1. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Family, Community, and State Perspectives for Expanding Preschool LRE in Wisconsin August 2005 Choices and Options for Including Young Children with Disabilities

2. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Creating a Vision Ask about the parent’s vision. Where would your child be if she did not have a disability? TOOL: Put the Planning Back in the IEP

3. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Creating a Vision Where are we as a state? What is our vision? Where are the children?

4. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence YOU are here

5. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners WECCP

6. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards WMELS

7. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence State Improvement Grant Preschool IDEA Discretionary Grants

8. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence

9. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence

10. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Quality Education and Care for all Young Children in Wisconsin

11. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Creating a Vision It’s the law Options are not optional ( or what we’ve learned).

12. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Creating a Vision continuum of alternative placements including integrated placement options, such as community-based settings with typically developing age peers, must be available to preschool children with disabilities.” the placement decision is made by a group knowledgeable about … placement options

13. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Hooking the Team Expect apprehension Plan for communication Build trust TOOL: Joni story

14. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Hooking the Team Expect apprehension Plan for communication Build trust TOOL: Research articles, circle chart

15. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Hooking the Team Gains in cognitive, language and motor skills for children with disabilities in inclusive settings are comparable to those in self-contained. (Buysee & Bailey, 1993; Fewell & Oelwein, 1999, Jenkins, Odom, & Speltz, 1985; Wolery & McWilliam, 1998).

16. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Hooking the Team “Families realized that the children did better than we all had expected in the community placements and that they were acting more like children than special education students…” Bruder, 2000

17. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation

18. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation Preschool Options Project Overview Minigrants to communities Technical assistance

19. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation State of Wisconsin

20. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation

21. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation Neillsville

22. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation Chippewa Falls

23. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Offering Motivation Mondovi

24. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Individualizing Options IEP GOALS for a child (not a place) Keep family priorities in mind How will we know we’ve been successful?

25. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Individualizing Options A tool for individualizing: LINK worksheet Strengths Needs Parent concerns How the disability affects involvement in age- appropriate activities

26. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Individualizing Options “Erika will be able to communicate with and be understood by listeners—peers, adults, etc. who are unfamiliar with her. Messages understood— observed 8 of 10 opportunities.”

27. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Individualizing Options 3. What questions should the IEP team consider as they determine the setting(s) for the delivery of services to a preschooler with a disability? Where does the child usually spend time? Do these settings include peers? Can the goals be met with the use of supplementary aids and services in age appropriate settings? If not, what other settings for service delivery will meet the child’s needs? TOOL: Bulletin 00.09

28. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Individualizing Options It looks different for each child in each community.

29. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Capturing Opportunities Building on the family’s unique culture Strengthening the investment

30. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Capturing Opportunities Building on the community’s unique culture Strengthening the investment TOOL: house activity

31. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Encouraging Friendships Part of our vision Planning for friendships Results!

32. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Encouraging Friendships Part of our vision Planning for friendships Results!

33. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Encouraging Friendships “Effective partnerships between parents and professionals require collaboration. It is hard work.” -J. Fialka

34. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Refocusing on Goals: Erika needing less support Family’s freedom from preconceived notions of the future “What can we create here?”

35. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence Keeping the child at the heart of our work Breaking free of preconceived notions “What can we create together?”

36. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence It happens one child at a time… in communities that have identified a full array of preschool choices and options!

37. C reating a Vision H ooking the Team O ffering Motivation Individualizing Options C apturing Opportunities E ncouraging Friendships S upporting Independence “Preschool CHOICES and Options” presented by Lisa Pugh Mary Joslin Sue Albert Mary Peters Resources Preschool Options Project www.preschooloptions.org Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction www.dpi.state.wi.us Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners www.collaboratingpartners.com Wisconsin State Improvement Grant (SIG) http://www.wisconsinsig.org/ WI FACETS www.wifacets.org Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI) www.dpi.state.wi.us/een/parent.html Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initative (WATI) http://www.wati.org/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/birthto3/index.htmlx National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center http://www.nectac.org/