The training curriculum has five overarching themes with multiple training modules beneath each theme. Additional themes are planned for the future, including those addressing early childhood, administration of IDEA, and monitoring and supervision.
Modules in the Curriculum
Using the five themes, Building the Legacy gives you 19 training modules on separate topics. Materials for each module include: a PowerPoint presentation for use in training, detailed background text and explanation for trainers, handouts for participants, and supplemental resources for trainers.
Theme A: Welcome to IDEA
1: The Top 10 Basics of Special Education
2: Overview of Key Changes in IDEA 2004
Theme B: IDEA and General Education
3: NCLB in Brief
4: State and District Assessments
5: Disproportionality and Overrepresentation
6: Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention
7: Highly Qualified Teachers
8: NIMAS
Theme C: Evaluating Children for Disability
9: Introduction to Evaluation
10: Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation
11: Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities
Theme D: Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
12: The IEP Team: Who is a Member?
13: Content of the IEP
14: Meetings of the IEP Team
15: LRE Decision Making
16: Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
Theme E: Procedural Safeguards
17: Introduction to Procedural Safeguards
18: Options for Dispute Resolution
19: IDEA's Discipline Provisions
Additional Materials
Quotes 1-25
Quotes 26-50 |