DPS Exceptional Children

Dedicated to supporting the needs of students with disabilities in DPS

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Couldn’t ask for a better day for our secondary Special Olympics event at the Durham County Stadium today! Our student athletes gave their all—great energy and friendly competition.🔥

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Thank you to Coach Lawson @DukeWBB for coming out to support our students and staff today!

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More pics from our Elementary Special Olympic spring games. Shout out to @draslewis for always showing up and elevating inclusion and support for our students with disabilities!

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Elementary Special Olympics Spring Games today! What a beautiful day and amazing event to cheer on our wonderful student athletes! More pics in next posts.🔥

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So wonderful to see everyone today at our DPS Showcase of Schools event!

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Great presentation by our Speech Language Pathologists to teach our EC leaders about Assistive Technology and Alternative and Augmentative Communication (ACC). Communication for all is fundamental!

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Working with our Curriculum & Instruction experts to learn about intervention resources for our EC teachers!

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Role playing coaching sessions with our EC facilitators and leads!

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@PtownElem When? Where? Let’s goooo, Pandas!!!!

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Huge thank you to our Extended School Year (ESY) staff for all the Fun-tastic work with our students! Simply the best.❤️

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Surprise visit to @RiversideDPSNC to announce DPS EC Teacher of the Year, Nicholas Flippen! Mr. Flippen is an amazing teacher--fierce advocate for his students and an incredibly engaging teacher. We are fortunate to have him on our DPS EC Team. 💘

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Special Olympics Elementary spring dance today! Woo hoo! Non-stop energy, dancing, laughter, and joy.❤️

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Project Search graduation today at Duke regional Hospital!ñ. We celebrated our 14th graduating class and are so proud of our students! 🥳

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Elementary Special Olympics Spring Games May 2025! Best students and staff in the universe! It was a beautiful day for fun, laughter, and healthy competition.🏆

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Our Special Olympics middle and high school spring games were legendary! Great day for our student athletes.🔥Thanks to Krista Saunders for her leadership to make it all happen on the DPS end.👊🏼

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My humble opinion-- when your birthday is on a Monday workday, there's no better group of people to spend your time with than amazing colleagues like these at Bacon Street. 🥰

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DPS EC Facilitators & MTSS Facilitators unpack the MTSS framework & EC processes. We focus on supporting the needs of all students. Authentic partnerships are critical to our common work. Shout out to Amy Miller, Sonja West, Felicia Sledge, and Wendy Vavrousek!

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Ohhhhh yeahhh!!!! Fantastic group of human beings right there! Way to rock it out, Mangum peeps. Love y'all so much! 🥰

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Couldn’t be prouder of this group! @MangumExplorers has the best EC team around and it shows everyday!

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Shenise Stewart, EC Finance Manager--a true gem on our team! Shenise keeps us focused and spreads happiness throughout the office every day. And look at that festive holiday spirit with the candy cane bling. That's fire. 🧨

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🤟End of 2024 Leadership Team meeting w/policy and best practice review, along w/festive garments, paintings, & jolly good fun! Thanks to Nathan Hester & Donna Hamm, our guest presenters. A swell learning, connecting time was had by all. Bring on 2025!🍀