Handouts

A new version of the annotated Reevaluation Report has been developed and is now available on the PaTTAN web site. The new edition of this tool has been released to provide more specific information to practitioners and families about the contents of the Reevaluation Report and is not due to any change in the law, regulations or state forms associated with these documents. This webinar is designed to walk participants through the document, highlighting the information included in the new annotations.

Presenter: Amy Smith

A new version of the annotated Evaluation Report has been developed and is now available on the PaTTAN web site. The new edition of this tool has been released to provide more specific information to practitioners and families about the contents of the Evaluation Report and is not due to any change in the law, regulations or state forms associated with these documents. This webinar is designed to walk participants through the document, highlighting the information included in the new annotations.

Presenter: Amy Smith, Educational Consultant

In response to the accountability requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004, Part B State Performance Plans, the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) will be providing a required training session for local educational agencies targeted for Compliance Monitoring for Continuous Improvement (CMCI) for the this school year. The purpose of this training is to prepare local educational agencies for the requirements of compliance monitoring as it relates to secondary transition and to highlight effective practices in secondary transition. Participants will be given tools which will allow them to critically review IEPs for compliance and effective practices and to assist teachers in enhancing the development of IEPs.

Presenter: Stoehr/Schmitt

Participants will be provided information in regard to supporting teachers with prioritizing and supporting instruction aligned to the alternate eligible content for students with significant cognitive disabilities who are eligible to take the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Included in this session will be a discussion regarding prioritizing alternate eligible content for instruction; supports and resources to plan and implement instruction of alternate eligible content within a multi-grade classroom; instruction of alternate eligible content within the general education classroom; and considerations of alternate eligible content and transition outcomes. Updates for the 2017 PASA will also be provided.

Presenter: Audrey Kappel, Sharon Leonard

This session will provide an overview of the ILI, a team-based problem-solving process for students in need of individualized supports and/or a comprehensive FBA (Functional Behavior Assessment). Presenters will model how to use the ILI process for decision making and share resources to support the use of the ILI in your setting.

Presenter: Devereux Center for Effective Schools

ECO 201 training sessions are designed for all early intervention staff who are regularly involved in collecting child outcome data. The training will focus on effective strategies to ensure the highest quality and greatest reliability of ECO data. Topics covered will include: strategies to increase the effectiveness of measuring child performance on an authentic assessment tool, involving families in collecting ECO data, strategies for gathering functional child performance, and using the decision tree to make reliable ECO ratings. Participants will have an opportunity to use case studies to enhance their skills in collect ECO data Participants should print or download the handouts below before they attend the training: 1) ECO 201 Reliability form (word): The ECO Reliability form in a Word format is a resource handout. 2) ECO 201 Reliability form (writable Pdf format): The ECO 201 Reliability form in a writable pdf format is a resource handout. 3) Conversation Starter: The Conversation Starter is a resource handout. (will be available soon) 4) Family Tip Sheet: The Family Tip Sheet is a resource handout. 5) ECO Rating Decision Tree: The ECO Rating Decision Tree is a resource handout. 6) ECO Data Reporting Form A: The ECO Data Reporting Form A is a resource handout.

Presenter: EITA Consultants

Designed to support charter school educators and leaders in their understanding and application of IDEA and Chapter 711, this session will address key touch points throughout the process of identifying and providing services for students with disabilities. This session will be interactive to provide clarification and opportunity to interact with regulatory information and school-related scenariosHandouts Include: 1. HO1 IDEA2015 Note Taking Guide 2. HO2 IDEA for Chapter 711 3. HO3 Ed Placement Services 4. HO4 EE Penn Data Report 5. HO4a LRE Calculation Activity 6. HO5 Eval-IEP Process 11-5-15 7. HO6 IDEA EvalReeval Timeline Activity 8. HO7 REEval-IEP Process 11-5-15 9. HO8 flowchart for reevals 10. HO9 SpecEd Timelns0415 11. HO10 Annotated NOREP 12. HO11 Discipline Scenario 13. IDEA for Charters Spring 2017 14. IDEA for Charters Training Matrix Guide

Presenter: PaTTAN Educational Consultants

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). This training is especially helpful for administrators who oversee students in their schools who qualify for 504 Service Agreements. This training will provide administrators with information on Section 504 including: History of Section 504 Definition Qualifications for a 504 Service Agreement Components of a 504 Service Agreement Differences from special education Current Trends Litigation

Presenter: Paula Schmitt

This training will provide a follow up to the training from October 2014 including an advanced description of the conceptual and applied practices that promote acquisition of vocal verbal behavior for students with autism in school settings. The content will build upon the prior training to focus on developing an integrated speech acquisition program to be guided by both speech and language clinicians and behavior analysts. Outcomes will instruct practices that can be utilized by classroom teachers across the students’ school day. The training will review processes related to sequences of speech skill acquisition, assessment, place, voice and manner features of speech sounds, stimulus-stimulus pairing, the role of the echoic and mand training in speech acquisition, increasing vocal variability, rapid motor imitation antecedent training (RMIA), and other evidence based approaches. There are several handouts available for this training. 1)Phonetics cue card 2)Echoic-Mand Sequence Card 3)Target Selection Worksheet 4)Echoic Phrases 5)Vocalization Baseline 6) Decision Worksheet for Target Selection 7a)Vowel Neighborhoods 7b)Vowel consonant chart 8) SAS 2-pg 9) Esch Speech Powerpoint

Presenter: Barbara Esch

This training will focus on the application of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) principles as a foundation for instruction of young children. The sessions will include an overview of positive behavior supports and ABA teaching procedures. Definitions and examples demonstrating a variety of behavioral teaching strategies that can be used to teach skills across all domains will be examined. This training will require two days of participation by all attendees. Day one of the training will focus on the core principles of ABA and participants recognizing the scientific and technological nature of the practices. Following the first session, participants will implement strategies in their own work with children and collect data to be analyzed during the second session. Part two will involve participants demonstrating the use of ABA practices in designing instruction for young children. Handouts available to print: 1-Powerpoint slides: These are the slides that will be presented at Day 1 of the training. 2-Resource handout: This handout provides steps to using positive reinforcement with children and youth. 3-Resource: This is a homework assignment for Day 1. 4-Resource: This handout has examples for monitoring progress. 5-Powerpoint slides: These are the slides that will be presented at Day 2 of the training.

Presenter: EITA Consultants