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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 56

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

• The SPDG’s Coordinator for Literacy and Mathematics will participate on the state team involved in

a collaborative effort between the National Center for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) to focus on research and professional development

materials on math RtI.

The Arkansas SPDG will offer the following trainings:

• Closing the Achievement Gap

• Co-teaching

• Leadership

• Reading/Literacy/Math

• PBSS/Behavior

• Parent Involvement

The Arkansas Local Education Agency Resource Network (AR-LEARN): AR-LEARN will continue 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:

• Orton-Gillingham Reading Program Basic/Advanced

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Basic

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Advanced

• Working with Students with Asperger Syndrome

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

• Autism Strategies/Modifications

• Behavior Intervention Plans

• IEP and Modifications

• Pivotal Response Treatment

• Precision Teaching

• Splash

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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 56