In this issue you will Find Topics On:
Bullying
Bullying tools and resources.
Resources to stop bullying.
https://nichcy.org/schoolage/behavior/bullying
Stop bullying | The government’s initiative.
https://www.stopbullying.gov/
Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center.
https://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
Classroom Management
Creating an emotionally safe classroom.
https://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/safety_wonder.htm
Managing behavior challenges.
Visit NICHCY’s Behavior Suite.
There are 5 individual pages in the suite: behavior expertise; behavior assessment, plans, and positive supports; behavior at home; behavior at school; and bullying (mentioned above). Enter at:
https://nichcy.org/schoolage/behavior
Behavior problems and discipline.
From Wrightslaw, this centralized page of resources branches off in many directions, so you are quite likely to find the type of behavior resource you’re looking for. Lots here for parents, teachers, administrators, and IEP teams alike!
https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/discipl.index.htm
College
Achieve College ~ ¡Hacia Adelante! ~ A Guide for College Access (2011)
Guide
https://tinyurl.com/8ybycru
IDRA’s bilingual (English/Spanish) “Achieve College ~ ¡Hacia Adelante! ~ A Guide for College Access” promotes a collaborative approach to goal-setting and decision-making among student, family, and school. It includes four steps: getting ready in high school, making a good choice of a college, applying early to several colleges, and planning to get financial help and includes a resource CD with a workbook for planning for college and checklists for ninth, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.
College Preparation Checklist (2011)
Checklist
https://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/checklist.jsp
The College Preparation Checklist is a resource for students and parents on the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid Web site. It includes a “to do” list to help students prepare academically and financially for education beyond high school. Each section is split into subsections for students and parents, explaining what to do.
Disability Friendly Colleges for Students with Physical Disabilities (2009)
Guide
https://www.disabilityfriendlycolleges.com/
“Disability Friendly Colleges: A Guide for Students with Physical Disabilities,” is an online college guide for students with physical disabilities containing interactive charts of the most disability friendly colleges and profiles of the colleges that provide services necessary for students with physical disabilities to live on campus.
Getting Accommodations at College (March 2011)
Tipsheet
https://labs.umassmed.edu/transitionsRTC/Resources/premium-publications/Accomodationstipsheet2.pdf
The Transitions RTC has produced a tip sheet outlining the supports and services colleges are required to offer students with mental health challenges. The Transitions RTC focuses on supports for youth and young adults, ages 14-30, with serious mental health conditions who are trying to complete their schooling and training and move into work, but these strategies are relevant to students with other disabilities. Available in pdf (364 KB, 1 p).
Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy (2011)
Guide
https://www.navigatingcollege.org/download.php
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has published, “Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy,” a guide for autistic students written by autistic adults. The handbook provides first-person insights from current and past college students on the autism spectrum on the higher education experience including disclosure, classroom accommodations, dorm life, and sexuality.
Off to College: Tips for Students with Visual Impairments (2009)
Information Sheet
https://www.c3online.org/PHP-c170.pdf
“Off to College: Tips for Students with Visual Impairments,” provides information on how to make the transition to college, including how to find the best school and visiting their office for students with disabilities, determining whether any accommodations will be needed, communicating with teachers about one’s disability, getting books and other materials, and orienting oneself around the campus. Available in pdf (106 KB, 3 pp).
Planning for Assistive Technology in College (March 2011)
Article
https://tinyurl.com/3jlnv6n
“Planning for Assistive Technology in College,” from the National Center for Learning Disabilities, provides information for youth with learning disabilities who use assistive technology and are also planning to go on to college.
The Missing Element: Fostering a Holistic Path to College (April 2012)
Report
https://tinyurl.com/77qctv2
“Fostering a Holistic Path to College,” in Education Week, reports that an important component of the college-readiness equation is often overlooked, in directing college-readiness efforts at populations less likely to apply to or consider higher education. Young people must be not only academically and financially but developmentally prepared for college, focused on clear goals for their work. Students most in need of preparation often lack ability to seek support. College-readiness efforts must therefore help young people developmentally, building college-going identities by defining and focusing on their goals. Educators who help students focus on their personal motivation, long-term persistence, and self-regulation skills, can help them develop self-direction in setting and reaching postsecondary goals. But this focus requires programs and services that incorporate nonacademic components, as well as to academic and financial supports, to prepare students and their families for post-secondary options.
