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Educational Conference for Parents

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Parents of children and youth with disabilities and special education needs are invited to join us for an exciting program focused on issues important to you and your child. Learn from local experts including an engaging keynote speaker and multiple breakout sessions full of strategies, tips and proven research to help you support your exceptional students. Parents will leave with renewed energy, hope and a pathway to success!

Beth Foraker, the Co-Director of the UC Davis Redwood SEED 

(Supported Education to Elevate Diversity) Scholars Program 

 will present our Keynote Speech titled "Advocacy: Trust It, You Know So Much...You Gotta Share!"

Saturday, September 27, 2025 

8:30 am -2:00pm

Napa Valley College, Student Activity Center

2227 Napa Vallejo Highway, Napa CA 94558

Free to Napa County Parents/Caregivers; Lunch provided;

Limited availability for childcare ages 2 and older;

Presented in English; Spanish Translation Available

About Beth Foraker

Keynote Speaker Beth Foraker with her son Patrick
Beth Foraker and son Patrick

Beth Foraker and her husband, John, are alumni of UC Davis. Beth and John are parents to four children: Jack, Mary Kate, Patrick, and Caroline. Their third child, Patrick, has Down Syndrome. He was fully included preschool through high school and graduated in 2023 from a four-year inclusive college program on the east coast called George Mason University because there was no four-year opportunity in California.

Beth has been an educator for over thirty five years and has worked for fifteen years for UC Davis in the School of Education with beginning teachers in their Multiple Subject Credential/Masters Program. She founded and directs the four-year inclusive college program at UC Davis called the Redwood SEED Scholars Program. Beth works to build what she calls Continuums of Inclusion: communities that offer preschool through college inclusion so that independent adulthood - inclusive living and inclusive employment - and full belonging are possible. With the launch of the UC Davis Redwood SEED Scholars Program, the city of Davis is now one!

Visit Our Resource Fair

AB Behavior & Consulting 

AngelSense 

California State Council On Developmental Disabilities

Child Start Inc 

City of Napa Parks & Recreation 

Community Resources for Children

Comprehensive Services for Older Adults/IHSS 

Cope Family Center 

Department of Rehabilitation

Expressions of Hope 

HHSA Public Health 

Moving Forward Towards Independence 

Napa County Office of Education - Early Learning Services 

Napa Valley COAD 

Napa Valley Support Services 

NEWS - Domestic Violence & Sexual Abuse Services 

NVC Title IX & Civil Rights Office 

On the Move- The Neighborhood Initiative 

Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center 

UpValley Family Centers

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