Beginning April 23, the RRC Program and the TA&D Network will be co-hosting monthly calls to help states with a variety of topics pertaining to the State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report. The first monthly call, Strategies for Public Reporting, will be held April 23, 2008 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (CDT). This call will include a presentation on standards for public reporting and practical strategies to address the public reporting requirements. In addition to the presentation, representatives from two states·Part B and Part C agencies will share their processes and strategies for reporting. To access the call, please dial (866) 793-1342. To view the PowerPoint presentation, please click on Conference Room 1 here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Maureen Hawes, NCRRC Center Coordinator here.
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Registration Reminder for NCRRC Part C/619 Regional Meeting
As a reminder, registration for NCRRC Region 4 Part C/619 Coordinators·Forum will close this Friday, April 25, 2008. Registrations will not be accepted after this date. This regional meeting will be held from May 28-29, 2008 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI. If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Maureen Hawes, NCRRC Center Coordinator here.
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Recent Information Requests Submitted to the NCRRC
Information Services provided reports in response to 6 Information Requests in March. The following list describes the requests, using the descriptor terms from the Matrix thesaurus as an organizing device. Attached is a list of the actual questions as well. Please feel free to contact Chris Opsal, Information Specialist, if you would like further information about any of these searches.
1. Caseload service ratio 2. Complaints, FAPE, due process 3. FAPE, placement, private schools, funding 4. Funding, SPP, grants 5. LRE, professional development, identification, systems change 6. Preschool services, guidelines
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Family Educational Rights and Privacy - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On March 24, 2008, the Office of Evaluation and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register. This notice proposes amendments to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974. Comments on this proposal must be received by May 8, 2008.
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2008
NASDSE’s New Project Forum
In March 2008, Project Forum published a new policy analysis: Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities: Policy Recommendations by Paula Burdette. This 21-page document discusses graduation requirements for all students in relation to federal, state, and local roles and offers policy recommendations to address graduation issues for students with disabilities.
Posted on: Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Eighth National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute
The Natural Environments and Inclusion for Birth - Age Five conference will be held in Chapel Hill, NC from July 22-24, 2008. The Institute’s goals are to learn from research findings, to develop enhanced collaborative relationships, to learn about new strategies and models, and to problem-solve with peers about early childhood inclusion. This event is co-sponsored by the FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the National Early Childhood TA Center (NECTAC). For more information on the Institute, please contact Beverly Payne at 919-966-3010 or
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Posted on: Thursday, April 10, 2008
Recent Information Requests Submitted to the NCRRC
Information Services provided reports in response to 11 Information Requests in February. The following list describes the requests, using the descriptor terms from the Matrix thesaurus as an organizing device. Attached is a list of the actual questions as well. Please feel free to contact Erin Jann, Coordinator of Information Services, at
if you would like further information about any of these searches.
1. Disproportionality, compliance 2. ECSE, Time allotments 3. Funding, Part C, SEA 4. IEP, Web-based 5. Monitoring, LEA 6. Indicator 8, Parent survey 7. PBIS, Statewide implementation, Training 8. Resolution, Mediation 9. SEA, Professional development, Training 10. Secondary transition, Age 11. Speech and language services, Rural areas
Posted on: Thursday, April 10, 2008
New Report on Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
In March 2008, ZERO TO THREE published a new report entitled Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations for States, by Sandra Petersen, Lynn Jones, and Karen Alexander McGinley. It includes 17 specific recommendations for states on developing or updating research-based early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers.
Posted on: Thursday, April 10, 2008
New Practitioner Brief by NCCRESt
The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt) has recently published a new Practitioner Brief entitled A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners by Julie Esparza Brown, Portland State University and Jennifer Doolittle, OSEP. This 14-page article promotes a three-tiered Response to Intervention Approach: (1) universal screening and research-based instruction, (2) more intensive support, and (3) intensive individual instruction.
