Equity Committee Lunch and Learn: The changing landscape of identifying students with learning disabilities
Join us January 22 to discover how Washington State is correcting this historically disproportionate practice.
Since the advent of special education identification and support, students have been inadvertently over-identified for special education by race, income bracket, and gender. Now the State of Washington has a 2028 timeline to replace the disproportionate procedure of identifying students with learning disabilities and replace it with a system of intervention that begins long before a disability is suspected.
You are invited to join Jeffrey Niess, ESD 112’s Executive Director of Specialized Student Services and School Psychologist, for a presentation and discussion on how students are identified as having learning disabilities and what the state will soon require as the most effective and ethical ways to recognize and support students with learning challenges.
Date & Time
Tue, Jan 22, 2026, 12-1pm
Location
ESD 112 Conference and Institute Center
2500 NE 65th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98661
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Save the March 3, 2026 Lunch & Learn event:
- Mental Health with NAMI SW. More information and registration to come.
Questions or suggestions? Email us at: equity@esd112.org