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Building the Legacy:

A Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004

 

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—Description of Building the Legacy—

Title
Building the Legacy: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 2004.

Purpose
To provide authoritative information about, and training materials on, IDEA and its final Part B regulations.

Source
The Building the Legacy training curriculum is a product of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY), produced at the request of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education.

Organization of the Curriculum
The training curriculum has five overarching themes (A, B, C, D, and E), with multiple training modules beneath each theme (1, 2, 3, and so on). These themes are:
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. These are listed below. Not all are available at this moment, but hopefully all will be available online by Fall 2007. 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.
Availability of the Curriculum
Individual modules will become available online as they are finalized, most in the coming weeks, the remainder by Summer 2007. Want to know when new materials become available? Give us your email address, and we'll tell you. Sign up at:
www.nichcy.org/mod_signup.asp

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—Download Available Modules—


Theme A: Welcome to IDEA!

 There are two modules in Theme A. The handouts for both of these modules are grouped in one package. If you are downloading either module, you'll want the handout package for Theme A. You only need to download Theme A handouts once; the package includes the handouts for both modules.
PDF version of the Handouts for Theme A
www.nichcy.org/training/A-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Handouts for Theme A
www.nichcy.org/training/A-handouts.doc

Yellow star Module 1: The Top 10 Basics of Special Education

Yellow star Module 2: Overview of Key Changes in IDEA 2004

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Theme B: IDEA and General Education

There are six modules in Theme B, four of which are currently available--Modules 5, 6, 7, and 8. The last two will be coming by Fall-Winter 2007. The handouts for the four available modules are grouped in one package, because some of their handouts are the same. If you haven't downloaded any handouts for Theme B yet, then download all the handouts in PDF or as an accessible Word file (listed first below). If you have downloaded the handouts for Theme B already (e.g., when Modules 5 and 6 were initially released), you need to either download the full set of handouts again or, for your convenience, download just the handouts that go with Module 7 or Module 8 (the four options listed last):
PDF version of all the Handouts for Theme B
www.nichcy.org/training/B-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of all the Handouts for Theme B
www.nichcy.org/training/B-handouts.doc


PDF version of the Handouts for only Module 7 (Highly Qualified Teachers)
www.nichcy.org/training/7-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Handouts for only Module 7 (Highly Qualified Teachers)
www.nichcy.org/training/7-handouts.doc

PDF version of the Handouts for only Module 8 (NIMAS)
www.nichcy.org/training/8-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Handouts for only Module 8 (NIMAS)
www.nichcy.org/training/8-handouts.doc

Yellow star Module 5: Disproportionality and Overrepresentation


Yellow star Module 6: Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention

Yellow star Module 7: Highly Qualified Teachers
New or revised publication Posted August 29, 2007



Yellow star Module 8: NIMAS
New or revised publication Posted September 7, 2007

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As you use these training materials, please take a moment to give us your feedback by completing this very short User Survey. Just click the link below. Thanks!

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Theme C: Evaluating Children for Disability

There are three modules in Theme C: Introduction to Evaluation (Module 9), Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation (Module 10), and Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities (Module 11). The handouts for each of these modules are grouped in one package, because some of their handouts are the same. If you are downloading any of the three evaluation modules, you'll want the handout package for Theme C. You only need to download Theme C handouts once; the package includes the handouts for all three modules.
PDF version of the Handouts for Theme C
www.nichcy.org/training/C-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Handouts for Theme C
www.nichcy.org/training/C-handouts.doc

Yellow star Module 9: Introduction to Evaluation

Yellow star Module 10: Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation



Yellow star Module 11: Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities

—Give Us Your Feedback—

As you use these training materials, please take a moment to give us your feedback by completing this very short User Survey. Just click the link below. Thanks!

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Theme D: The Individualized Education Program

 There are five modules in Theme D as described above. The handouts for each of these modules are grouped in one package, because some of their handouts are the same. If you are downloading any of the IEP modules, you'll want the handout package for Theme D. (NOTE: At the present time, one IEP module is not yet available. When it is, its handouts will be added to the package of handouts, which you will need to download again to make sure you have the new ones.)
PDF version of the Handouts for Theme D
www.nichcy.org/training/D-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Handouts for Theme D
www.nichcy.org/training/D-handouts.doc

Yellow star Module 12: The IEP Team: Who is a Member?


Yellow star Module 13: Content of the IEP

New or revised publication Posted December 12, 2007

Yellow star Module 14: Meetings of the IEP Team



Yellow star Module 15: LRE Decision Making

New or revised publication Posted April 6, 2008

Yellow star Module 16: Children with Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools

New or revised publication Posted August 21, 2007

—Give Us Your Feedback—

As you use these training materials, please take a moment to give us your feedback by completing this very short User Survey. Just click the link below. Thanks!