Early Intervention
How safe is your classroom? Identifying hazards before accidents happen.
https://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=273
Let them play!
Different types of play help children grow in different ways. The CDC highlights three types of play that children need.
https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/children.html
Find an accessible playground.
An accessible playground means it’s as easy as possible for everyone to play, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. Now, more than ever, to meet ADA and due to community pressure, playgrounds are being built with an eye towards accessibility and usability. Thanks to Accessibleplayground.net, you can search for playgrounds via its directory, educate yourself about accessible play, find resources on all aspects of designing and building a playground in your community, and more. https://www.accessibleplayground.net/
A guide to effective consultation with settings serving infants, toddlers, and their families.
What core knowledge, competencies, and dispositions do consultants need to work with early care and education programs and settings serving infants, toddlers, and their families? This document will tell you. It’s been written to guide administrators, consultants, and practitioners in the design and delivery of infant and toddler care throughout New England states, but is full of information useful in other regions of the country.
https://transition.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2011_effective_consultation.pdf
Training activity: Participation-based IFSP outcomes and IEP goals.
This training activity is designed to support participants’ understanding of the criteria needed to develop and write high-quality, participation-based IFSP outcomes and IEP goals.
https://www.nectac.org/pubs/pubs.asp#rating-ifsp-iep-training.pdf
Oh, those rocky transitions from one thing to another! | Video.
Children often have trouble stopping one fun thing and moving on to the next activity. Here are three videos that can help you beat the transitioning blues. All involve alerting children ahead of time that a change is coming, so they know what to expect and what to do. https://challengingbehavior.vidcaster.com
https://challengingbehavior.vidcaster.com/GL65/importance-of-planning-transitions/
https://challengingbehavior.vidcaster.com/YfYj/transition-sequence/
Cooperative play | Video.
Activities become more social and meaningful when completed with a friend. This video shows us a cooperative art activity, where one child holds the paper for a friend while they punch holes in it to lace later on.
https://challengingbehavior.vidcaster.com/7fgd/cooperative-play/
Safe babies court teams are helping to build strong families and healthy communities.
It’s awful to know: Every 7 minutes an infant or toddler is removed from the family home due to alleged abuse or neglect. It’s good to know: Developmentally appropriate early intervention and child welfare policies can help infants and toddlers overcome the negative developmental consequences that stem from maltreatment. Safe Babies Court Teams are working to change local systems to improve outcomes and prevent future court involvement in the lives of very young children. Read all about it and find out if your region has a Court Team.
https://www.zerotothree.org/maltreatment/safe-babies-court-team/safe-babies-court-teams-building-strong-families-and-healthy-communities.html/
Health Care Resources
Health care resources.
https://nichcy.org/families-community/help/healthcare/
Mental health resources.
https://nichcy.org/families-community/help/mentalhealth/
Relish is for more than hotdogs: A student’s guide to making your own sweet success.
https://nichcy.org/publications#letr
Sexuality education for children and youth with disabilities.
https://nichcy.org/schools-administrators/sexed/
School inclusion.
https://nichcy.org/schoolage/placement/inclusion
School health index.
The SHI is a self-assessment and planning tool that helps schools identify strengths and weaknesses of health and safety policies and programs; develop an action plan for improving student health and safety; and involve teachers, parents, students, and the community in improving school services.
https://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DASH_SHI/default/Login.aspx
High School Dropouts
Building A Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic (March 2012)
Report
https://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Building-a-Grad-Nation.aspx
“Building A Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic” is a new report from Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America’s Promise Alliance, and the Alliance for Excellent Education. The report finds that the national high school graduation rate increased from 72.6% in 2002 to 75.5% in 2009, and 24 states increased high school graduation rates, with modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating only 60% or fewer students on time – often referred to as “dropout factories” – decreased from 2,007 schools in 2002 to 1,550 schools in 2010.
