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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 36

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

• Structured Teaching for Students with Autism (TEACCH)

State partners in secondary and postsecondary education will continue to implement the

FFY 2010

NASET Self-Assessment Tool planning priorities. Other strategies centering on state-level integration will

be refined and maintained. The Partners in Transition effort will be implemented statewide.

Monitoring/Program Effectiveness Section: The M/PE section of the ADE–SEU will continue to review

graduation rates via the Monitoring Profiles to determine if districts are graduating students with disabilities

at the same rate of general education students.

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

to identify districts needing additional technical assistance.

P.O.I.S.E will undertake the following activities in 2010-11:

Collaborations:

• Arkansas Greater Graduation Initiative: P.O.I.S.E. will continue to participate in the Arkansas

Greater Gradation initiative Phase II process to implement dropout prevention programs in 10

targeted local school districts.

• Ninth Grade Academies: Arkansas Department of Career Education and P.O.I.S.E. will continue the

collaboration to implement 9th grade redesign statewide. A joint training to support Ninth Grade

Academies for dropout prevention will be established with funds being provided by Career

education for schools that volunteer to complete the training requirements.

• The P.O.I.S.E. program in partnership with the ADE-SEU will apply for a technical assistance grant

from the National Dropout Prevention Center.

Arkansas Transition Services will undertake the following in 2010-11:

Collaborations:

• Interagency Agreements with School Districts

• Partnership with the National Secondary Transition and Technical Assistance Center

• Division on Career Development and Transition of the Arkansas Department of Career Education

• College Camp at UALR in collaboration with PEPNet

• Arkansas Transition Services in partnership with the ADE-SEU will apply for a technical assistance

grant from the National Post-school Outcomes Center

ATS will provide the following training opportunities across the state.

• Person-Centered Planning Training

• Transition Toolkit Training

• Transitions Class - Getting Started

• Self-Advocacy Strategy Training

• Transitions Class - Integrating Ideas

• Transitions Class - Getting the Job

• 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.

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