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Theme E: Procedural Safeguards

 There are three modules in Theme E:: Introduction to Procedural Safeguards (Module 17); Options for Dispute Resolution (Module 18); and Key Issues in Discipline (Module 19). There's one handout file for all three modules; be sure to download it. You'll only need to download the separate Resources for Trainers packet for Introduction to Procedural Safeguards.
PDF version of the Handouts for Theme E
www.nichcy.org/training/E-handouts.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Handouts for Theme E
www.nichcy.org/training/E-handouts.doc

PDF version of the Resources for Trainers for Module 17
www.nichcy.org/training/E-resources.pdf

Accessible Word version of the Resources for Trainers for Module 17
www.nichcy.org/training/E-resources.doc

Yellow star Module 17: Introduction to Procedural Safeguards


Yellow star Module 18: Options for Dispute Resolution

New or revised publication Posted February 13, 2008


Yellow star Module 19: Key Issues in Discipline
New or revised publication Posted October 2, 2007

—Give Us Your Feedback—

As you use these training materials, please take a moment to give us your feedback by completing this very short User Survey. Just click the link below. Thanks!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=N1eWc0qWHY2aYul6drnQ3g_3d_3d




Additional Materials: Quotes

 NICHCY is also pleased to make available two slide shows of 25 quotes each for trainers to use as they see fit, such as before a training session while participants are coming into the room or during breaks. The quotes touch upon universal themes in our lives, such as children, families, the art of teaching, leadership, teamwork, love, and growth. The slides themselves feature vivid pictures of children, teachers, moms and dads, schools, and...well, you get the idea. We hope you (and your participants) enjoy viewing these slide shows of quotes as much as we enjoyed creating them.


To download the quote shows, right-click on the link and save the zipped file to your hard drive. Then double-click on the icon to extract the zip file. You launch the slide show (which is automated and will run by itself) by double-clicking on the PLAY.bat file within the folder itself.


Tips for Downloading the PowerPoint Presentation

  • RIGHT-click on the link for the ZIP folder of the slide show above.

  • Your friend the computer will give you a list of options. Pick: SAVE TARGET AS.

  • Your friend the computer will ask you where you'd like to save the slide show.

  • Navigate to the location of your choice--maybe your desktop, maybe a folder you've set up to store all the IDEA training modules.

  • There! You've downloaded the ZIP file of the PowerPoint presentation.


    • Instructions for Opening and Using the Zipped PowerPoint presentation

    www.nichcy.org/training/instructions.pdf (in PDF)
    www.nichcy.org/training/Instructions.doc (in Word)

    The MOST important thing to know is:

    In the slide show folder, double-click on the PLAY.bat file to launch and operate the slide show.

     

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    —Future Modules—

    What's Next?
    Hallelujah! Building the Legacy is now finished!

    How so, you might wonder, when Modules 3 and 4 are not available? The news is that those two modules have been postponed, pending reauthorization of NCLB. The 17 modules listed on this page finish out the curriculum for now.

    A CD with all of these materials will soon be released by NICHCY. We'll keep you posted on its availability.



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    —Important Thanks You's—

    This training curriculum would not be available without the support of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Not only did OSEP request that NICHCY develop a training curriculum on IDEA 2004, it also has provided incredible guidance and legal review of all content. OSEP staff have written many of the modules, attorneys at the Office of General Counsel have exhaustively reviewed all written materials for consistency with the statute and its implementing Part B regulations, and logistical, technical, and fiscal support has been provided. NICHCY would like to express its deep appreciation for OSEP's dedication and commitment in making this product possible.

    The names behind the training curriculum? Here they are.

    OSEP Curriculum Coordinator: Deborah Morrow

    NICHCY Curriculum Coordinator: Lisa Küpper

    NICHCY's Project Officer: Judy L. Shanley

    OSEP Management
    Patty Guard, Deputy Director, OSEP
    Louis Danielson, Director, Research to Practice Division, OSEP
    Ruth Ryder, Director, Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division, OSEP

    OSEP Curriculum Workgroup
    Patricia Hozella
    Bonnie Jones
    Deborah Morrow
    Lisa Pagano
    Debra Price-Ellingstad
    Anne Smith

    OSEP Writers
    Renee Bradley
    Marion Crayton
    Sheila Friedman
    Patricia Hozella
    Lisa Pagano
    Anne Smith
    Perry Williams

    NICHCY Writers / Designers
    Lisa Küpper
    Theresa Rebhorn

    NICHCY Leadership
    Suzanne Ripley, Director
    Carol Valdivieso, Principal Investigator

    Office of General Counsel
    Susan Craig
    Nancy Deutsch
    Frank Lopez
    Vanessa Santos
    Suzanne Sheridan
    Rhonda Weiss

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