Topical Index of ISRD

Items of Interest Packets

Updated 10/15/08

 

AIP    ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO REFERRAL    ASSESSMENT    AUTISM    BEHAVIOR/DISCIPLINE/MENTAL HEALTH    CHARTER SCHOOLS    COMPLIANCE/MONITORING    CONTRACTS/AGREEMENTS   CURRICULUM   DATA/MIS    DEAF/HARD OF HEARING   DISABILITY AWARENESS   DISTANCE LEARNING   DOE/BEESS    FAMILIES/PARENTS    FISCAL    FAPE    GENERAL EDUCATION    GIFTED    GRADES/GRADING   GRADUATION    HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND    IEP    ISRD    ISRD WORK SESSIONS    LEGAL/LEGISLATIVE    MATH    MEDICAL/HEALTH/MEDICAID    NEWSLETTERS    NCLB    PARAPROFESSIONAL    PERSONNEL    PREK    PRIVATE SCHOOLS    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT     QUESTIONS/RESPONSES-DOE PERSONNEL    READING    RELATED SERVICES    RTI   SAMPLES/SURVEYS   SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY    SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES    S/L    STUDENT PROGRESSION    TEACHERS    TECHNOLOGY    TRANSFER    TRANSITION    TRANSPORATION    VI      a504

 

Academic Improvement Plans

 

Academic Improvementment Plans: Elementary and Middle Schools (Wakulla)

Information RelaAcademic Improveted to the New School Code (Gilchrist):

12/13/02

 
  • Sections of the New School Codes Related to ESE Elementary and Middle/High AIP Forms

12/13/02

AIP/IEP (Holmes)

9/18/03

 

 

Activities Prior to Referral

 

Information Related to the New School Code (Gilchrist):

 
  • Sample of a Pre-Referral that Captures Specific Reading Interventions

12/13/02

ESE Administrator Survey Responses on Gifted Assessment and Identification: Screening Procedures/Instruments

9/02/03

Consent for Sensory Screening and Screening Results (Levy)

9/18/03

Permission to Screen in English and Spanish (Hardee)

9/18/03

Pre-Referral Manual (Lee Kotick)

11/15/04

Permission to Screen (Hardee)

1/05

Parent Consent for Screening (Hamilton)

1/05

Sensory Screening Form (Suwannee)

1/05

Websites with Suggestions for Evidence-Based Interventions (EBI) and Response to Intervention (RtI), Provided by Denise Bishop, Florida School Psychology Consultant

3/21/05

Student Support/Assistance Team Forms (Knox County, Tennessee)

3/21/05

“Working Together for Children: A Guide for Parents and Teachers” (Highlands County)

8/19/05

Story from Today’s School Psychologist, “Understand RTI implementation, funding stream challenges.”

3/07/06

Story from Today’s School Psychologist, “New IDEA doesn’t require RTI or     does it?”

3/07/06

Story from Today’s School Psychologist, “Learn the 6 critical components of an effective RTI model.”

3/07/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Use the 6 critical components of an RTI model.”

3/07/06

Story from Today’s School Psychologist, “Give general educators resources to make RTI work.”

3/07/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Use six steps to create more effective problem-solving teams.”

3/07/06

Story from Today’s School Psychologist, “Expert: Proper use of 3-tier model is critical to RTI”

6/06

From the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, “Core Concepts of RTI”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “California district credits RTI program for reducing special ed referrals”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Speech-language pathologists should take part in RTI”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Intense reading instruction should be hallmark of RTIs 3rd tier”

9/12/06

Targeted Interventions – Best Practice Recommendations

11/13/06

Chapter from the Iowa Heartland Area Education Program Manual for Special Education, “Interventions”

11/13/06

From the Fall 2006 FASP meeting - Daniel Reschly’s PowerPoint, “Response to Intervention in General, Remedial, and Special Education”

11/13/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Rely on your objectivity to manage difficult referrals; resist outside pressures”

12/04/06

 

 

Assessment

 

Notice to Parents Regarding Classroom Testing Accommodations Not Permitted on Statewide Assessment

