1. Office of Special Education Improving Results for Students with Disabilities

2. Topics Overview of Special Education Technical Assistance Centers ESEA and IDEA Accountability Systems Special Education and Race To The Top

3. Technical Assistance Goals 1.Timely and appropriate identification of students with disabilities 2.Support and provide information to parents of students with disabilities 3.Accessible instructional materials 4.Address personnel shortage areas 5.Improve instructional programs and outcomes –Literacy, behavior and specially-designed instruction 6.Promote nonadversarial dispute resolution

4. NYSED Special Education Technical Assistance Centers Center for Autism and Related Disorders Special Education Parent Centers Early Childhood Direction Centers Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality (TAC-D) Response to Intervention TAC RSE-TASC S³TAIR Project Projects to Address Personnel Shortages Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) PBIS TAC Transition TAC http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/techassist/

5. State Technical Assistance Centers Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) http://nyspbis.org/ Transition Services: Professional Development Support Center www.transitionsource.org www.transitionsource.org Network Capacity: Professional Learning Center Response to Intervention (RtI) – www.nysrti.orgwww.nysrti.org Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality (NYU) http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/tacd http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/tacd Autism Behavioral Support Project (Center for Autism and Related Disorders) http://www.albany.edu/autism/http://www.albany.edu/autism/

6. Special Education Parent Centers Thirteen Regional Centers Across NYS Established to promote effective parental and family engagement in the education of students with disabilities. The Centers provide parents of children with disabilities the information and resources necessary to promote their meaningful involvement in their children’s education programs.

7. Early Childhood Direction Centers http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sp ecialed/techassist/ecdc/home.html Matching the needs of children with available services Assisting parents in obtaining services Following up to ensure that children receive services Coordination of services between agencies Education of parents of preschool children with disabilities

8. Accessible Instructional Materials http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/aim/ gh, LLC - vendor for the production of Braille and large-print

9. Response To Intervention New Federal State Personnel Development Grant 2012-2017

10. Goals Early Recognition and Response (Pre-K RtI) Elementary School Middle School Years 1-2: 80 districts (up to 3 schools each) Years 3-4: 80 districts (up to 3 schools each) All districts, private schools, preschools and BOCES – Webinars Partnerships

11. Objectives Expand capacity of the NYS Rti-TAC Establish four regional professional development teams Provide sequenced professional development to schools On-site technical assistance to districts Information to parents

12. Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Centers Regional Coordinators Special Education School Improvement (115) Behavior Bilingual Special Education Transition Special Education Trainers Nondistrict Program Specialists RSE-TASC

13. Alignment of IDEA and NCLB Accountability Systems 1.Identification Criteria 2.Diagnostic Reviews –Special Education School Improvement Specialist Subgroup specialist on the team 3.Technical assistance resources dedicated –Ongoing and embedded professional development to support implementation of school improvement plans as they relate to students with disabilities

14. Instruction for Students with Disabilities

15. What is special education? Special Education Programs and Services and Specially Designed Instruction

16. Special Education Services and Programs Consultant teacher (CT) Related services Resource room program (RR) Integrated co-teaching services (ICT) Special class Adapted physical education Special transportation * NYC only – waiver to provide Special Education Teacher Services (SETS) - combination of resource room and CT

17. NYS Regulation: Section 200.1(vv) Specially Designed Instruction NYS Regulation: Section 200.1(vv) Adapting, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible student, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to address the unique needs that result from the student’s disability; and to ensure access of the student to the general curriculum, so that he or she can meet the education standards that apply to all students. 17

18. An Analogy…. Differentiated Instruction Universal Design for Learning Scaffolding Specially Designed Instruction

19. Differentiated Instruction Educational philosophy Maximizing learning for all students Deliberate decisions based on student data Multiple access points to: –acquire content –process & construct ideas –demonstrate learning

20. Universal Design for Learning Flexible curriculum framework Maximizes learning for all students Deliberate decisions based on student data Based on learning pathways in brain –Recognition –Strategic –Affective

21. Scaffolding Instructional support to promote learning of new concepts & skills Deliberately planned based on student data –Lesson Planning –During Instruction Scaled back as student mastery increases Flexibly changes from lesson to lesson –Groups of students –Individual students

22. Specially Designed Instruction Individualized Based upon assessed needs of student Documented in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Combination of specific instructional supports & supplemental supports Functions to: –Compensate –Remediate –Overcome

23. Race to the Top and RSE-TASC: Goals in Common