2025 Disproportionality Summit

Presentation Summaries

• Assessing English Learners 

  when Conducting Comprehensive Special Education Evaluations - Tanya Morin

• Centering Black Girls in Special Education - Dr. Siovahn Woolum and Dr. Katherine Hilson from Synergy Education Consulting

• Science-Based Early Literacy (SBEL) as an Evidence-Based Improvement Strategy (EBIS):

  A Systems-Level Approach to Reducing 

  Disproportionality - Katie Robertson and Natalie Bishop

• Shifting from Deficit Discipline to Asset-Based Behavior Supports - Naomi Khalil

• Leveraging Related Services in Early Learning by Supporting Mental Health, Social Emotional Learning and Self Regulation Through Multi-Level

  Systems of Supports (MLSS) - Dawn Merth-Johnson and Dr. Michelle Silverman

• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: An Approach to Joy, Belonging, and Liberation in Our Schools - Dr. Jay Marks

• How Would UDL 3.0 Positively Impact Disproportionality - Dr. Donald Walker

• Other Health Impairment: Disability or Difference and Need for Specially Designed Instruction - Daniel Parker

• Shattering Literacy Hierarchies: Moving Students Toward Advanced

  Reading, Writing, and Knowledge Development - Dr. Alfred Tatum

• From Punitive to Empowering: Leading Change in School Discipline - Dr. Aaron Johnson

• Equity in K-12 STEM Education: Framing Decisions for the Future - Dr. Stefanie Marshall and Dr. Courtney Bell

• We’re Disproportionate, Now What? - Jacqueline Spence, Deidra Gorman, Milaney Leverson, and Kent Smith

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