Videos

The purpose of this video is to introduce the PA State Performance Plan (SPP) Parent Survey, otherwise known as the Indicator 8 survey. Viewers will learn why the Parent Survey is important, as well as how it is implemented.

This video provides an overview of Project MAX, a State Personnel Development Grant awarded to the Pennsylvania Department of Education by the Office of Special Education Programs. Intermediate Unit and Local Education Agency team members across Pennsylvania describe the benefits and their experiences as they implement the practices of the project.

Have you heard your teachers and family talk about your IEP? This video offers an introduction to Student-Led Individualized Education Program (SLIEP) Team Meetings for youth and families, along with practical ways to begin implementing them in their school. For more information on Student-Led IEPs, visit the PaTTAN site at https://sites.google.com/pattan.net/sliep/ or contact sliep [at] pattanpgh.net

The focus of this presentation will be on interdisciplinary collaboration for services in inclusive settings to provide FAPE for all students. Dr. Berninger will present evidence based, instructionally relevant approaches to diagnosing and treating dysgraphia, dyslexia, OWL LD, and dyscalculia. A brief overview of genetics and brain research for these biologically based invisible disabilities that respond to specially designed instruction will be presented.

Act 69 of 2014, the Dyslexia Screening and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program became effective on June 26, 2014 (24 P.S. Article XVII-C). This Act requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to establish an early literacy intervention and dyslexia pilot program to provide evidence-based early screening using evidence-based services for students with potential risk factors for early reading deficiencies and dyslexia, such as low phonemic awareness, low letter and symbol naming and inability to remember sequences. This session will provide an update on the pilot program, which will operate for three full years beginning with the 2015-16 school year.