FDLRS Action Resource Center

🎉 Exciting News for Parents! 🎉

FDLRS is partnering with UCF CARD to bring you a special parent session: Empowering Parents with LessonPix!

🗓 Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: FDLRS Action Center
3130 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL

✨ Childcare will be provided (ages 2–8) on a first come, first serve basis.

Spots are limited, so be sure to register using the link below to secure your spot!

https://forms.gle/io5YrK24DgfYqXDC8

We can’t wait to see you there! 💙

📢 Online Professional Learning Opportunity for K–12 Educators

Explicit Instruction
🗓 April 1–30, 2026
💻 Online Course

Learn practical ways to increase the explicitness and intensity of your instruction to better respond to students’ learning needs.

Participants will:
• Learn the purpose and benefits of explicit instruction
• Understand the meaning and key characteristics of explicit instruction
• Apply explicit instruction strategies to support students with disabilities

This flexible online course is designed for K–12 teachers and education professionals looking to strengthen instructional practices and support diverse learners.

🔗 Get more information and register:
action.fdlrs.org/educators/local-professional-learning

📣 Digital Accessibility: Supporting Students with Disabilities

Join us for a hands-on professional learning session designed for K–12 education employees who want to better understand digital accessibility and its impact in today’s classrooms.

Participants will learn:
✔️ What digital accessibility means
✔️ Why it matters for equal access for all students
✔️ How ADA guidelines impact everyday materials like documents, presentations, PDFs, and online platforms

🗓 March 25, 2026
⏰ 8:30 – 11:30 AM
📍 FDLRS Action Center
3130 Edgewater Dr.

🔗 Register via the QR Code or visit: action.fdlrs.org

For questions, contact:
📧 [email protected]
📧 [email protected]

📣 Accommodations Training Opportunity

Join FDLRS Action for a professional learning session focused on supporting student success through effective accommodations!

✅ Clear Purpose
This 3-hour face-to-face workshop provides practical strategies for implementing Florida’s four accommodation categories: Presentation, Response, Setting, and Scheduling.

📍 Location & Time
🗓 March 10, 2026
⏰ 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

🎯 Engaging & Actionable
Participants will learn to select data-driven tools and assistive technology to level the playing field without lowering standards. Attendees will also earn 3 ESE inservice points.

📝 Register Today
Scan the QR code on the flyer or register here:

https://action.fdlrs.org/educators/local-professional-learning

👥 Target Audience
K–12 teachers, support staff, administration, and school-based teams.

We hope to see you there!

Upcoming FDLRS Assistive Technology Trainings! 🚀

Looking to support student engagement, accessibility, and learning outcomes? Join us for a series of FDLRS Assistive Tech Trainings designed for educators and support staff—virtual and in Action!

✨ Upcoming Sessions Include:
📌 Virtual LessonPix – Feb 12
📌 Virtual Enhancing Student Outcomes: Visual Supports – March 4
📌 🆕 Digital Accessibility – March 25
📌 Lesson Pix & Resource Development – April 1
📌 PECS Level 1 (3-Day Training) – April 8–10
📌 ESY Resource Development – May 20

🕒 Various times available
📍 Virtual & FDLRS Action
⚠️ Space may be limited—early registration encouraged!

👉 Register by scanning the QR code or visit:
🌐 action.fdlrs.org

Let’s build inclusive, accessible learning environments together! 💙📚

Boost Engagement. Build Community. Raise Achievement. 🚀

Looking for proven strategies to increase student engagement, strengthen social skills, and improve academic outcomes? Join us for Days 1 & 2 of Kagan Cooperative Learning!

What you’ll learn:
✔️ The 7 Keys to Cooperative Learning Success
✔️ Pair Structures
✔️ Team Structures
✔️ Class Structures

📅 February 19–20, 2026
📍 FDLRS Action (2nd Floor)
3130 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL 32804
⏰ 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM

📲 Register via the QR code or the FDLRS website:
https://action.fdlrs.org/educators/local-professional-learnin

🎓 Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your classroom with high-impact cooperative learning strategies!

✨ Supporting Students with Dyslexia! ✨

Join us at FDLRS Action on March 31 from 8:30–3:30 PM for a research-based, engaging and practical professional learning session on Supporting Students with Dyslexia — learn the definition and characteristics of dyslexia, eligibility criteria, how assessments can support with dyslexia and best practice strategies to support students with characteristics of dyslexia!

This in person session is open to general education teachers, ESE teachers, support staff, and administrators who work to support students with dyslexia. Come learn strategies you can use right away to support your learners with dyslexia!

📅 Date: March 31, 2026

🕣 Time: 8:30 AM–3:30 PM

🌐 Location: FDLRS Action Resource Center

📝 Register here: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0015-0030-f869b7ad1d0740768ecc1074f245469f

📣 UDL: Planning for All Professional Learning
Join us for a one-day, in-person session focused on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) — a framework designed to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all students, especially those with disabilities.

During this course, educators will learn how to intentionally amplify the instructional experience by planning for variability to teach and reach ALL learners.

🗓 Date: February 2, 2026

🕣 Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

📍 Location: FDLRS Action Center
3130 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, FL

🎯 Target Audience:
General Education and ESE Teachers (Grades K–12), Instructional Coaches, and Administrators who support students with and without disabilities.

Let’s work together to make learning accessible, engaging, and meaningful for every student!

Register: https://action.fdlrs.org/educ.../local-professional-learning

Free Resource for Parents Navigating Special Education 🌟

Special Ed Connection® is a FREE, web-based resource designed to help parents understand how special education works—from the moment their child enters services, throughout their journey, and as they transition out.

This resource breaks down everything from legal rights to real-world application, including:
✅ Student referrals
✅ IEPs and procedures
✅ Special education supports and services

Special Ed Connection® explains complex processes in a clear, practical way, empowering parents with the knowledge they need to advocate for their child with confidence.

For more information visit http://bit.ly/spedconnect

A valuable tool for families at any stage of the special education process!

For more parent resources, feel free to reach to Anjanette Mcgee-Cason through email at [email protected]. 📧

FDLRS Courses Focusing on Classroom Management and Behavior

Join us for a variety of professional learning opportunities, both virtual and face to face!

•one-day, in-person sessions focused on Classroom Management, Recognizing and Responding to Challenging Behaviors, Tough Kids Social Skills
•virtual sessions include Executive Function virtual modules and Fostering Resilient Learners book study

Various Dates in January, February and March

Target Audience: General Education and ESE Teachers (Grades K–12), Instructional Coaches, and Administrators who support students with and without disabilities.

Let’s work together to make learning accessible, engaging, and meaningful for every student!

Register: https://action.fdlrs.org/educators/local-professional-learning

🎄🖥️ Ugly Sweaters, Important Skills, Big Impact! 🖥️🎄

Our Festive Facilitators from the Tech Team hosted a Digital Accessibility Training – Ugly Sweater Edition for our FDLRS Action Team. This engaging session is preparing our staff for the new ADA digital accessibility rule rolling out in April 2026, helping ensure our work remains accessible to ALL!

👀 Keep an eye out! This digital accessibility training will be added to our calendar soon and offered to all staff.

✨ Happy Holidays from the FDLRS Action Team! ✨