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 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.
This webpage and series of practice guides includes practical resources on assessment and instruction for children and youth with deaf-blindness. The Info Topics covered on the educational practices webpage, contain a collection of information and resources developed by researchers and practitioners.
This is the sixth chapter of the English Learner Tool Kit, which is intended to help state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) meet their obligations to English Learners (ELs). This tool kit should be read in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) and the U.S.
This resource from the TIES Center highlights a process to help schools consider how IEP goals can be addressed in both school and home environments. The 5C Process is a five-step process focused on building continuity across lifelong learning priorities, the annual IEP goals, the inclusive environments (at school or at home), and instructional support for students with significant cognitive disabilities. The process outlines a plan for transitioning instruction between school and home during periods of distance learning.
This section from the Training Manual: Collaborative Problem Solving and Dispute Resolution in Special Education, focuses on communication skills which are essential for effective collaboration, including collaborating with parents and families within the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming. This section of the training manual covers types of communication, receiving information, sharing information, and barriers to effective communication.
A Tale of Two Conversations is a two-part video, originally developed by the Office for Dispute Resolution in Pennsylvania, showing actors playing a parent of a child with a disability and a school administrator. The meeting was requested by the parent and takes place in the administrator’s office. Take One shows the parent and administrator talking about the child’s special education program. They are talking, but not listening. Their communication is unproductive.
This brochure offers specific communication skills that may be helpful to parents as they develop and maintain partnerships with their child's school. This document was originally published in May 2004 and developed in partnership with the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). This resource is available in multiple languages