Office of Innovative Projects

MI Head Start Training & TAMay 10th, 2010

Victoria Meeder, Public Awareness Supervisor

and Christy Callahan, Director

Topics for Today1.Office of Innovative Projects2.Early On (Part C of IDEA)3.Project Find (Part B of IDEA)4.Response to Intervention - Intersect

with Child Find5.Resources to Connect

Who are we?

• Clinton County RESA• Office of Innovative

Projects• DeWitt• Statewide grant-funded

projects

Infrastructure

• Management team (3)• Trainers/TA Specialists (6)• Public Awareness Specialist (1)• Statewide Trainers (2)• Support Staff (3 full-time; 4 part-time)

History of Public Policy - Legal Milestones 1954 1964 1965 1971 1972 1973 1975 1986 1990 1991 2001

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that "separate but equal" isunconstitutional

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Elementary &Secondary Education Act , now known as NCLB - Improving Outcomes for Children. "Closing the Achievement Gap"

Michigan State Constitution, Article 8, Section 8, Public Law 198 (Birth to 3) & (Ages 6 to 26)

Head Start

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act , Protecting Individuals with Disabilities against Discrimination

PL 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (Ages 5 - 18)

PL 99-457Amendment to

ED for Handicapped Children Act

(Ages Birth to 21)

PL 102-119 Americans with Disabilities Act

PL 99-457 EHA Reauthorized IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

2001 ESEA Reauthorized to No Child Left Behind

Early On – Part C of IDEA

• Birth to age 3• Early intervention

system of services for infants and toddlers

• Broader definition of eligibility than special education

Nature of the work

• Especially young and vulnerable population

• Home visits• Parents and babies• Strategies to support development in the home• Period of rapid

development

Timeline for EO Services

Days are calendar for Part C/Early On unless otherwise noted

• Referral to Consent to Evaluate by 10 days• Referral to initial IFSP meeting by 45 days• Referral to IFSP completion by 60 days• IFSP completion to services by 30 days

Nature of the workLots of federal regulations and state policy.

Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)Service Coordination

Components of an EvaluationAuthorization to Share Information45-Day Timeline to Initial IFSP Mtg,

Child Find Mandate

Part BAll children with disabilities residing in the State areidentified, located, and evaluated.• Mandated:– Homeless children– Migrant children– Children advancing from grade to grade with a suspected disability– Native Americans• Priority Audiences:– Non-English Speaking Communities (Spanish & Arabic)– Parents of younger youth (Pre-K – 6th)– High school drop outs

Part C• Requires a system for

making referrals• Requires states to

identify, locate, and evaluate all eligible infants/toddlers.

• Central Directory• Specifies

subpopulations : Indian children, migrants, homeless, those in foster care.

Child Find – Part B§ 300.131 Each LEA must locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA.The child find process must be designed to ensure—(1) The equitable participation of parentally-placed private school children; and(2) An accurate count of those children.In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA, or, if applicable, the SEA, must undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the agency’s public school children.

Response to Intervention (RTI)

Congress added new provisions to federal education laws:• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

– accountability – school improvement – adequate yearly progress (AYP)

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)– effective instruction – progress monitoring – early intervening services

NCLB and IDEA 2004

• Companion laws that address closing the achievement gaps

• Underscore importance of high quality, scientific, research-based instruction and interventions

• Hold schools accountable for the progress of all students in meeting grade level standards

Response to Intervention is…the practice of providing high-quality

instruction/intervention matched to student needs and

using learning rate over time and level of performance

to inform educational decisions

Source: NASDSE. Response to Intervention: policy considerations and implementation and IDEA Partnership, 2007.

An Example Tiered RTI Model

Tier 1: CORE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL INSTRUCTION; UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS; universal

screening and INSTRUCTIONAL and BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

Tier 2: TARGETED INTERVENTIONS and progress monitoring

Tier 3: INTENSIVE INTERVENTIONS

Academic Behavior

Significantly Low Underachievement

Insufficient Response to Intervention

RTI StepsStep I: Universal Supports for all studentsStep II: Data review by Problem Solving TeamStep III: Targeted interventions and progress monitoring for struggling learnersStep IV: Intense interventions and progress monitoring for struggling learnersStep V: Referral to special education when student demonstrates little or no response to targeted interventions

Step VI: General education and special education personnel collaboratively teach and monitor student progress; adjust IEP and services as needed for eligible students

Response to Intervention – Potential Conflict

Remember: RTI is implemented within the context of general educationInterface with Child Find responsibilities• a parent has the right to request an

evaluation at any time (§ 300.301)• http://RTInetwork.org - A Parent's Guide to

Response to Intervention, National Center for Learning Disabilities

Child Find in Michigan

ProjectFindMichigan.org

Statewide Display Board

at Conferences

Watch Me Grow Calendar

Project Find Statewide Outreach Efforts

Project Find Outreach

Wayne County -The Detroit Department of Transportation

Genesee County - Mass Transportation Authority (Flint)

Kent County - “The Rapid” - Grand Rapids Transit Authority

Materials for Outreach

Students advancing from grade to grade

with a suspected disability

High school drop out

prevention

Parents of youth

6th – 9th grade

Parents of children

Pre-K -5th Grade

Order Public Awareness ProductsBrochures & Bookmarks Developmental Wheels

Growth Charts

Magnets

New Outreach Tools for ECSE

Copy text: Sometimes the signals are small one: Some trouble in school, speech problems, learning that just seems too hard. Understanding a developmental or learning delay is the first step to getting help for your child. Project Find provides information and assessments to make sure that your child is ready to learn and succeed. This help is free. So don't worry but don't wait.

Call us or visit ProjectFindMichigan.org for more information.

Outreach Tools for ECSE

Copy text: Sometimes the signals are small one: Some trouble in school, speech problems, learning that just seems too hard. Understanding a developmental or learning delay is the first step to getting help for your child. Project Find provides information and assessments to make sure that your child is ready to learn and succeed. This help is free. So don't worry but don't wait.

Call us or visit ProjectFindMichigan.org for more information.

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http://twitter.com/ChildFindMich

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1-800-252-0052ProjectFindMichigan.org

1-800-EARLY ON 1800EarlyOn.org

1-866-334-KIDSeotta.ccresa.org