© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Florida Department of Education/Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS) Update Prekindergarten Disabilities Contacts’ Meeting DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando East - UCF Area February 17-18, 2016
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 6- Early Childhood Education Settings Ages 3-5 TargetActual Results A33%27% B49%51% Key: A.A regular early childhood program and receiving the majority of special education and related services in the regular early childhood program B.Separate special education class, separate school or residential facility
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 6- Early Childhood Education Settings Ages 3-5 Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) o sent February 5, 2016 Contains preliminary data for Indicators 5 and 6 Content should be reviewed for data accuracy Corrections should be submitted prior to March 25, 2016 Questions regarding data??? Contact Steve Barnes or Marie Lacap at Questions concerning data reporting??? Call the Education Information Services technical assistance staff member assigned to your district at
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 6- Early Childhood Education Settings Ages 3-5 State Resources: o Technical Assistance and Training System (TATS) o Florida Inclusion Network National Resource: o Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center Joint position paper Webinar series
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 7- Preschool Outcomes Outcome A BDI-2 Personal-social Domain Outcome B BDI-2 Communication Domain Outcome C BDI-2 Adaptive Domain SS#1SS#2SS#1SS#2SS#1SS#2 Data 64.9% 80.4% 61.9% 66.5%55.6%77.1% Target 64.6%82.9%64.9%69.9%56.4%80.0% Target Met? YesNo
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 7- Preschool Outcomes Please note: Use caution when putting kids in “buckets…”
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 7- Preschool Outcomes Flash drives containing FY data set mailed to school districts on 2/5 Passwords to view content on flash drives ed on 2/5
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 7- Preschool Outcomes Flash Drive Contents o Folder 1: Child Level Information o Folder 2: Reports o Folder 3: Technical Assistance Data lab sessions available tomorrow to review content
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Coming Soon… Battelle Developmental Inventory-2 nd Edition (BDI-2) Online Training Module o Training Needs Survey Sent to school districts in May 2015 Results indicated a need for an online training module o Workgroup met in July 2015 to develop outline of topics Representatives included: Local School Early Steps Local Early Steps Discretionary Team Members Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) Measuring Outcomes TATS
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. BDI-2 Online Training Module Will be required in lieu of face-to-face train the trainer Anticipated Roll Out: July 2016 Available as an Independent Study Module at the following site: o School district participants will receive 10 hours of in-service credit upon meeting course requirements.
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 7- Preschool Outcomes State Resources o TATS- o Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention National Resource o ECTA Center-
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator ESE Parent Survey Results SurveySurveys Completed % or Responses At or Above Standard (#) At or Above Standard (%) Targets (%) Preschool2,71711%1, %76% K-1220,0166%14, %76%
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. What Did We Learn From the Survey? Pre-school survey area successes/Top 3 items: o 95.9% - Pre-school staff respect my culture o 94.5% - My child’s evaluation was written in words I understand o 93.5% - ESE Staff are available to speak with me
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. What Did We Learn From the Survey? Pre-school areas of needed improvement/Lowest 3 items: o 71.7% - reported that supports were offered to participate in trainings and workshops o 69.5% - parents reported that they were offered training about preschool education o 64.8% - parents reported preschool staff connected families with one another for mutual support
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. ESE Parent Survey Survey is open February 1 st -May 31 st, 2016 Online or paper Shipped January 22, 2016 Packaging of paper surveys Best Practices for Dissemination Flyers in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole Goal of 5% Parent Response Rate
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 8 State Resources o BEESS- o FDLRS- o TATS- National Resource o ECTA-
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Indicator 12 FFY 2014 SPP/APR Data-100% State Resources o Florida’s Transition Project o FDLRS Child Find National Resource o ECTA Center
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. What’s New at BEESS… Student Services Web-based Evaluation Resource Technical Assistance Papers o LRE Considerations Related to Individual Educational Plans o Evaluation, Determination of Eligibility, Reevaluation and the Provision of Exceptional Student Education Services
© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Contact Information Janie Register, Program Specialist Prekindergarten Disabilities
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