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Exciting News: Introducing The New Easterseals Outreach
Dear Valued Colleague,
As you may know, after more than 40 years of successful collaboration, Easterseals Arkansas Outreach Program and Technology Services decided to officially end our partnership with the DESE Office of Special Education on January 31, 2025. This decision marks the end of one successful chapter and the exciting beginning of a new era for Easterseals Outreach.
As we embark on this next phase, we are energized by the opportunity to reimagine and expand our services to meet the evolving needs of schools, educators, and students. Our new service-based model allows us greater flexibility and innovation in delivering the high-quality support and expertise that have been the hallmark of our program for decades. This approach empowers schools to build the support packages that best fit their goals while allowing us to continue providing high-quality, responsive services rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
We are pleased to share that many of the trusted services you have relied on will continue, and we are also introducing fresh offerings designed to serve your school community better. Easterseals Outreach will remain your dedicated partner in fostering educational success and inclusion for all learners, from professional development workshops to in-class coaching and customized student support.
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to the students and families we serve.
Warm regards,
The New Easterseals Outreach
Testimonials
The training [Core Tools] was amazing yesterday. I wish all my areas LEAS, special education staff, and private related service providers in Arch Ford Cooperative area could here the training. Great information!!!!!
I have been a SpED Teacher for 7 now, and the PD [Core Tools] that your team led about classroom set up/ zoning areas was 100% the most useful and helpful PD I have EVER attended. I benefited GREATLY from what we learned during our few hours together.
The best part [of Coach Training] is the resources that help with examples and the explanation and videos.
Originally we went into the implementation of PECS with vary wary outcomes for success as functional language mode in the deaf-education environment, however the experience of using PECS became the bridge original goal of understanding and use of ASL to facilitate functional communication and the student’s active-meanignful participation the educational environment.
[Coach Training] gives an easy way to view different aspects of the classroom to help focus on areas of improvement one at a time instead of overwhelming teachers/staff.
The videos and the tools we were given during this training [coach training] are exactly what we needed to assist our current teacher, but not just the SPED teachers. When a teacher is struggling with something, I can send her the video that pretains to she is dealing with. Then we will meet and discuss how to proceed.
This was a GREAT PD! We need more like this. These ladies were awesome and very knowledgeable.
[Coach Training is a] wonderful training and useful tools to use with my team!