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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, sdalton@fimcvi.org,

800 282 9193

• Resource Materials & Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (RMTC-D/HH)– Shelley Ardis, ardiss@fsdb.k12.fl.us, 904

827 2666

• Technology State Loan Library (TSLL)– Mark Cerasale, mark_cerasale@scps.k12.fl.us, 407

320-2385

BEESS Supported Statewide Technology Network

• FDLRS Technology Coordinating Unit (FDLRS/TECH)– David Davis, david@fdlrstech.com, 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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