yeah. >> Because you have access to all the staff
as part of the PTA executive board. So, you know, you can invite them to the meeting, you know, and give them like, you know, 20 minutes to to, you know, just introduce themselves to the family so they're aware this is what they do. Even like the like because a psychology
there's a whole number of people that are part of that team, the psychologist and every, you know what I mean? And every grade because the thing about it is like when you get to um like middle school and high school, there's like um
there's like somebody per grade like because like my my kid is in an ICT class, right? So there's one person in that grade that they have as a teacher that is the IEP person that's going to be assisting my child and me doing the IEP process. You get what I'm saying? So
like we know who they are because we're introduced to them you know in the beginning of the year and so forth. Maybe that's another thing too like come to the PTA meeting introduce themsel maybe have an email mass email going out doing that as well because not everybody
unfortunately not everybody attends a PTA meeting but just so like a mass email or gamma so everybody's aware this is the staff these are the contacts. >> Yeah. No, I think it would be helpful and sharing and sharing the resources of like I know I reached out when I needed
an advocate >> to look into an advocate when I was starting the process >> like I I know who to reach out to. I reached out to you guys but I know many people don't know about the CC meeting >> and so they reach out to the PTA president and if they are uninformed
they don't know who to tell them to reach out to. So I feel like just giving that broad information like during I know they used to do like wonderful workshops during our president council meetings and just like here's our resources here's your information you
know just maybe presenting something like that because I know our current presidents don't really have those resources they don't have children who have IEPs and they just >> they're a different focus and that's fine but you know I think it would be just thinking about my first year how much I didn't know and how much I
learned I feel like it would be great for PT presidents or board members to just have that overview of like, hey, we're a resource. Hey, we have these resources. If you have parents who reach out to you, >> this is what you could do.
>> And at the very least, it's send them to the C who has all that data. Right. >> Yeah. And and that's one of the the that's one of the reasons why I um showed you the parent member list and how to get parent members as well
because like it it might not you might not have anybody in your school that can help. But that's why they have a list of parents citywide where you can reach out to them and they can help support you through the IEP process if there's nobody in your school. You know what I
mean? because unfort >> no I think that's great but I don't know if like everybody who's like on about that like I just learned about that tonight >> they don't >> and and as much as I thought I was being helpful for a lot of parents in the last few years I'm like gosh there was so
much of this whole process I didn't know >> how I could help them further >> and the schools they're helpful until they're not like they're as helpful as they want to be and every school is very different so >> just something if it's like information I feel like That would be at least you
at least for me I'm always like at least I said I gave it to them. It's up to them to do what they do with it, right? Like I I took it off my shoulder that I tried to do my best to be informative. Like when you give those like guide books to like the PTAs and like this is what you need to do, this is your job. I
feel like awareness of D75 or just like any special education program is something that I've never really seen in that. >> It's not something to to think about. Yeah. >> No, that's absolutely >> put anything on more everybody's
>> maybe. No, maybe that's another thing. Maybe maybe like a list of like um like the D75 um schools um in the neighborhood because unfortunately not everybody knows what they are. like we we know as CEC members
because you know we have where we're a lot of the school liaison but not every you know parent or or family in in our district knows where those schools are you know and they don't understand that it's is colllocated
in a building with another with um a district 20 schools you know what I mean it's so it's it's understanding how that works and being aware of the difference. So,
>> yeah. >> Yeah. >> Well, I'm going to have to step away. I have to go teach CCG. So, I apologize. >> No problem. >> Thank you for um letting me join in and listening in and thank you for all you do once we're done. >> No problem. But thanks. You know, you gave us some good goals to add to it.
So, that's great. >> I appreciate all you guys, too. >> Okay. >> Have a good night. >> You too. >> So, okay. So, it is 6:55 everybody. So, um
Yeah. So, we'll add we're able to save the chat, right? >> Save. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. So, we'll add the resources that are in the chat to our list. Does anybody else have like any anything else that they want to bring
up? So, we want to make sure like we're out of here by 7. Just, you know, you know, I appreciate all of y'all for being here, but it is Friday. Many of us would like to go home. You know what I'm saying? Especially Kevin cuz he lives
nowhere in Brooklyn. All right. You could unmute if you want to, you know, is this isn't in in more informal meeting that um a regular CC meetings. Those those are more structured because we have an agenda,
you know. So, oh, thanks Erica. That's what we honestly that's what we're trying to do. Um because at the end of the day, this is how I see about it. Um this is an hour of your time and we don't want to
be here wasting your time. All right? Because we want to be mindful that everybody's time is precious and they giving us our time. You you are giving us your time and we want to make sure that we giving you the information that is helpful because like nobody likes having their time wasted at all. You
know what I mean? And we appreciate everybody for just being here in general because we never know how these meetings are going to go. Oh, welcome welcome America. Welcome to the team.
I hope we see see you in more of our meetings. And like I said, um our next meeting will be April 14th and we're um gonna have a meeting um presentation either by dial um the dial
team which is um special education um department for the um New York City public schools. I keep forgetting that because I keep thinking department education which is what they've been for like 50 11 years. Um but
if if DA's not here next next month um then we're going to be doing um a presentation by include NYC on early intervention because um that's the spot where we really need to to really
capture our parents like grab them right away because that that's when the first steps and when when when they get into this process and we want to make sure that let a lot of our families get the support and the services they need like
right away, you know, because that's the the because the early intervention is like from I believe 0 to 0 to 5. So, and that's like the formative years of all of our um our students and that's where they learn a
lot or not don't learn a lot depending on on what related services that that they need. So we want to make sure we get them as early as possible. It's 0 to three. Okay. About include NYC says something else. But and we want to make
sure we get them um through those years. All right. Because those are the years that that count. So those were um a couple of goals that like were mentioned last month. So
and those are the goals that we're going for. And then the next step would be um going through the um the IEP process from like beginning to end for that. Um just like
the whole process, getting involved and understanding what to do. And then our next set of goals was um busing issues um summarizing with students with disabilities. So, we we added more to the list and we're just going to work
our way through through those like month by month because, you know, there's a lot of things going on every month because we all have school age children. So, we we don't want to like bombard everybody with a lot of information. But thanks everybody. I unless somebody
has anything else to to add to the list or any other concerns. Um it's 7:00 and this meeting started at 6:00. So, I you know, I think we should adjourn the meeting and then end end the meeting for this month and then we'll see everybody
back here um at April 14th at 6:00. Okay. So, we want to make sure everybody has have please have a great weekend. All right. And please be safe and get ready for next week where it's supposed to be like in the 50s or 60s.
wild. But um have a great weekend everybody and be safe out there. All right, good night. Thank you translators for being here. Thank you. >> Bye John. Bye everyone.