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Special Education Services

Economic Impact Payments for Social Security and SSI Recipients – Steps to Take and Schedule of Payments

A Message to the Social Security Beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income Recipients:

This document provides information for Social Security beneficiaries (retirement, survivors, disability) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients related to economic impact payments being issued to eligible individuals.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), not the Social Security Administration (SSA), will send all payments electronically or paper checks by mail. We documented for you different scenarios to help explain what actions, if any, you may need to take to receive your economic impact payment and any payment for a qualifying child. However, only the IRS can answer questions you may have about your personal or family situation. Please do not call SSA with your payment questions. Visit www.irs.gov/coronavirus for the latest information available.

Please click here to view the entire document.


Voice Dream Bundle

Dear Voice Dream Community:

A global pandemic brings hardship for everyone. One group that suffers enormously are students, especially those with learning differences. With schools closed, they have less structure and less access to real-time expert support. Worst of all, online learning can mean a lot of reading material that may be scanned and not easily accessible to all children.

To support parents, educators, and students with learning at home, Voice Dream is offering a special “At Home” bundle for a limited time. The bundle contains Voice Dream Reader and Voice Dream Scanner for $9.99.

Please help us spread the word about this resource and share the following link with neighbors, colleagues, students, and family members:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/voice-dream-at-home/id1507251875

Stay healthy and safe, and let reading bring you joy.

Warmly,
The Voice Dream Team


Leverage the Power of Community

We invite you to join the Special Education Distance Learning Community, a place to come together to trade stories, ask questions, and connect through shared experiences. Margaret Wheatley wrote, “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”

This community of educators is also an outlet for sharing and acquiring adapted lessons and materials. By creating a depository of ideas, together, we can do more. The sharing form can be accessed at the Distance Learning Community Sharing Form (click here). Distance Learning Community Spreadsheet (Material Access)

We have been given a chance to see our students in a new light, and better connect with families knowing that the school year will not unfold as planned, all curricular goals will not be met, and expectations will be viewed with a new perspective. Our next Distance Learning Community connection will focus on transitions.

Zoom meeting: Special Education Distance Learning Community When: May 6, 2020, 3:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting: click here.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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