2025 Conference Materials

Keynote Speakers
Opening Keynote: Margo Gross - Creating Relationships with Difficult People
Handout | Slides

Closing Keynote: Robin O'Grady

Breakout Session 1 | Monday 10:30 am
A Guide to Integrating Non-Exclusionary Practices and Restorative Work within Systems of Special Education | Slides
AI in Special Education:  Perceptions, Practices, and Challenges. An Interactive Analysis with Insights from Hundreds of Special Education Administrators | Slides
Creating a Team so Strong that No One can Point out the Leader | Materials
Exploration and Preparation for New SLD Criteria | Slides/Materials
Navigating the Intersection of Section 504 and IDEA: Enhancing Support and Access for Students with Disabilities
Year in Review:  The Recent Special Education Decisions Affecting Minnesota Schools | Slides | Report

Breakout Session 2 | Monday 1 pm
Disproportionate Representation vs. Significant Disproportionality (CEIS) | Handout | Presentation
Employment Law Issues for Special Education Administrators | Outline
Facilitating Meetings that Matter: Drive Results with Every Voice | Slides
Hold Your Breath and Count to 10: Special Education Discipline | Slides
Private Schools, Home Schools and Micro Schools – What is a Public School to do? | Slides
Transforming Licensure: Fast-Track Your Special Education Talent with 916 CIEP’s Innovative Program | Slides

Breakout Session 3 | Monday 2:15 pm
Developing a Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program to Strengthen the Special Education Teacher Pipeline in Minnesota: A Collaborative Effort | Slides
Early Education and the READ Act | Slides
Emerging Issues in Special Education Law | Outline
Integrating Teletherapy with In-Person Services | Slides
Stuck in the Middle With You?  Responding to Difficult Parent Situations in Special Education | Outline | Slides
Transforming SEL through Human Connection!

Breakout Session 4 | Tuesday 9:40 am
Admin Insight: Making SpEd Forms work for YOU! | Slides
AI To Build Capacity & Effectiveness in Special Education: AI Workshop | Slides
Creating A Positive Working and Learning Environment for the Adults
Introducing a New Benefit Option: Medicaid Reimbursement for IEP/IFSP School Behavioral Health Services
Promoting From Within: A District-led Preservice Licensure Program | Slides
Resources for Deaf/DeafBlind/Hard of Hearing, Blind/Visually Impaired Children in Minnesota | Slides
Strategies for Difficult Student Discipline Issues​ | Slides | Report