FW: IDEAnews - March, 2001 Volume 2 issue 7

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> > March, 2001 Volume 2, Issue 7

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> > * New on IDEA Practices

> > > Discover IDEA Video...Even Better When It's Free!!!

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> > * IDEA News Briefs

> > > Department of Education Issues Memo on Role of IEP Team

> > > OSEP Releases Family-Friendly Version of Assessment Memo

> > > OSEP Provides Guidance on Mediation

> > > IDEA '97 Expands Age Range for Developmental Delay

> > > New Web Site about Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Care

> > Needs

> > > Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Recognized As A Disability

> > > ETS Agrees to Stop " Flagging " on Graduate Admissions Tests

> > > New Teacher's Guidebook

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> > * News From Our Partners

> > > ILIAD Partner Names Rod Paige National Superintendent of the Year

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> > * Calls for Participation

> > > Participate in an Online Discussion About Inclusive Approaches

> > to Schooling

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> > * IDEA Calendar

> > > Last Chance to Register for CEC Telephone Seminar

> > on Disproportionate Representation in Special Education

> > > Upcoming Conferences

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> > Register to win a FREE copy of the new award-winning video,

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> > The Discover IDEA Video presents an overview of IDEA

> > and several of the new provisions designed to support achievement

> > for children with disabilities. The 15-minute video lets you hear

> > from children, educators, administrators, related services providers,

> > and family members, who attest to the impact of

> > IDEA in ensuring that children with disabilities learn and achieve

> > to their potential. The video is extremely useful as an

> > awareness-building or training tool, and can serve as a springboard

> > for discussion at a faculty or parent meeting.

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> > IDEA News Briefs

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> > Department of Education Issues Memo on Role of IEP Team

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> > The Department of Education issued a memo on January 12, 2001

> > clarifying the role of the IEP Team in

> > selecting individual accommodations, modifications

> > in administration, and alternate assessments for state and

> > district-wide assessments. The three page memo,

> > jointly signed by Cohen, Assistant Secretary,

> > Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and

> > Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary, Office of

> > Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,

> > addresses such issues as the authority of the IEP

> > team to select individual accommodations, the role of

> > SEAs and LEAs to provide guidelines and training to assist

> > IEP teams in making informed decisions, and the nature

> > of the consequences or " stakes " connected with an

> > assessment.

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> > The memo can be downloaded from the FRC web site at:

> > http://www.dssc.org/frc/federal.htm

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> > OSEP Releases Family-Friendly Version of

> > Assessment Memo

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> > On January 17, OSEP distributed Memo 01-06, which

> > presents a more family-friendly version of the

> > information originally presented in OSEP Memorandum 00-24

> > on the provisions of IDEA '97 related to

> > students with disabilities and State and district-wide

> > assessments. The document contains 14 questions and

> > answers clarifying Federal policies on including

> > students with disabilities in assessment programs.

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> > The intended audience is primarily parents and

> > family members of students with disabilities, but the

> > document may also be useful to teachers and members

> > of the public who are interested in this topic.

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> > This question and answer document can be

> > downloaded from the FRC web site at:

> > http://www.dssc.org/frc/federal.htm

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> > OSEP Provides Guidance on Mediation

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> > In response to requests from the field for a document

> > that restates and consolidates guidance that the

> > Department has provided regarding mediation under

> > Part B of IDEA 97, OSEP prepared and issued a

> > question and answer document. This Q & A restates

> > the requirements reflected in the final regulations,

> > and has been prepared to assist State and local education

> > officials, as well as parents of children with disabilities

> > in understanding the requirements of Part B of the IDEA

> > as applied to mediation.

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> > The cover memo and 20 questions and answers are available at:

> > http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/idea/

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> > IDEA '97 Expands Age Range for Developmental Delay

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> > The age range for which a state might apply the term

> > " developmental delay " has expanded from ages 3

> > through 5 to ages 3 through 9.

> > (See OSEP's Issue Brief on Developmental Delay at:

> > http://www.ideapractices.org/regs/Brief7.htm)

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> > The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS)

> > has recently updated their summaries of the use of

> > developmental delay as an eligibility category under

> > Part B of IDEA. These documents include a summary of

> > the states' use of the term developmental delay and

> > the age range for use of the term, and a state-by-state

> > table describing each state's eligibility policy.

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> > The NECTAS documents, and links to other resources

> > on this topic are available at:

> > http://www.nectas.unc.edu/devdelay/devdelay.html

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> > New Web Site about Youth with Disabilities

> > and Special Health Care Needs

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> > The Consortium for Children and Youth with Disabilities

> > and Special Health Care Needs, a new

> > NIDRR-funded national rehabilitation research and

> > training center has created a new Web site.

> > The Consortium consists of a partnership between

> > the following organizations: town University's Center

> > for Child Health and Mental Health Policy; > > the Heller School at

Brandeis University;

> > Institute for Child Health Policy, an Institute of the

> > State University System of Florida; and Family Voices.

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> > The Consortium's priority is to build the capacity

> > for more accessible, effective service delivery for a

> > population of children, youth and families that

> > continually experience barriers to care. Five research

> > projects have been developed to address areas critical

> > to service delivery for children, youth and families who are

> > affected by disabled youths with special health care needs.

