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Exploring New Exploring New TerritoriesTerritories
FDLRS Institute 2008Daytona Beach
History – Statute• (f) Provide for the dissemination and
diffusion of significant information and promising practices derived from educational research, demonstration, and other projects.
• (g) Assist in the delivery, modification, and integration of instructional technology, including microcomputer applications and adaptive and assistive devices, appropriate to the unique needs of exceptional students.
IDEA 2004• Free and Appropriate Public Education
(FAPE)• Protect the rights of children with
disabilities and their parents• Assist States, localities, educational
service agencies, and Federal agencies• Assess and ensure the effectiveness of
efforts to education children with disabilities
IDEA 2004• Professional Development & Training• Technology in the IEP Process• Technology to Enhance Learning• Assistive Technology• Universal Design for Learning• Accessible Instructional Materials /
NIMAS• Accommodations
State Performance Plan 05-10
• 1 – Percent of youth with IEPs graduating from high school with a regular diploma.
• 2 – Percent of youth with IEPs dropping out of high school.
• 3 – Participation and performance of children with disabilities on statewide assessments.
• 5 – Percent of children with IEPs aged 6 through 21.
Scaling Up• The process of reaching larger
numbers, having a larger impact, creating sustainable change
• State Level – guidance, policy, vision• Project Activities – organizational in
nature• Local Activities – implementation
Effective Change is Paradoxical
Methods of Systems Change
Scaling Up• The process of reaching larger
numbers, having a larger impact, creating sustainable change
• State Level – guidance, policy, vision• Project Activities – organizational in
nature• Local Activities – implementation
Example – Reading
BEESS Supported Statewide Technology Network
• Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI)– Suzanne Dalton, [email protected],
800 282 9193• Resource Materials & Technology Center for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (RMTC-D/HH)– Shelley Ardis, [email protected], 904
827 2666• Technology State Loan Library (TSLL)
– Mark Cerasale, [email protected], 407 320-2385
BEESS Supported Statewide Technology Network
• FDLRS Technology Coordinating Unit (FDLRS/TECH)– David Davis, [email protected], 850
638 6131, ext 2242
– FDLRS Regional Technology Specialists– Regional Assistive Technology
Specialists– FDLRS Associate Center Technology
Specialists
BEESS Technology Services
Serving Florida’s Schools & Students
RtI• Problem Solving/Response to
Intervention (PS/RtI) http://floridarti.usf.edu
• Positive Behavior Support (PBS) http://flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu
• Teaching Learning Connections (RtI-TLC) http://rtitlc.ucf.edu
Different Directions
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