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At the Center

At the Center

Written by: Center for Special Education Services
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We are the Center for Special Education Services! We partner with school districts to deliver on-site, in-person special education evaluations accompanied by our proprietary technology platform and expert case supervision. This podcast is an opportunity to talk about and stay up to date with everything special education, how we can prepare our families for the rigorous and sometimes confusing testing process in school districts, and speak with real practitioners in the field to give our listeners helpful information and insight into the special education field. We hope you'll join us here, At the Center!

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Episodes
  • At the Center: Addressing Difference vs Disorder through a Multilingual Lens
    May 18 2026

    Thank you for joining us At the Center! In today's episode, host Dean Constantopoulos speaks with Sivan Schondorf, the Chief Communications Officer at CSES, about Speech Language Pathology and how SLP work functions at the Center for Special Education Services. She explains the importance of understanding a student's native language and how these linguistic differences can be misconstrued as "disorder" while highlighting the steps that district leaders, educators, and families can take to ensure that their child receives the best speech services possible. Interested in learning more? Come and join us here, at the Center!

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    33 mins
  • At the Center: Your Professional Development Playbook
    Apr 20 2026

    Thank you for joining us At the Center! In today's episode, host Dean Constantopoulos speaks with Dr. Eric Fine, the Chief Clinical Officer and Director of School Psychology at CSES, as well as Dr. Jamie McKay, the Quality Assurance and Training Manager at CSES, about the in's and out's of professional development in the world of special education. We discuss why professional development is so important when building a strong team or program, how professional development can serve the populations we wish to serve, as well as how CSES can provide professional development opportunities to your district. Interested in learning more? Come and have a listen with us here, At the Center!

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    34 mins
  • At the Center: Solving Staff Shortages Through Values-Driven Practices
    Mar 18 2026

    Thank you for joining us At the Center! In today's episode, host Dean Constantopoulos speaks with the Director of Operations for Center for Special Education Services Jessica Armour about what CSES does and why we practice the way we do. We talk about struggles that school districts deal with in the field of special education, particularly staff shortages, and how CSES's values-driven practices help us to provide crucial services to school districts around the Midwest. Come and have a listen with us here, At the Center!

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    40 mins
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