Here are links to organizations regularly offering lectures, webinars, conferences, and other learning opportunities:

• The Arc of Massachusetts – provides training opportunities, webinars, and a biennial transition conference focused on supporting those with intellectual or developmental disabilities, including autism
• Minute Man Arc – offers caregiver trainings on various topics
• Northeast Arc Autism Support Center – offers workshops and an ongoing calendar of events
• Asperger/Autism Network (AANE; formerly the Asperger’s Association of New England) – offers workshops, webinars, and conferences throughout the year
• Carroll School – school for children with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities offering workshops and presentations throughout the year
• CASE Collaborative – offers ongoing professional development for parents/guardians and educators
• Concord Public/Concord-Carlisle Regional SEPAC
• Federation for Children with Special Needs (FCSN) – provides support and trainings for families in multiple languages through the following projects:
  • Mass Family Voices at the Federation (MFV) – provides webinars, workshops, and an annual conference about supporting children and youth with special health care needs
  • FCSN LINK Center – offers Planning a Life (PAL) transition conferences several times a year
  • FCSN Parent Consultant Training Institute (PCTI) – intensive, 40- to 54-hour training program offered several times annually and designed to provide a solid foundation in special education laws, procedures, and related subjects
  • FCSN Parent Training Information Center (PTIC) – offers free, ongoing workshops around the state and webinars in multiple languages regarding Basic Rights in Special Education, an IEP for my Child, Suspension & Discipline, and more
  • FCSN Recruitment, Training and Support Center (RTSC) – this center for Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs) holds an annual conference and provides webinars on a variety of topics
• The Institute for Learning and Development (ILD) – offers workshops for parents and professionals to help children with learning, attentional, and behavior difficulties as well as those who need educational enrichment
• Landmark Outreach – offers online learning and a summer institute on language-based learning disabilities and dyslexia for parents/guardians and professionals
• Lexington Special Education Parents LexSEPTA & LexSEPAC
• Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School SEPAC
  
• Mass Advocates for Children (MAC) – provides workshops and webinars on various topics
• Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change (MFOFC) – offers annual Advocacy Bootcamp for families with children intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or complex medical needs ages birth to 10, an annual Family Leadership Series, and ongoing A Full Life Ahead transition workshops [Acton and Boxborough are in the Northeast region]
• Milestones – provides ongoing in-school training and workshops for enrolled families
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Mass) – offers NAMI Basics, a free, 6-week class for caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional or behavioral issues
• New England Center for Children (NECC) – hosts education series for enrolled families and on-site ABA summer workshops
• Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL) – offers an annual conference and ongoing trainings for youth, families, and professionals about mental health needs
• The Spiral Foundation – provides ongoing intensive trainings, courses, and webinars on sensory processing issues for caregivers and professionals

Note: The AB SEPAC makes every effort to ensure that resources listed on our website include information and support our members will find useful and are compatible with our mission and purpose. We accept no responsibility for events hosted by these organizations. Further, by listing a resource on our website, we are showing no endorsement. The resources are provided for information purposes only.

Updated April 2019