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OPI ParaPathways Project
OPI ParaPathways Project
LRP Direct Step and OPI have partnered to offer Montana administrators, educators, and paraprofessionals access to over 100 Professional Learning Modules on Special Education topics, all eligible for OPI Renewal Units. Click here to access the modules. Note: You must create an account on LRP and identify your school district.
Learn more about the ParaPathways project here.
The Montana Center for Inclusive Education and Institute for Neurodiversity at Montana State University Billings (MSUB), in collaboration with the OPI Montana Autism Education Project, is pleased to host the first annual Mountain West Neurodiversity Conference at MSU-B, September 19-20, 2025, with a pre-conference intensive behavior workshop for educators on September 18, 2025.
This is a free conference designed for educators, related service providers, families, and advocates. The conference will feature leading experts in the field alongside autistic and neurodiverse individuals, sharing their lived experiences, evidence-based approaches, and tools to support meaningful inclusion across educational and community settings.
Professor John Ravenscroft, CVI Scotland
October 16, 2025
9:00 - 4:30 PM
Butte Civic Center, 1340 Harrison Avenue Butte, MT 59701
This day course will:
Examine the intricate relationship between visual impairment and cerebral visual impairment (CVI) and delve into the visual challenges that children with CVI face.
Explore the co-occurring disabilities that many children with CVI experience.
Highlight the problem of definitions, assessment, collaborative working with other professionals and will cover intervention strategies that are used.
We will look at the importance of understanding brain structures, so that we can focus on higher and lower processing of vision.
It is an interactive course where students are encouraged to continually ask questions.
Sponsored by: CSHS and Montana CSPD Regions 1, 2, and 3!
MT Youth Transitions Conference
MT Youth Transitions Conference
November 12 - 14, 2025
Copper King Convention Center, Butte, MT
For OPI Assistance Contact:
Anne Carpenter, CSPD State Director, 406-465-0922
Tammy Lysons, CSPD State Coordinator, 406-431-2309
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