Date: August 20, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Tammy L. Stephens, Ph.D., & Edward K. Schultz, Ph.D.
Description: Navigating the identification process for students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) requires clarity, consistency, and compliance with state guidelines. This webinar offers a deep dive into the Texas Guidance Document for SLD Identification, breaking down its essential components and highlighting how its principles align seamlessly with the Core-Selective Evaluation Process (C-SEP).
Participants will explore how C-SEP supports the state’s requirement for using multiple data sources, ruling out exclusionary factors, and identifying patterns of strengths and weaknesses across cognitive, academic, and functional domains. This session will also provide practical examples and tools to help school-based evaluators streamline their assessment practices while meeting both legal expectations and best practice standards.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Identify key components of the Texas SLD Identification Guidance Document.
2. Describe how C-SEP aligns with and supports state guidance and IDEA criteria.
3. Apply a C-SEP-informed approach to reviewing existing data, planning targeted assessment, and documenting patterns of strengths and weaknesses.
4. Discuss common pitfalls in SLD identification and how C-SEP mitigates these challenges.
Dates: September 10, 2025 and October 1, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Tammy L. Stephens, Ph.D.
Description: Unlock the power of data-driven evaluations with C-SEP – Powered by Bosco K12. This webinar explores how Bosco K12, an educational technology platform, enhances the Core-Selective Evaluation Process (C-SEP) by automating data organization, identifying patterns of strengths and weaknesses, and simplifying the assessment workflow. Participants will discover how Bosco K12 supports school-based evaluators by streamlining the collection, integration, and analysis of student data — all while ensuring compliance with IDEA and state guidelines.
Whether you're new to C-SEP or a seasoned practitioner, this session will provide tools, templates, and live walkthroughs that show how Bosco K12 saves time, improves defensibility, and brings clarity to even the most complex evaluations. Plus, you’ll get a sneak peek at Bosco, the lovable black lab who guides users along the way!
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the core principles of C-SEP and how Bosco K12 aligns with its methodology.
2. Explore features of Bosco K12 that support efficient and compliant evaluations.
3. Learn how to collect and organize multiple data sources to identify valid patterns of strengths and weaknesses.
4. See real-life examples of how Bosco K12 reduces evaluator workload and enhances collaboration with teams and families.
Date: September 24, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Stewart Pisecco, Ph.D.
Description: Evaluating students with autism requires balancing thoroughness with intentionality. With a wide range of possible characteristics—across communication, social interaction, sensory processing, and behavior—evaluators are often faced with the challenge of gathering rich, individualized data without over-assessing or overlooking critical areas.
This webinar provides a clear, practitioner-focused roadmap for conducting targeted yet comprehensive evaluations for students with suspected or confirmed Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants will explore how to align evaluation domains with referral concerns, select tools that capture the student’s unique presentation, and integrate both standardized and informal data sources to support accurate identification and meaningful recommendations.
Using current research, case examples, and best practices aligned with IDEA and DSM-5 criteria, this session will guide evaluators in building assessments that are purposeful, efficient, and defensible.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the core characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder and how they manifest in school-based settings.
2. Select appropriate evaluation tools and procedures aligned with referral concerns and suspected areas of need.
3. Balance the depth and breadth of assessment by prioritizing domains that yield the most meaningful data.
4. Integrate formal and informal data—including interviews, observations, rating scales, and cognitive/language measures—to support eligibility decisions.
5. Translate assessment results into practical recommendations that inform instruction, support, and collaboration.
6. Identify differences between the IDEA definition and diagnostic criteria for Autism used in medical and behavioral health settings.
Date: October 15, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Tammy L. Stephens, Ph.D.
Description: Making eligibility decisions in special education requires more than just test scores—it demands meaningful integration of data and the ability to identify consistent patterns of student performance. This session explores how the Core-Selective Evaluation Process (C-SEP) provides a flexible and legally sound framework for analyzing multiple sources of data to determine Specific Learning Disability (SLD) eligibility.
Participants will learn how to move beyond isolated scores and surface-level checklists by applying pattern seeking techniques across cognitive, academic, and functional data domains. Through real-world case examples, attendees will practice techniques to triangulate data, interpret cross-domain relationships, and document clear patterns of strengths and weaknesses—all while aligning with federal and state guidelines for defensibility.
