THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DIRECTORS OF

SPECIAL EDUCATION(NASDSE)

Gaylen Pugh, Ph.D.Deaf Education Initiative Project

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

History of the NASDSE’s Low Incidence Initiative Projects Deaf Education Initiative Project

OSEP Grant (Robert Davila, secretary)

13 major organizations in field of deafness

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: Educational Service Guidelines

Seminar training in some states

The History Continues

Blindness Education Initiative

Hilton/Perkins Grant: Guidelines and Training Seminars

12 major organizations in the field of blindness

Development of the Training Seminars Over 30 states have participated

The project will train Local and state education personnel with

responsibility for students with visual impairment

Parents and other advocates Consumers

States and districts can use the knowledge and skills to address relevant issues in their state, and develop strategies for ensuring a

comprehensive educational service delivery system for all students who are visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities.

Results to Date: Blindness Training Seminars

On a 5-point scale, where 1=poor through 5=excellent, the overall rating for effectiveness of the workshop, the scores tended to range from approximately 4.30 to 4.89.

Revision and Expansion of the Deaf Guidelines

Purpose and Content User-friendly: Issue Statements Foundations Support Structures and

Administration Assessment Placement/Program Component Personnel Glossary and Web Site

Project Writing Team

Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf, Inc. Gayla Hutsell

American Society of Deaf Children (ASDC) Barbara Raimondo

American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Pam Mason

Association of College Educators – Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE_DHH)

Dr. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Project Writing Team, cont.

Cochlear Implant Center Debra Nussbaum

Conference of Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf (CEASD)

Barbara Raimondo

Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) Robert Hill

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC -- DCDD) Dr. Kevin Miller

Project Writing Team (cont)

Educational Interpreter Issues Dr. Leilani Johnson

National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Jay Innes

National Center for Low Incidence Disabilities (NCLID) Dr. John Luckner

National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) Susan Cofer

State Consultants Association – Deafness June Street

Training Seminars for Administrators

Purpose and Intended Audience

The project will train local and state education personnel with responsibility for students with hearing impairment, parents and consumers

The Training Modules

Developed as a guide for delivering: the most current information on federal and state

statutes, regulations, and policy guidance,

the best thinking of experts in the field on promising practices in selected content areas.

prepared for use in inservice personnel preparation activities to enhance the delivery of educational services to students with hearing impairments.

Who Should Attend?

NASDSE’s New Deaf Educational Service

Guidelines

■ Watch for it soon – Your Guide for Better Service Provision

The Deafblind Educational Service Guidelines

The Hilton/Perkins Program again collaborates with NASDSE

A new day, a new way

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson