State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education (Page 262 of 277) in pdf

State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 262

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

• Lessons Learned from State Compliance Investigations: Due Process Hearings and Case Law

• Restraint & Seclusion

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.

Mediation Center: The ADE-SEU will continue to contract with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Bowen School of Law Mediation Center. The Center conducts mediation sessions for parents and public

agencies (local school districts) on any matters in dispute concerning the provision of education to students

with and without disabilities.

Dispute Resolution Section

• National Academy for Administrative Law Judges

• AAEA Summer Conference

• Special Education Academy

• National Symposium on Dispute Resolution in Special Education

• ADE Beginning Administrator’s Induction

• LRP Special Education School Attorney’s Conference

• IDEA ALJ/IHO Academy

• LRP National Institute

• Special Education Law Symposium

IDEA Data and Research Office

• IDEA Data & Research Staff Conference Participation