IEP’s
All about the IEP.
https://nichcy.org/schoolage/iep
Matrix parent center’s IEP Toolkit.
https://tinyurl.com/79o5qkf
Wrightslaw game plan: SMART IEPs.
https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.goals.plan.htm
When the IEP services are not delivered.
https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.replace.services.crabtree.htm
How can IDEA work for you?
10 Tips: How to Use IDEA 2004 to Improve Your Child’s Special Education
https://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/art/10.tips.steedman.htm
Keeping your cool.
Easier said than done, especially when tempers and anxiety are flaring. Here are several resources that can help you “take it down a notch.”
Keep it calm.
https://specialchildren.about.com/od/behaviorstrategies/a/keepitcalm.htm
Inclusion
AT in Inclusive Classrooms: What Problem Are We Trying to Solve? (February 2012)
Report
https://fctd.info/newsletters
The Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD) has issued “AT in Inclusive Classrooms: What Problem Are We Trying to Solve?” their series on Technology Voices. The report discusses the role of assistive technology in supporting successful inclusive classrooms and evidence-based practices that support inclusion.
Parent’s Guides
A Parent’s Guide to 21st-Century Learning (2012)
Guide
https://www.edutopia.org/parent-21st-century-learning-resource-guide
Developing 21st-century skills is crucial to preparing students for success in college, careers, and their adult lives, and getting their parents involved is essential. Edutopia’s “A Parent’s Guide to 21st-Century Learning” provides an introduction to online resources and projects, sorted by grade levels. The section, “Ten Tips to Bring 21st-Century Skills Home” provides parents with ideas that can be acted on immediately. Available in pdf (5.71 MB, 10 pp).
Tip sheets for parents and caregivers.
These tip sheets from Preventing Child Maltreatment and Promoting Well-Being: A Network for Action 2012 Resource Guide are designed to address particular parenting concerns or questions.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth/tipsheets.cfm
Professional Development
Assessing and Supporting New Special Education Teachers in Their Professional Growth (April 2012)
Archived Webinar
https://personnelcenter.org/
The Personnel Improvement Center @ NASDSE hosted a Webinar March 29, 2012, featuring the Maryland State Department of Education’s online professional development and support network, which emphasizes knowledge and skills needed to become a highly effective special educator. The creators of this support network, integrating CEC standards with INTASC standards into their online rubric, discussed assessing and supporting new special education teachers in their professional growth. The webinar has been archived through their Web site.
Survey Participation
ASCD: Outstanding Young Educator Award
https://tinyurl.com/7s3ualn
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is seeking nominations for its Outstanding Young Educator Award, which recognizes a teacher under the age of 40 who demonstrates excellence in his or her profession, a positive impact on students, creativity in the classroom, and leadership in his or her school or district. Maximum award: $10,000; ASCD institutional membership. Eligibility: full-time K-12 teachers under age 40; self-nominations accepted. Deadline: August 1, 2012.
LeadCast Blog Invites Entries from Scholars
https://niusileadscape.org/bl/
The Equity Alliance at ASU’s LeadCast blog was initially created to talk directly to school principals, and has expanded to include researchers, practitioners, scholars, and state and district administrators dedicated to improving education through advocacy, research, social agency and the arts and transforming the ways education is conceptualized and delivered in this country. They invite scholars interested in submitting blog entries to email niusileadscape@asu.edu.
Learning Disabilities Association of America Seeks Submissions for 2013 Conference
https://www.ldaamerica.org/conference/index.asp
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is seeking submissions for the 2013 Conference to be held in San Antonio, TX, February 13-16, 2013. Proposals to present a paper, conduct a workshop, provide an informational session, or make a formal presentation are invited. LDA values sessions on current and best practices, including basic information about the nature of learning disabilities as well as innovative approaches to advocacy, assessment, intervention, and instruction; sessions on new ways to ensure successful transition, use assistive technology, access the general curriculum, provide a continuum of services, and foster productive adulthood; and hands-on practical techniques for Table Talk and reports of research for Poster Sessions. Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2012.