12/13/02

Notice to Parents Regarding Non-Participation in Statewide Assessment

12/13/02

Notices to Parents Regarding Reading Deficiency, Non-Participation in Statewide Assessment, and Notice and Consent for Student to Receive Instructional Accommodations Not Permitted on Statewide Assessment (Levy)

12/13/02

Information Related to the New School Code (Gilchrist):

 
  • Alignment of Brigance Diagnostic Inventory
  • Notice and Consent for Student to Receive Instructional Modifications Not Permitted Through Accommodations on State-Wide Testing Program
  • Notice of Non-Participation in State-Wide Testing Program

12/13/02

ESE Administrator Survey Responses on Gifted Assessment and Identification: Current Evaluation Instruments

9/02/03

ESE Administrator Survey Responses on Gifted Assessment and Identification: Instruments for Under-Represented Gifted Students

9/02/03

Percent of Students Eligible for the Gifted Program Out of Students Evaluated for Gifted Program Eligibility School Year 2002-2003

9/02/03

ESE Administrator Survey Responses to the Following:

 
  • What Percent of Students In Your District are Found Eligible for Disabilities Programs Out of the Students Evaluated for Disability Program Eligibility?

9/18/03

Information from the Audio Conference “IQ Testing: Dead or Alive? Conducting Relevant Instructional Assessments in the NCLB ERA”

4/04

Independent Education Evaluation (IEE) Guidelines Developed by Julie Weatherly, Esq.

9/10/04

Iowa Acceleration Scale Information

11/15/04

Psychological Report Templates (Okeechobee)

11/15/04

Procedures for Participation in State and District Assessment of Students  With Disabilities (Alachua)

1/05

Notice and Consent for Student to Receive Instructional Modifications Not Permitted Through Accommodations on Statewide Testing Program (Alachua)

1/05

Notice and Consent for Student to Receive Instructional Modifications/Accommodations which are Not Permitted on State (FCAT)/District Testing Program (Nassau)

1/05

ESE Administrator Technology Survey Responses to the Following:

 
  • Is Your District Keeping Student ESE Records on a Computerized Filing System?  If So, What Software are You Using?  Are Evaluations (e.g., Psychological Assessment Reports) Kept in This Computerized Filing System as Well?

1/05

The Psychological Corporation: New Products

1/05

Draft TAP on the Use of Nonverbal Tests of Intelligence

1/05

General Information: Standardized Assessment, Provided by Denise Bishop, Florida School Psychology Consultant

3/21/05

ESE Administrator Technology Survey Responses to the Following (Note: This Includes Additional Responses Obtained Since January 2005):

 
  • Is Your District Keeping Student ESE Records on a Computerized Filing System?  If So, What Software are You Using?  Are Evaluations (e.g., Psychological Assessment Reports) Kept in This Computerized Filing System as Well?

3/21/05

Story from eSchool Newsonline, “Tech helps special-needs kids pass key tests”

11/14/05

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Don’t let diagnostic difficulties derail your child-find obligations.”

3/07/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Use social, behavioral, academic criteria when evaluating students.”

3/07/06

FCAT Prep Resources at Florida Virtual School

6/06

Story from Today’s School Psychologist, “Expert: Proper use of 3-tier model is critical to RTI”

6/06

From the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, “Core  Concepts of RTI”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “California district  credits RTI program for reducing special ed referrals”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Speech-language  pathologists should take part in RTI”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Transition: ‘Summary of performance’ should be relevant, useful”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Attorney: Child-find requirement only calls for parent notification”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “National Honor student with dyslexia isn’t eligible for special ed”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “District can’t be required to evaluate student for unsuspected disability”

6/06

April 2006 Survey Regarding Intellectual Assessments for the Identification of Students Who are Gifted

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Some states grapple with testing students with disabilities”

9/12/06

Article from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Document progress assessments to avoid instructional casualties”

11/13/06

From the Fall 2006 FASP meeting – John Hosp’s PowerPoint, “A Primer on Curriculum-Based Evaluation”

11/13/06

Elements of progress monitoring tools

11/13/06

Article from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “NEA: Limited awareness accounts for missed ‘twice exceptional’ diagnoses”

 12/04/06

Article from The Special Education IEP Team Trainer, "Review of existing evaluation data is a team effort."

 1/22/08

The Special Education Law Monthly, Evaluations: "Access to private evaluations stops LEA from Conducting own testing."

