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April 2008

News You Can Use: Spring Edition

More great news for you.

New Publication!
Evidence for Education: Assessment and Accommodations
What accommodations are appropriate for which students? How do accommodations affect student learning and their performance on tests? This Evidence for Education addresses these and other questions and explores the research base in this area. Commentary from education professionals and examples from the field are included to highlight practical tools and resources designed to help educators and families determine appropriate accommodations for children with disabilities. Available online and in PDF format.

Building the Legacy: A Training Curriculum on IDEA

Thirteen modules of the IDEA 2004 training curriculum are ready for you to download, share, and use in training—slide shows, handouts, detailed background text for trainers, and resources. (The rest of the package will be available for download from the NICHCY site by Summer 2007.) Come and get 'em!

Theme A: Welcome to IDEA

The Top 10 Basics of Special Education
Overview of Key Changes in IDEA 2004

Theme B: IDEA and General Education

Disproportionality and Overrepresentation
Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention
Highly Qualified Teachers
NIMAS

Theme C: Evaluating Children for Disability
Introduction to Evaluation
Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation
Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities

Theme D: Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)

The IEP Team: Who is a Member?
Meetings of the IEP Team
Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools

Theme E: Procedural Safeguards

Introduction to Procedural Safeguards
Key Issues in Discipline

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Find Out What Else Is New On IDEA 2004

We've updated our OSEP-Reviewed Materials on IDEA 2004 page to include not just the training materials NICHCY's produced, but also lots of other resources from the Department of Education, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and the TA&D network (that's the technical assistance and dissemination network of more than 40 speciality projects funded by OSEP).

Grant Directories Online!

Every year the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education funds nearly 1,000 projects as part of its discretionary grants program. NICHCY maintains OSEP's database of these projects and produces the annual directories that describe all the discretionary projects OSEP funds in a given fiscal year. The 2006 directories are now available online (as are the FY 2004 and FY 2005 directories). Have a look!