The 4th Annual HCTRC Research Symposium Seeks Abstracts
https://uncodum.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_77A6vbYjaM6KMpS
The Health Care Transition Research Consortium (HCTRC) and GotTransition – the National Health Care Transition Center, in collaboration with the Chronic Illness & Disease Conference, Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care, seek abstracts for presentation at the 4th Annual HCTRC Research Symposium, October 17, 2012, in Houston Texas. This research symposium invites researchers, clinicians, consumers and families to share their health care transition expertise and experience; foster the development of this emerging and growing field of science and specialty practice; and facilitate networking among colleagues and consumers. They are interested in receiving abstracts addressing: Young Adult/Parent Experience, Quality Improvement/Program Design, Education, Research/Outcomes, Service Models, and Other (i.e. abstract category not listed; thematic presentation involving several presenters) Submission deadline: May 31, 2012.
Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (VCU RRTC) Online Course: Customized Employment
https://www.worksupport.com/training/webcourses/ce.cfm
The Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (VCU RRTC) offers an online course in “Customized Employment,” March 26-April 23, 2012 Customized employment uses a flexible blend of strategies, services, supports, and funds to facilitate employment outcomes for job seekers with complex needs through negotiated employment relationships. Topics Covered: Overview of customized employment, Ways to get to know the job seeker, Strategies to find jobs & Blending supports and funds. Course Credit: Individuals who complete the course may earn 1.6 CEUs, 16 CRCs and a Certificate of Course Completion.
Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (VCU RRTC) Online Course: Personalized Job Development
https://www.worksupport.com/training/webcourses/job_development.cfm
The Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (VCU RRTC) offers an online course in “Personalized Job Development,” March 19-April 16, 2012. Job development is the process of locating and creating work opportunities for individuals with disabilities. This is achieved by earning an opportunity to engage an employer and then earning a commitment to meet, interview, and hire a specific job seeker. Topics Covered: Core Values, Strategies for Personal Improvement, Contact & Presentation Strategies. Individuals who complete the course may earn 1.6 CEUs, 16 CRCs and a Certificate of Course Completion.
2012 Southwest Conference on Disability Seeks Proposals
https://cdd.unm.edu/swconf
The 2012 Southwest Conference on Disability seeks proposals on the theme “Access For All: To Boldly Go Where Everybody Else Has Gone Before,” with emphasis on: Access To Health, Physical Access, Access To Employment, Access To Technology, and Access To Behavioral Health Through High-Quality Service Partnerships. The conference will be held October 9-12, 2012. Deadline for proposals: May 11, 2012.
Participants Sought for Survey on Mentoring Services for High-Risk Youth
www.surveymonkey.com/s/YouthMentoringSurvey
The National Mentoring Partnership, Global Youth Justice, and the National Partnership for Juvenile Services are conducting a survey to improve the design and delivery of mentoring services for youth at risk for delinquency, alcohol and drug abuse, truancy, and other problem behaviors. Results will be included in a research report and in training and technical assistance materials, which will be free and available online. The survey is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Mentoring and juvenile justice professionals working in detention, corrections, probation, dependency courts, delinquency courts, and teen court/youth court diversion programs are encouraged to participate.
America’s Promise Launches Grad Nation Communities
https://www.americaspromise.org/gradnationcommunities
America’s Promise Alliance is drafting more communities into its campaign to boost high school graduation. The Alliance recently launched Grad Nation Communities, part of the Grad Nation Campaign, a 10-year initiative to mobilize all Americans to take action to end the high school dropout crisis and better prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce. The Alliance invites communities to join this network of cities and towns that will work to improve high school graduation rates by focusing on the local schools that are most in need of improvement.
