State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education (Page 142 of 277) in pdf

State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 142

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

The IDEA Data & Research Office will work with the Associate Director of Special Education and the

educational consultant reviewing the self-assessments to update the disproportionality self-assessment to

insure all necessary components were included in the document.

The ADE-SEU will continue to monitor districts for disproportionate representation using data reviews and

analysis including child count and the monitoring priority indicators on the Monitoring Profiles.

SPDG staff will continue to work with the ADE Professional Development Office/Smart Accountability

Initiative to provide a series of professional development/trainings on school leadership, strategic planning,

and organizational development, RtI/Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG—the state’s RtI process) and

Positive Behavioral Support Systems. This professional development will be provided primarily through

compressed interactive video (CIV).

The following improvement activities will be implemented to support the State’s efforts in

FFY 2011

meeting the targets for this indicator. A description of the activities is available in the APR Improvement

Activities Index on page 73.

AR-LEARN: The Arkansas Local Education Agency Resource Network (AR-LEARN) continues to expand

its assistance to LEAs in meeting the challenges of providing quality special education services to address

the needs of students.

Arkansas Behavior Intervention Consultants

• Autism Diagnostic Observation System

• Emotional Disturbance Guidelines

Centralized Intake and Referral/Consultant Unified Intervention Team (CIRCUIT)

• CIRCUIT Referrals

IDEA Data and Research Office

• Statewide Student Management System Training

• IDEA Data & Research Training Summary

• IDEA Data & Research Staff Conference Participation

Interagency Collaborations

• Monthly Meetings with the Division of Youth Services

Monitoring/Program Effectiveness Section

• Verification Procedures

• Review of Policy, Procedures, and Practices

• Review of LEA APR Profiles

• On-site Monitoring

School Psychology Services

• Arkansas School Psychology Association Panel Discussion on Specific Learning Disability

• Best Practices in Conducting Psycho-educational Evaluations

• Best Practices in the Referral and Evaluation of ELL Students with Disabilities

• Beyond the Numbers-Making Sense of Evaluation Data (in collaboration with TBI Consultant,

Aleecia Starkey)

• Cultural Competence and Non-discriminatory Assessment

• Professional Ethics and Conduct for bilingual interpreters (in collaboration with UAMS-Partners for

Inclusive Communities)

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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 142

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