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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit
Part B State Performance Plan
disorders. Services can be requested by parents, guardians, caregivers, school personnel, or any
other concerned party. It is anticipated that CIRCUIT will provide school personnel and
parents with an easy access process to obtain support for students with disabilities at risk of
dropping out. CIRCUIT received 816 requests for assistance during the 2005-06 school year.
Fifty-six of the requests were referred to the Post-school Outcome Interventions for Special
Education (P.O.I.S.E.) consultants.
The State is using technology, as well, to offer technical assistance resources to students,
school personnel, and parents through the new website
( ). This web resource offers Arkansas-specific information
on college, employment, community resources, and self-determination.
will become a rich resource for offering practical guidance on
strategies for staying in school and making the most of the secondary educational experience.
Additional activities surrounding secondary transition included:
• Local Transition Team Development;
• Transition Information Night for Parents;
• Arkansas Interagency Transition Partnership;
• Self Determination in Arkansas Research Project with the Beach Center on Disability;
• Statewide Transition Summit;
• Work with schools that hired School-based Transition Coordinators; and
• Numerous training events
o Person Centered Planning Statewide Training,
o Making the Connections Training,
o Transition Training, and
Life After High School Training.
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In 2004-05, Arkansas undertook a pilot survey study of general and special education graduates
in 20 high schools. LifeTrack, Inc., in Spring 2006 conducted the one-year follow-up survey
with a return rate of 83.3%. Question 5 of the survey asked if their school provided sufficient
understanding so their transition to post high school was smooth. Seventy-eight percent of
respondents indicated yes, 8% indicated no and 13.9% gave no response.
The individual analysis of special education and general education was not available at the time
of submitting this report.
100% of youth aged 16 and above have an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual
FFY 2006
IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-
secondary goals.
100% of youth aged 16 and above have an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual
FFY 2007
IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-
secondary goals.
100% of youth aged 16 and above have an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual
FFY 2008
IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-
secondary goals.
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