Team: Riverside

Gail Angus, Coordinator
gangus@ valverde.edu
or
Maribel Caparas mcaparas@valverde.edu
(951) 490-0375

Team: Sue Balt, Executive Director,
Gail Angus, Assistant Director,
Jon Eyler, Coordinator,
and Maribel Caparas, Support Staff

(Riverside County SELPA); Christine Foust, psychologist

(Temecula Valley USD); TBD, Parent Partner Coordinator

(Riverside County Department of Mental Health); TBD

(Riverside County Office of Education); TBD,

(University of California, Riverside)

Riverside County SELPA has 22 local education agencies (LEA) which provide special education services to about 28,500 students, with an ADA of about 273,300 students

Responsibilities of the Team: Maribel Caparas and Gail Angus are responsible for logistics of the Regional Institute including registration information. Jon Eyler is our liaison with PENT and will provide input in the area of behavior support planning and the needs of Non-Public Schools. Sue Balt will assist in the area of Culture of an Organization. Our partner from Riverside County Mental Health will be providing us with information regarding behavior intervention strategies and the perspective of a parent. The representative from Riverside County Office of Education will assist with creating an Institute that meets the needs of Program Improvement Districts and Schools, as well as the principal’s needs to create a system change. The local University partner will provide support and information in the area of Response to Instruction and research-based strategies for closing the achievement gap.