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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 37

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

• 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.

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.

Arkansas Behavior Intervention Consultants

• Accommodations Training

• Behavior Intervention Plans

• Behavior Tools

• Dealing with Challenging Behavior in the Classroom

• Strategies Using ABA

Arkansas Transition Services

• Partnership with NDPC-SD

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