 1/22/08
Article from washingtonpost.com, "Waiting too late to test?" 1/22/08

Article from South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com, "New testing standards devised for severly mentally impaired students."

1/22/08

 

 

Autism

 

Information from a Workshop on Positive Interventions While Transporting Students with Autism

4/04

Article, How About Not ‘Curing’ Us, Some Autistics are Pleading

1/05

Article, Autism Therapies Still a Mystery, But Parents Take a Leap Of Faith

1/05

Article, Children’s Hospital Boston Launches Major Genetic Study Of Autism

1/05

Website Information about the Autism Recovery Network

8/19/05

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “District denied FAPE to student with autism by ignoring self-sufficiency”

11/14/05

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Simplify data collection for students with autism.”

3/07/06

Story from the Boston Globe, “For autistic students, social skills from a  handheld device”

6/06

Story from Time, “A Tale of Two Schools”

6/06

From the National Education Association, “The Puzzle of Autism”

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Tips to maximize your inclusion efforts for students with autism”

9/12/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Refine your postsecondary planning for students with autism”

12/04/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “CDC to spend $5.9 million on children’s autism study”

12/04/06

Article from The New York Times, “Students on the Spectrum”

Article from Reuters - "Autism documentary sheds light on disease"

Email from Kimberly Crawford, DOE/BEESS, in response to an ISRD request for autism trainings

Article from LRP's Special Education Connection - "Eye on Autism: Partner with parents, plan ahead for smooth preschool transitions"

Article from Associated Press - "U.S. health officials say autism rate About 1 in 150"

Article from Science Daily "Social Skills Programs for Children with Autism are Largely Ineffective, Study Suggests"

Special Ed Connection Key Points for: Computer games help students with autism distinguish facial expressions; Children generalize lessons on recognizing emotions to the playground; An adult must moderate use of the game for it to have an impact.

Commercialappeal.com Memphis online article: Schools reach out to growing number of autistic children

Tallahassee.com article: FSU gets grant to study autism

Yahoo News Associated Press article: Autism epidemic may be all in the label

The New York Times article: A Schools's Special Embrace

floridatoday.com article: Catching Autism Early, Screening, treatment center to open on Florida Tech's campus in 2009

Los Angeles Times latimes.com article: Science aside, food therapy for autism has support

Article from The Special Educator, "Schools mostly on their own when paying for therapies."

The Special Ed Connection, Key Points: Autism organization asks U.S. Supreme Court to grant cert in stay-put case; Couple wants school board to maintain early intervention services triplets had been receiving for autism; Case would decide whether IDEA's Part B stay-put provision also applies to services provided under Part C.

Article from South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com, "ARC Broward helps autistic boy improve behavior."

Autism Speaks website information.

The Special Ed Connection, Key Points: Parents seek clear individualization of plan, placement for children with autism; Avoid 'dumping' students with disabilities into general ed classrooms; Support interactive opportunities for students with disabilities, nondisabled peers.

Article from boston.com, "Making room for autism."

Article from chicagotribune.com, "Generic link found to some with autism."

Article from Newsday.com, "Expanding autism help on Long Island."

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com, "Charter high school OK'd for Palm Beach County students with autism."

The Special Ed Connection, Ruling Roundup: Autism

From Cleveland.com, "Winkelman family wins ruling against Parma schools over autistic son's education"

From abcnew.go.com, "Autism Breakthrough: Girl's writing explain her behavior and feelings:

12/04/06

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1/22/08

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3/24/08

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3/24/08

IRCA Article, "Tips to Consider When Including a Student with ASD in Art, Music, or Physical Education."

5/30/08
IRCA Article, "Transition to Middle School." 5/30/08
IRCA Article, "Transition: Preparing for a Lifetime." 5/30/08
IRCA Article, "Supporting Students with Asperger's Syndrome." 5/30/08
IRCA Article, "Tips for Teaching High Functioning People with Autism." 5/30/08

Observation Instrument for Autism Classrooms, developed by CARD, forwarded from Shona Murphy, Taylor County

7/31/08

Autism Spectrum: Profile of Environments, Curriculum, and Teaching Supports (ASPECTS), developed by Volusia County, forwarded from Shona Murphy, Taylor County

7/31/08
Genetic Contribution to Autism 10/3/08
   

Behavior/Discipline/Mental Health

 

After School Alternative Placement (DeSoto)

12/13/02

Code of Conduct Insert for ESE Students (Polk)

9/18/03

ESE Administrator Survey Responses to the Following:

 
  • What is Your District’s Rate of In-School Suspension and Out-of-School Suspension for ESE Middle School Students?

