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Join The First Frontier Circuit at the PA Farm Show on January 15 from 1:30 – 2:30 pm for the Exceptional Rodeo. This is hands-on rodeo experience for children with physical/developmental disabilities, paired with real rodeo contestants. Register here: https://t.co/EElj2aM4Pf

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Is your New Year’s resolution to learn best practices for providing Supported Employment, or to earn a Basic ACRE certification? Then sign up for our Making Employment Work training being held virtually February 18-20! Learn more here: https://t.co/Zpwey4JZ5R

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Know a student in the secondary transition process who makes and sells their own products? - apply to be a Student Shoppe vendor at the PDE conference! Hurry - must apply by this Fri. January 9 by emailing: [email protected]
Learn more: https://t.co/mEuywtNfNa

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Our office will be closed from December 25 - January 4 for the holidays. We’ll reopen on January 5. Thank you to our community for continuing to fight for the rights of people with disabilities. Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a hopeful start to the new year!

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The holidays are about connection – and everyone deserves to feel welcome. A few thoughtful choices can make gatherings more inclusive for people with disabilities, creating memories of everyone participating and belonging. Inclusion is the best gift we can give!

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Early-Bird Registration for the 2026 PA Dept of Education (PDE) Annual Conference Is NOW OPEN! This statewide special education conference will be held February 27-27 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA. Discounted registrations ends Dec 23: https://t.co/ZnMPGW0urE

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Deadline extended to Dec 21! Snag a spot in this season's DATL virtual book studies. 8-12 year olds will read "Fish in a Tree" (facilitator Marykate says this is a favorite of hers!) Books will be sent out the 1st week of January. Sign up here: https://t.co/NCHF0tU8bZ

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We are pleased to announce the dates for the first 3 Making Employment Work trainings of 2026! If your goal is to receive an ACRE certification or to learn best practices in Supported Employment and Community Participation Services, sign up here: https://t.co/sHiq615PSb

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Our December Staff Spotlight is on MaryKate Miller! MaryKate has worked as an Include Me Program Specialist for 4 years, where she collaborates with school staff to support the inclusion process. Her favorite part of her job is working with students in our DATL and IMCC programs.

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It’s Inclusive Schools Week! All week, we’ve been sharing our favorite inclusive stories and strategies – like using AAC. AAC can be as simple as pictures on paper to help students communicate. Successful communication builds confidence and connections!

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It’s Inclusive Schools Week! All week we’ve been sharing our favorite inclusive stories and strategies. Watch this story to learn how emotions cards made a huge difference for one student to express what he was feeling.

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As Inclusive Schools Week nears its end, we hope you watched our daily videos & gained valuable takeaways.

Now enjoy our talented team showing, in many forms, what it looks like to them when everyone belongs or a time when they felt included. Which expression speaks to you?

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This winter, grab your spot for an inclusive story tour (kids ages 5-8) or inclusive book study (kids ages 8-12)! Registration for winter Disability Acceptance through Literature programming closes December 14, so sign up now! Spots are limited: https://t.co/CKUow7JhBN

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It’s Inclusive Schools Week and this year’s theme is “Children First”. These drawings by our DATL participants show a time when they felt included or what it looks like when everyone belongs. Let their art remind us all what it truly means to put Children First!

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🎉It’s Inclusive Schools Week!
This week, we’re sharing our favorite inclusive stories and strategies – like an emotions map! This is an excellent tool for students to express their emotions as a location on a map. What is the name of your emotional location today?

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🎉It’s Inclusive Schools Week!
Our Include Me team is sharing their favorite inclusive strategies and stories all week long – like peer supports! Research shows that peer support strategies benefit participating students with and without disabilities. Everyone grows together!

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🎉It’s Inclusive Schools Week! All week long our Include Me team is sharing their favorite inclusive strategies and stories.
Watch this video for some social emotional learning strategies – then share your favorite strategy in the comments!

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If you missed today’s Parent Info Session on job coaching or maybe you joined us but had questions, here’s a short Q & A session to bring you up to speed. And be on the lookout for our next Transition Series starting in February 2026!

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It’s Inclusive Schools Week & this year’s theme is “Children First”. In that spirit, our DATL participants shared drawings of a time they felt included or what it looks like when everyone belongs. Celebrate the power of inclusion and belonging with these young artists!