OAPSA Conference

OAPSA September Two-day Conference

September 25, 2025 @ 8:00 am - September 26, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Please join the OAPSA Board of Directors and your colleagues for the 2025 Fall Conference. This year’s topics focus on how School Administrators can support students by supporting parents more effectively and creating systems of support for students’ needs. We have a solid line up of speakers to inform, enlighten, and educate.

Some of the people that you will hear from are:

• Keynote Speaker: Mills Rodgers, from Mills Rodgers Speaks “Being a Champion for Kids”
• Keynote Speaker: Trudy Arriaga, Educator and Author “Opening Doors to Access andOpportunity”
• Laura Gardner, Founder, Immigrant Connections, “Immigrant Parent Support for Students with Special Needs”
• CASA Staff: Court Appointed Special Advocates and Support: Supporting Students withSpecial Needs
• McKinney-Vento w/ Trish Barnett (ODEW): Supporting Families of Students with Special Needs Who are Experiencing Homelessness
• ODEW team, Updates from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
• Deb Telfer, Executive Director, Systems Development & Improvement Center (UC SDI)-Opportunities for Research and Development and Innovative Ideas
• Legal updates from Roetzel & Andress, including Kathy Perrico and others

Breakout sessions will be offered

• Attendees may use this link to make reservations in the OAPSA block BOOK HERE
• They can also reach the front desk of the hotel at 614-880-4300
• Your group code is 316062.
• Your cutoff date will be Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

8:00-3:30 both days

Location:

Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center
100 Green Meadows Dr S
Lewis Center, OH 43035
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