📚✨ FREE Special Education Workshop for Families ✨📚

The Office of the Local Children’s Board, in partnership with LiveWellEd, invites families to a FREE interactive workshop designed to help you better understand and navigate the special education process.

Learn how to:
✔️ Understand how Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) work
✔️ Use 504 Plans to support student success
✔️ Know your Maryland parent rights
✔️ Build strong advocacy skills for your child

Participants will leave with practical tools, a personalized action plan, and an IEP/504 Empowerment Playbook to confidently support their child’s success.

📅 Saturday, March 14, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 East Columbia 50+ Center
6610 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21046

🎟 FREE In-Person Workshop
🍽 Light refreshments & lunch provided (please indicate dietary restrictions when registering)
👶 Onsite childcare available (first come, first served)

🔗 Register here: Your Child, Your Voice: Navigating IEPs & 504s

For questions or to reserve childcare:
📧 klineberger@howardcountymd.gov
📞 410-313-0223