Two weeks ago, I climbed aboard an airplane with a Board Member from Pathfinder Services of North Dakota and headed to New Mexico for the 2017 Region 5 Technical Assistance Annual Meeting.

The meeting was very informative and covered everything from how to effectively set up your website and newsletter, to responsibilities of the Board of Directors for Pathfinder Services of North Dakota. I found this to be one of the best conferences that I have ever attended. The representatives from PEAK Parent Center were very professional and inviting to all in attendance.

I really enjoyed the first day of the conference because as a group we were bussed to Acoma Pueblo, NM, where we were allowed to tour a historic Pueblo city. This was an amazing time and really allowed all of us that attended to put things in perspective and to gain a better understanding of cultural diversity.

The board member that attended (Derek Diede) really seemed to enjoy himself and stated that the training was very informative. I really appreciated the information that was given to those that attended the meeting, and I am excited to implement some of the strategies I learned to continue moving Pathfinder Services of North Dakota in a positive direction.

Tim Starks
Executive Director

At Pathfinder Services of North Dakota, we believe that everyone matters and that we all contribute to this world. Pathfinder recently partnered with Choose2Matter in an attempt to let mothers know that they matter to the state of North Dakota. On May 12th, Pathfinder Services sent out Mattergrams to over 1200 mothers in North Dakota just to let them know that they matter in our state. We hope that these Mattergrams made it to each and every one of the mothers on our list, because we wanted you to know that you all Matter to Pathfinder Services and to North Dakota!

 

OSEP has released the brand new Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) website! New and improved features include

• A clean, modern, and intuitive design;
• Search capabilities improved from previous iterations of the site, including the ability to search among OSEP policy documents, letters, and memos, in addition to the IDEA statute and regulations;
• Expanded content targeted toward our key stakeholder groups, and
• Enhanced accessibility features, including language assistance supports.

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