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This month we are highlighting resources related to special education and hosting three new Online Events focused on the topic.
We will occasionally have monthly themes. If you would like to suggest one, please write us at: schoolsmovingup@wested.org, Subject: Monthly Theme.
April 6, 2006
Standards-Based Instruction: Could it Happen in Special Education?
How can we close the achievement gaps that seem to be persistent or widening for special education students? Research-based systematic standards-focused instruction has tremendously improved outcomes for general education students, but how can this same approach facilitate closing the achievement gap between general and special education students? In this interactive presentation, learn how special educators can implement standards-focused instruction and how appropriately written Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) can support the attainment of grade-level standard skills. Silvia DeRuvo, Special Education Resources Development Specialist for WestEd, will present information on how teachers can "unpack the standards" to drive instruction that will meet standards-based IEP goals.
April 20, 2006
Successful Strategies for Middle and High School Inclusion
This interactive presentation will focus on practical classroom applications to support students with mild to moderate disabilities in the general education setting. In this presentation, Lisa Dieker, Associate Professor in the Department of Child, Family and Community Sciences at the University of Central Florida, will highlight co-teaching between general education and special education; building collaborative school and classroom environments; and adapting the environment, as well as curriculum and instruction, with techniques proven to help all students.
April 27, 2006
IDEA and Literacy
The recent reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) includes several important components related to literacy instruction, including early intervention, the use of a response to intervention (RTI) model in providing services, and the implementation of research based strategies. In this interactive presentation, Catherine Christo, professor of school psychology at California State University, Sacramento, will focus on strategies for fostering reading success that are aligned with IDEA 2004. Topics will include the characteristics of research-based interventions and essential elements of a response to intervention model.
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NCLB/IDEA: Joining Forces to Improve Achievement for Each and Every Student
This interactive presentation addressed a growing national concern — that many schools identified for improvement under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress due to the "subgroup" of students with disabilities. How can state policymakers, leaders of state and local organizations, and parent groups help to leverage the power of two federal statutes, NCLB and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), to improve outcomes for all students — especially those most at risk of being left behind in our society?
Keeping Quality Teachers: The Art of Retaining General and Special Education Teachers
In this interactive presentation, Karen Mikkelsen, Program Associate with the Northeast Regional Resource Center at WestEd, provided an overview of Keeping Quality Teachers: The Art of Retaining General and Special Education Teachers. This powerful, user-friendly tool provides school leaders with resources to address retention of all teachers, but especially those in special education. It contains a framework for action that includes practice that, if implemented, will promote the retention of quality teachers. School and district leaders at all levels can use the resources and strategies to strengthen their efforts to ensure that students learn with quality teachers.
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Full Inclusion Helps All Students
Special education teachers team with general education teachers to raise achievement for all students at a California high school.
Monitoring the Needs of All Students
At Reese Elementary, each teacher meets with an administrative team every trimester to discuss individual student data. These "Co-op Meetings" are tremendously effective in helping meet the needs of all students.
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A Study of MCAS Achievement and Promising Practices in Urban Special Education: Report of Field Research Findings
Publication Date: 2004, October
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
CEC Resources on "Highly Qualified" Requirements for Special Education Teachers
Author: Council for Exceptional Children
Publication Date: 2005
Curricular and Instructional Considerations for Teaching Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
Author: Giangreco, M. F., Doyle, M. B.
Publication Date: 2000
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Expecting Success: Self-Assessment and Resource Guide for Improving Service Delivery
Author: Council of Chief State School Officers
Publication Date: 2002, August
Publisher: Council of Chief State School Officers
Focus on Special Education
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: WestEd
Keeping Quality Teachers: The Art of Retaining General and Special Education Teachers: A Practical Guidebook for School Leaders
Author: Northeast Regional Resource Center, Learning Innovations at WestEd
Publication Date: 2004, November
Publisher: WestEd, OSEP, NCPSE, NASDSE, Syracuse University, & NY State Ed Dept
Pathways to Inclusive Education
Author: Salisbury, C., Strieker, T., Roach, V., McGregor, G.
Publication Date: 2001
Publisher: Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices
Principals of Inclusive Schools
Author: Salisbury, C., McGregor, G.
