In this video, Kathleen Donovan, Parent Resource Center Coordinator for Arlington Public Schools and parent, Gina Argotti discuss how they used the platform of a Spanish language soap opera, or telenovela, to explain and demystify the special education process for Spanish speaking families. This series was designed to support the engagement of families in the special education process, share information, encourage advocacy skills, and foster collaborative home-school partnerships which positively impact student success.
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Family participation is an essential feature of the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. Families bring important information related to their child's academic, functional, and behavioral strengths, needs, and goals. As a result, it is important to ensure that the individualized education program (IEP) team is truly a partnership that values all participants' perspectives. All participants must understand each team members’ role and value the expertise they bring to the development and implementation of the IEP.
Webinar
In this video, meet Dr. Francisco Durán, Superintendent of Schools in Arlington, VA. Listen as he discusses the district's efforts to create a welcoming environment for all students.
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Student and parent voices are critical to developing an IEP that promotes progress and is individualized to help the student meet future goals. These forms were developed to help IEP teams work with parents and students to gather information and perspectives prior to the IEP meeting to ensure that the meeting can run efficiently and focused on the unique needs and goals of the student. The forms ask parents and students to share goals, strengths, needs, and what has and hasn't worked to support the student at school, at home, and in the community.
Tools
Did you see that the PROGRESS Center and TIES Center were featured in a recent article, Improving belonging, social-emotional wellness requires coordination across all levels of K-12? This article highlighted information from a recent presentation at the OSEP Leadership and Project Directors Conference featuring PROGRESS Center Director Dr. Tessie Bailey, TIES Center Director Dr. Kristin Liu, and PROGRESS Center Educator in Resident Kevallyn Drake.
News
This course focuses on planning for instruction. It is part of a series covering instructional practices. These practices were identified through an extensive, systematic meta-analysis* of the high-leverage practices for students with disabilities. Those who enroll in this interactive course will be able to do the following:
Online Module
In this webinar, Abigail Foley, L4L Deputy Director, and Cory Stai, L4L Literacy Coach, modeled tools that school leaders and educators can use to enhance schoolwide reading systems and improve implementation of evidence-based literacy practices within non-public schools. Presenters shared free resources that can be used within existing literacy initiatives and systems to maximize the quality of instructional opportunities offered to all students.
Webinar
Are you interested in improving your IEPs? Are you looking for resources and strategies to help prepare educators to promote progress for students with disabilities? On August 3-4, 2022 the PROGRESS Center held a free two-day virtual learning event, Prepping for PROGRESS! Adding New Tools to Your Backpack (Toolbox) for the Start of School. The event focused on sharing information, resources and lessons learned to support the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. If you missed the event, we will be posting recordings and materials from the event sessions.
Events
In this Stories from the Classroom video, Dr. David Bateman shares a story of an IEP meeting that serves as a reminder that the IEP is meant to address all of the student’s individual needs and how important family input and perspective is to the development and implementation of an IEP that meets their child's needs.
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What can we learn from the experiences of families and youth to guide our development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities? In this webinar, Stacy Hirt and Joey Hunziker share findings from a series of focus groups with families and caregivers who had a child with an IEP during their school years and young adults who were supported with an IEP while in school. Educational planning successes, challenges, and recommendations from the lens of focus group participants will be highlighted.
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