The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) will host the first session for the 2023-2024 OSERS Symposium Series, Belonging : Building and Sustaining Environments that Support High Expectations, Engagement, and Empowerment for All!, virtually on October 25, 2023, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm Eastern!
PROGRESS Center staff were excited to present a number of sessions at the 2023 OSEP Combined Leadership and Project Directors' Conference. Presentations included the following:
Rethinking TA: Impact of a Field-Initiated and Partnership Process
Did you know that Dr. Tessie Bailey, Director of the PROGRESS Center, spent several weeks in Palau and Guam working with educators, coaches and leaders to support the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities? This visit followed an on-site training event with all special educators from Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in May 2022.
The disability community is full of acronyms that people constantly use in writing and in conversation. When promoting progress for students with disabilities it’s important to know what those acronyms stand for. Acronyms are used in order to abbreviate names or phrases. The Center for Parent Information & Resources has developed a list of special education and disability-related acronyms to help parents, educators, administrators and others working in the field of special education untangle the alphabet soup of special education.
Are you working with families that speak Spanish? This 2nd edition of the OSEP Glossary of Spanish Translations of Common IDEA Terms includes over 400 terms related to IDEA Parts B and C (the parts of IDEA that cover special education and early intervention services, respectively). The terms were selected by experienced translators from the OSEP funded Parent Centers who have worked with families with children with disabilities representing the majority of Spanish-speaking cultures in Latin America and Spain.
This resource from the TIES Center was developed by Erik Carter and Elizabeth Biggs to highlight how schools can create a place of belonging for every student. As defined in the guide, belonging is experienced when students are present, invited, welcomed, known, accepted, involved, supported, heard, befriended, and needed.
The Your Journey to Self-determination Series from CADRE includes six interactive self-directed courses that provide relatively short introductions to key concepts and skills needed to support students in becoming self-determined and engaging in their educational planning. Facilitation materials are also available.