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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.
Follow Our Twitter "Tweets"
http://twitter.com/ChildFindMich
Join Early On Michigan On Facebook
SlideShare Channel
1-800-252-0052ProjectFindMichigan.org
1-800-EARLY ON 1800EarlyOn.org
1-866-334-KIDSeotta.ccresa.org