Publication Date: 2005, November
Publisher: National Institute of Urban School Improvement
Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation
Author: Batsche, G., Elliott, J., Graden, J.L., Grimes, J., Kovaleski, J.F., Prasse, D., et al.
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.
Tales from a Fourth-Grade Classroom: Collaboration Brings Personal Satisfaction, Improves Scores
Author: Boswell, S.
Publication Date: 2005, February
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning
Author: Rose, D.H., Meyer, A., Strangman, N., Rappolt, G.
Publication Date: 2002
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Using Intriguing Problems to Improve Math Skills
Author: Bottge, B.A.
Publication Date: 2001, March
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
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Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Guide to Self-Assessment Tool
Guide for using the LRE Self-Assessment Tool to examine site practices for serving students with disabilities in general education environments. This guide was developed by the California Department of Education in collaboration with the LRE Resources Project at WestEd. This guide was developed to be used in conjunction with the self-assessment tool. See the related tool listed below.
Author: WestEd
Publisher: California Department of Education
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Self-Assessment Tool
The LRE Self-Assessment Tool is used to examine site practices for students with disabilities in general education environments. This tool was developed by the California Department of Education in collaboration with the LRE Resources Project at WestEd.
Author: WestEd
Publisher: California Department of Education
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Access Center
The Access Center builds state and local capacity to improve access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities. The Web site connects states, districts, and schools with each other and with research-based practices, tools, videos and readings that can help achieve this goal. The Center is funded by USDE's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CalSTAT)
The CalSTAT website is a special project of the California Department of Education, Special Education Division. The project's purpose is to support collaboration between general education and special education. The site also
offers information related to technical assistance, family partnerships projects, leadership institutes, regionally coordinated training programs, and many other resources.
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
This Web site describes Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and assessment as they relate to learning differences. This site highlights CAST's research and development in UDL, which draws on the latest brain research and multimedia technology, and how that translates into professional development, policy and practice, products, and publications.
Center for Prevention & Early Intervention
WestEd's Center for Prevention & Early Intervention provides nationally recognized training, technical assistance, and resources for successful education, special education, early intervention, and child care. This Web site provides information about staff development, related Web sites, and numerous early intervention resources.
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
PBIS gives schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. The Web site includes PowerPoint presentations, materials, conference information, and an online library.
IDEA Practices Web Site
The IDEA Practices web site provides useful and timely information to help professionals and families understand and implement IDEA '97. IDEA Practices is a service of the ASPIIRE and ILIAD IDEA Partnership Projects.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
This national information center provides information on: disabilities in children and youth and disability-related issues such as IDEA/NCLB. Resources on this Web site, include: publications, fact sheets on specific disabilities, state resource sheets, and guides for parents. NICHCY information specialists offer referrals to disability organizations, parent groups, and professional associations at the state and national level.
NCEO's Accountability for Students with Disabilities
This National Center on Educational Outcomes site provides an overview of the issues of accountability under NCLB for students with disabilities, links to state accountability policies, and a list of their reports and other resources that focus on designing and building educational assessments and accountability systems taking into account students with disabilities.
Northeast Regional Resource Center
The Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC) is one of six such Centers that help states improve special education and related services. Specifically, NERRC provides leadership and support to State Education Agencies (SEAs) to improve their systems of early intervention, special education, and transition services through the development and implementation of policies, programs, and practices to enhance educational results for children and youth with disabilities. Their Web site provides information on their services, links and reports related to special education, information for parents, and more. NERRC is a project of Learning Innovations at WestEd.
Special Connections
Special Connections connects teachers to strategies that help students with special needs access the general education curriculum. The Web site provides tools and resources that support students with special needs in general education settings.
SchoolsMovingUp - NCLB Special Edition
SchoolsMovingUp's special section on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides a wide range of resources, including services, articles, tools, and select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by key NCLB topics. View IDEA & Special Education at http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/nclb/view/nclb/9
Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners (TDL)
Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners focus on how standard technology already in use many classrooms or schools can support good instruction and research-based strategies that work. The web site spotlights the use of technology to support Differentiated Instruction and providers a range of materials and resources to help teachers and administers integrate technology into the curriculum to support diverse learners.
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