NEW! The
5th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week
will take place December 5-9, 2005. SERRC is an organizational partner.
For information on how to participate, go to
http://www.inclusiveschools.org.
NEW!
Enhancing Services in Natural
Environments – Ask the Experts Conference
Call Series audio is now online. Click HERE
for more information
NEW! Hurricane Katrina – Information and Resources related to serving children with disabilities
and their families affected by the hurricane
States across the nation are reaching out to serve the children
and families affected by Hurricane Katrina. You will find resources
related to providing early intervention, educational, and transitional
services for children with disabilities and their families affected
by the hurricane.
SERRC, in collaboration with NECTAC and other technical assistance providers,
will provide up-to–date information for schools, displaced professionals,
families and related service providers. State specific resources will
also be listed.
Part
B Hurricane Disaster Relief Information
Click
HERE for
Part B resource information.
Part
C Hurricane Disaster Relief Information
NECTAC
Click
HERE for the
NECTAC website with resource information regarding Hurricane Katrina.
IDEA
Partnership Results for Kids Library
contains resources for the IDEA Act 2004 and No Child
Left Behind. The Library contains resources from both general and special
education including models, curricula, strategies, tools, practice,
policy, and research
Click HERE for the
Library website.
IDEA
PUBLIC MEETINGS John H. Hager, assistant
secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), U.S. Department of Education, is pleased to share with you
the schedule for a series of public meetings to be held following publication
of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to seek input on the proposed
regulations to implement programs under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004).
For more information, click HERE.
Access
and Alignment to GRADE-LEVEL Content for Students with Significan Cognitive
Disabilities: A Training Module for Large-scale Use A
1.5 day session was held in conjunction with the Council of Chief State
School Officers 2005 National Conference. For more information, click
HERE.
For the agenda, click HERE.
(PDF)
DEAF
EDUCATION
This website provides a wealth of knowledge on issues
in the field. This site highlights deaf education teacher preparation,
the Council on Education of the Deaf (CED), collaborative partners,
jobs in deaf education, events, collaborative opportunities, and much
more.
Adequate
Yearly Progress Information
Information on AYP:
Websites and Information, click HERE.
(Word)
The ABCs of AYP, click HERE.
(PDF)
Quick
Notes: School-Based Medicaid - - Links 4U
Click
HERE for Medicaid
website links.
INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2004: Congress has passed legislation re-authorizing IDEA. You may find information
concerning the new legislation on the following websites:
Part B Title I -
• Part
A - General Provisions (PDF)
• Part
B (Section 611-614) (PDF) - Assistance for Education of All Children
With Disabilities (For modifications to section 612(a)(14) see item
2 in H.
Con. Res. 524)
• Part
B (Section 615-619) (PDF) - Procedural safeguards, monitoring and
enforcement
• Part
C (PDF) - Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities
• Part
D (PDF) - National Activities to Improve Education of Children with
Disabilities (For modifications to section 674(c)(1)(D) see item 2 in
H.
Con. Res. 524)
Title
II and III (PDF)
• Title II - National Center for Special Education Research
• Title III - Contains amendments to related legislation
Statement of Managers (PDF)
Explains how differences between the House and the Senate versions of
the bill were resolved.
See also the NICHY
Latest Scoop for additional information on the IDEA re-authorization.
“Enhancing
Services in Natural Environments” Conference Call
Series. The conference call series, held in the spring of 2004, presented
various models or approaches and training materials currently used across
the country to enhance services in natural environments. Click HERE for information in Word. Click HERE for the information in the PDF version. Click HERE
for the order form in Word. Click HERE for the order form in the PDF version.
Summary of Second Southeast Regional Forum for State Representatives of ELL
and Special Education Programs: “Enhancing Services for English
Language Learners with Special Needs”, Marriot Hotel, Baton
Rouge, LA. Click HEREfor the Word document. Click HERE for the PDF version.
Teacher
Certification Standards SERRC is facilitating the alignment
of state teaching standards for special education certification with
those of the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) and of the Interstate
New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC).