11/12/03

Manifestation Determination Forms (Alachua, Gilchrist, Glades, Madison, and Okeechobee)

7/07/04

Discipline of Students with Disabilities (Gulf)

7/07/04

Positive Behavioral Solutions, Inc.

7/07/04

Decrease Behavior and Increase Achievement:  Florida’s Data on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Perspectives from Participating Districts

1/05

Positive Behavior Supports: Behavior and Increased Achievement

1/05

CHAMPs: A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Management

1/05

Tools for Teaching

1/05

Positive Classroom Discipline

1/05

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute

1/05

Baker Act Training

1/05

Memorandum of Understanding for Outside Counselors to Provide Services to Students on School Property During the School Day (Bay)

3/21/05

Certified Behavior Analyst (CBA) Agreement Sample (Suwannee)

3/21/05

Certified Behavior Analyst (CBA) Job Description (Sumter)

3/21/05

Certified Behavior Analyst (CBA) Job Description and Pay Scale (Baker)

3/21/05

ESE Administrator Survey Responses to the Following Questions:

 
  • Are Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts Placed on the Salary Scale in Your District?

 
  • Do Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts Receive the Regular Teacher Salary?

 
  • Are Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts Paid an Additional Stipend or Supplement?

5/16/05

Manifestation Determination Form (Levy County)

8/19/05

WhyTry Program

11/14/05

Story from LRP’s The School Discipline Advisor, “Evaluation, observation key to manifestation determination”

11/14/05

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Think cause, effect in your behavioral analyses this school year”

11/14/05

October 2005 Administrator Survey:

 
  • Does your district continue to allow corporal punishment in schools?

 
  • Do any schools in your district use the “Why Try?” discipline program or have they in the past?

11/14/05

Presentation, “Suicide and Self Injury Intervention in the Schools”

11/14/05

Teen Arrive Alive

11/14/05

Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence)

11/14/05

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Not every short-term removal counts in 10-day calculations.”

3/07/06

Email response from Evy Friend regarding certification for a behavior specialist.

3/07/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Be on the lookout for bipolar disorder’s “milder cousin” – cyclothymia.”

3/07/06

Administrator Survey regarding the following:

 

What sort of strategies is your district using for intervening with ESE students who are over 16 and are habitually absent or are accruing a large number of unexcused absences?  Or, is this not an issue in your district?

3/07/06

Copy of the School Board of Levy County’s referral/admission checklist to Hilltop Alternative Education for ESE students.

3/07/06

Capturing Kids’ Hearts Training Information

6/06

Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Tips to avoid unnecessary MDR conflicts”

6/06

Discipline Rates in Small and Rural Districts

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Make staff aware of key points of disability harassment”

6/06

From washingtonpost.com, “Gifted and Tormented”

6/06

March 2006 Survey Regarding Bus Suspensions

6/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Examples of common disability harassment occurrences”

6/06

From LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Policy: Sample Disability Harassment Policy”

6/06

Information from Okeechobee County and the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Regarding Their Certificant Registry

9/12/06

2006/2007 Code of Conduct Recommended Revisions – Alachua County

9/12/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Gauge intent, severity of children’s actions before seeking police involvement”

9/12/06

Administrator Survey – Magellan Collaborative Agreement (October 2006)

12/04/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “IEP without ABA is inadequate; preschooler’s parents receive $47K in fees”

12/04/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Document frequent suspensions to prove ‘pattern’ of removals as change of placement”

12/04/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Use of timeouts, passive restraints lead to civil rights suit against IEU teacher”

12/04/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “SmartStart: Discipline of Drug and Alcohol Offenses (IDEA)”

12/04/06

Story from LRP’s Special Education Connection, “Address last-resort restraints in your BIP discussions”

12/04/06