Whether you're new to C-SEP or refining your evaluation process, this session offers practical tools and strategies to increase confidence and clarity in assessment interpretation.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the role of data integration and pattern seeking within the C-SEP framework.
2. Apply strategies to identify meaningful patterns across cognitive, academic, and functional data.
3. Differentiate between isolated test results and consistent performance trends.
4. Use real-world case examples to practice data triangulation and cross-domain interpretation.
5. Strengthen the defensibility of evaluation decisions through organized and supported documentation.
Date: November 5, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Georgene Moon, M.Ed.
Description: Accurately identifying disabilities in multilingual and emergent bilingual learners requires more than translated assessments. It requires cultural and linguistic responsiveness, a deep understanding of language acquisition, and a comprehensive approach that distinguishes between language difference and disability.
This webinar will guide evaluators through the essential components of conducting culturally and linguistically appropriate evaluations. Participants will learn how to gather a rich language history, select appropriate tools and procedures, and interpret results through a lens that considers both linguistic development and the student’s educational context.
Using current research and real-world examples, the session will highlight best practices in bilingual assessment aligned with federal and state guidance. Emphasis will be placed on collaborative data gathering, dual language profiles, exclusionary factors, and how to support defensible eligibility decisions.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe how language development, sociocultural background, and educational experience influence assessment outcomes.
2. Identify key components of a comprehensive evaluation for emergent bilingual learners, including language dominance and proficiency measures.
3. Differentiate between language difference and language-based disability using a variety of formal and informal data sources.
4. Select and apply culturally and linguistically appropriate tools and procedures.
Date: November 12, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Tammy L. Stephens, Ph.D.
Description: Evaluators are getting more referrals without key RTI (Response-to- Intervention) data. Without this information, it's hard for evaluators to tell if a student’s struggles are due to a true learning disability or just a learning gap. Missing details about interventions and progress tracking can create legal and ethical challenges, making it tough for evaluators to decide if poor instruction is the main reason for the student’s difficulties.
This session will introduce Learning-Response Assessment Practices, a type of hands-on and flexible assessment. The presenter will explain what learning-based assessment is, share its benefits, and discuss how it can be used as part of a full evaluation.
Date: Dec 3, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 CST
Trainers: Tammy L. Stephens, Ph.D., & Georgene Moon, M.Ed.
Description: Due process hearings can be a powerful source of insight into what strengthens—or weakens—an educational evaluation. In this eye-opening session, participants will examine real due process cases where evaluation procedures, documentation, or interpretation were central to the outcome.
The webinar will highlight common themes and missteps cited in hearings, including inadequate data integration, lack of exclusionary factor analysis, failure to consider language or cultural background, and vague or unsupported conclusions. Participants will reflect on how these issues could have been prevented and walk away with concrete strategies to improve the defensibility, clarity, and quality of their own evaluations.
This session is ideal for evaluators who want to stay legally aligned, ethically grounded, and professionally confident in their assessment practices.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify common evaluation errors and omissions that have been cited in recent due process hearings.
2. Understand how legal language and documentation are interpreted in special education disputes.
3. Apply strategies to strengthen data analysis, interpretation, and reporting practices in alignment with IDEA and state standards.
4. Reflect on the ethical responsibilities of evaluators in high-stakes decision making.
5. Increase defensibility and collaboration by integrating best practices highlighted in due process outcomes.
Past Recordings
Recorded: April 3, 2025
Contemporary updates to standardized tests and recent modifications to assessment policy requires C-SEP to adjust its practices towards the use of norm-referenced tests. All C-SEP users should watch this complimentary webinar where Dr. Stephens and Dr. Schultz discuss updates to policy and testing practices, which in turn have a minor but fundamental impact on the C-SEP methodology. Be certain to watch this recording to update your adherence to C-SEP and to stay compliant.
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Resources: C-SEP 2.0 Handout
Date: April 25, 2025
Recording: Not Recorded
Resources: Honoring Grief Slides
Resources: Compassionate handout
Date: April 17, 2025
Recording: Not Recorded
Resources: CBM Slide Deck
Date: March 28, 2025
Recording: Not Recorded
Resources: REED Slide Deck