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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 182

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

A second Cadre meeting will be held in June 2009. This meeting will provide professional development in

Agency Collaboration and an opportunity to update team plan progress and plan for the October Summit.

NSTTAC consultants along with a consultant from Oklahoma will present on topics including team work,

parent involvement and planning of the Transition Summit.

Transition and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A Transition Planning and Preparation for Students with

Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism Workshop will be held February 12, 2009. Special education

teachers, supervisors and vocational rehabilitation counselors will attend this all day training. This

workshop will address issues related to transition to college for students with ASD, as well as introduce

strategies to prepare, assess and work with this population. Strategies will also be provided for those

students not planning to attend college.

Transition Retreat: The first Transition Retreat will be held on December 10 – 11, 2008 at the Winthrop

Rockefeller Institute. Participants will be teachers and special education supervisors from three school

districts. This retreat will afford school personnel the opportunity to learn about and get hands-on exposure

to age appropriate Transition assessments, what they measure, the population they are most appropriate for,

guidelines for their administration, etc. The participants will be shown how the results of the reviewed

assessments could be used in the development of a more productive and beneficial transition plan.

Council for Exceptional Children Training: Arkansas Transition Services will collaborate with Division on

Career Development and Transition and KUDER to provide a pre-conference workshop at the Arkansas

Council for Exceptional Children conference to be held November 2008 on the KUDER Career Planning

System. Approximately forty teachers will attend to learn about the assessment tool. Arkansas Transition

Services will provide additional training on how to use the KUDER in the implementation of an effective

transition plan.

Collaboration with Arkansas Youth United: The northwest Arkansas Transition Consultant will collaborate

with Arkansas Youth United to provide Transition Fairs in northwest Arkansas. This group will participate

in the College Bound program and in the Arkansas Transition Summit to improve indicator outcomes.

College Camp at University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR): In collaboration with PEPNet, Arkansas

Transition Services will provide assistance in recruiting attendees of this four day college camp for students

with hearing impairments. The camp provides attendees with a picture of life on a college campus. Students

will attend workshops and stay in dormitories. Arkansas Transition Services will present an interactive

workshop on self-determination. Arkansas Transition Services will collaborate with PEPNet again in July

2009.

Transitions Class: Getting the Job: This workshop will be developed in 2008-09 and presented for the first

time in the summer of 2009. Teachers who participate in the workshop will learn how to individualize their

transitions classes to meet students’ needs relative to post-school employment. Teachers will be provided

with a workbook and in depth training and tools on how to recruit employers in their areas. The training

focuses on incorporating a community based program if the transition plan indicates that need.

LEA Consultation: Arkansas Transition Services consultants will provide upon request consultations to

districts throughout the state. These consultations consist of information sharing, file reviews, classroom set

up and general planning for the transition process. Some consultants will provide these services on a

monthly basis to ensure ongoing technical assistance.

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