State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education (Page 224 of 277) in pdf

State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 224

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

ATS will provide the following training opportunities across the state.

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• Transitions Class - Integrating Ideas

Person-Centered Planning Training

• Transition Toolkit Training

• Transitions Class - Getting the Job

• Transitions Class - Getting Started

• Self-Advocacy Strategy Training

• TAKE OFF! (Transition Activities Keeping Effective Options First and Foremost)

Other ATS activities will include:

• Local Consults: ATS consultants will provide services upon request to districts within their regions.

• College Bound 2011: The annual event will be held June, 2011 at the University of Central Arkansas

(UCA) in Conway, AR.

• CASSP Teams: Arkansas Transition Services consultants will continue to participate on Child and

Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) teams.

• ATS will support Transition Orientation Nights for Parents.

• ATS will support Transition Fairs/Agency Fests.

• ATS will make presentations at State and National Meetings.

• Cadre meetings will be held at least twice a year to present team leaders with the latest information

and professional development.

• Secondary Transition State Planning Institute: Members of Arkansas Transition Services will attend

this annual meeting in May 2011 to continue work on the state plan to improve indicator outcomes.

• Arkansas Transition Summit: The fifth Transition Summit will be held October 11-13, 2010 and will

provide new and existing teams an opportunity to come together to focus on student centered

planning in an effort to improve post school outcomes for youth with IEPs. National speakers with

expertise in these areas will present general and breakout sessions.

• Transition Youth Conference: The annual Youth Conference will be held in Hope, AR in Oct. 2010.

• Transition Retreat: A Transition Retreat will be held with 5 districts to focus on age appropriate

transition assessments.

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. Planned training includes:

• Autism Diagnostic Observation System (ADOS)

• Structured Teaching for Students with Autism (TEACCH)

Special Education Data Summit: The IDEA Data & Research Office will host the bi-annual meeting at the

Embassy Suites in Little Rock in June 2011. The Summit will focus on the use of data for both school age

programs and early childhood programs.

Data Driven Decision Making/Data Teams: The Center for Applied Studies in Education and the IDEA

Data & Research Office at UALR, in partnership with the ADE, will sponsor a two two-day seminar on

Data Driven Decision Making/Data Teams. The two-day seminars will be presented by Mr. Steve Ventura

of The Leadership and Learning Center of Denver, CO.

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