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> > To learn more, visit the Consortium's new web site at:

> > http://www.consortiumnrrtc.org/

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> > Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Recognized As A Disability

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> > The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

> > and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have recognized

> > Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) as a disabling condition.

> > A disorder triggered by exposure to environmental chemicals,

> > individuals with MCS can have symptoms from chemical exposures

> > at concentrations far below the levels tolerated by most people.

> > Most frequently, MCS affects an individual's overall physical

> > and emotional health, typically impairing the nervous system.

> >

> > The Arizona Technology Access Program has written a fact sheet

> > to help school personnel, parents, students, and other

> > interested individuals understand MCS.

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> > You can access the fact sheet at:

> > http://www.nau.edu/~ihd/aztap/mcs.html

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> > ETS Agrees to Stop " Flagging " on Graduate Admissions Tests

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> > Educational Testing Service (ETS), the nation's leading standardized

> > testing organization, has agreed to stop flagging for the

> > accommodation of extended time on the Graduate Record Examinations,

> > the Graduate Management Admission Test, the Test of English as

> > a Foreign Language, Praxis, and many other standardized admission

> > tests that it administers as of October 1, 2001. Flagging refers to

> > the practice by which administrators of standardized tests place

> > asterisks or other similar notations on the score reports of

> > people with disabilities who take exams with certain accommodations,

> > such as extended test-taking time. This decision was announced

> > as part of a settlement to a federal court lawsuit challenging

> > ETS's flagging practice.

> >

> > The ETS press release and links to additional information

> > about ETS services for testtakers with disabilities is posted at:

> > http://www.ets.org/aboutets/news/01020701.html

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> > New Teacher's Guidebook

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> > " Teaching and Working With Children Who Have Emotional

> > and Behavioral Challenges " is a new guidebook based on

> > research funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

> > It is a comprehensive resource designed to

> > help teachers who educate students with

> > emotional and behavioral difficulties. Parents can also

> > use this guidebook to learn how to address their children's

> > needs and to work effectively with the educators

> > in their children's lives.

> >

> > The guidebook features topics such as:

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> > * How to meet the provisions of IDEA '97

> > * Causes of emotional and behavioral difficulties

> > * What you need to know about students who take medication

> > * How to build a positive classroom climate

> > * Ways to manage aggressive behavior

> > * Components of effective alternative settings

> > * When to utilize school-based supports

> > * How to work in collaboration with families

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> > For more information on this resource you may visit:

> > http://www.air.org/cecp/teachingchildren.htm

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> > Calls for Participation

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> > Join CAST's National Consortium on

> > Universal Design for Learning

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> > CAST's National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning

> > is a community of educators and other professionals dedicated

> > to developing systemic practice models that better serve the

> > educational needs of all students, including those with disabilities.

> > Central to their mission is the evolution of Universal Design for

> > Learning, CAST's framework for teaching, learning and the

> > development, selection and use of curriculum

> > materials that support improved outcomes for all learners.

> > The National Consortium welcomes individuals

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> > Learning to participate as Affiliate Partners.

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> > To sign up, please visit their Web site at:

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> > News From Our Partners

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> > ILIAD Partner Names Rod Paige National

> > Superintendent of the Year

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> > The American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

> > President Ben Canada announced Rod Paige

> > as the 2001 National Superintendent of the Year.

> > The announcement came on February 16, 2001 at the

> > AASA national conference's First General Session.

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> > Paige, recently named as President W. Bush's Secretary of

> > Education,

> > is credited for doing something that few have achieved--turning

> > around student achievement in a large city school district.

> > He also is known for his technological savvy and for launching

> > a system of charter schools that have broad authority

> > in educational decision making.

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> > To read Rod Paige's statements please visit the AASA Web site at:

> > http://www.aasa.org/publications/conference/2001/sat_soywin.htm

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> > IDEA Calendar

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> > Last chance to register for the

> > CEC telephone seminar on March 7th

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> > CEC Continuing Education will present a telephone seminar

> > " Promising Practices for Reducing Disproportionate

> > Representation in Special Education " on Wednesday, March 7, 2001.

> >

> > Culturally and linguistically diverse students are

> > often over-represented in programs for the mentally

> > retarded, learning disabled and emotionally disturbed

> > and under-represented in programs for the gifted and

> > talented. This workshop, moderated by Dr. Kayte Fearn,

> > CEC's Special Assistant for Diversity Affairs, will

> > focus on programs that are designed to reduce

> > disproportionate representation and insure a quality

> > education for all students, including those from

> > diverse backgrounds.

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> > This workshop will be available nationwide and

> > can be accessed using your telephone. You will

> > receive your written materials in advance of the workshop,

> > so that you can follow along with them as you

> > listen to the presenters over your telephone line.

> > You will also have the opportunity to ask questions

> > at the conclusion of the program.

> >

> > To register, please call 1- or visit:

> > http://www.ideapractices.org/CECMarch7.htm

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> > holding their annual conferences over the next

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