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Office of Innovative ProjectsMediator TrainingMarch 29th, 2010
Christine Callahan, Director&
Victoria Meeder, Marketing/Public Awareness Supervisor
Innovative Projects of CCRESA:
• Early On® Training and Technical Assistance (2001)
• Early On® Public Awareness (2005)
• Project Find since (2005)
• Early On® Center for Higher Education (2007)
Our Topics Today• Early On® Michigan• Child Find• Response to Intervention
– For each:• Overview• Potential Conflict• Resources • Scenario
Early On – Part C of IDEA
• Birth to age 3• Early intervention
system of services for infants and toddlers
• Broader definition of eligibility than special education
Nature of the work
• Especially young and vulnerable population
• Home visits• Parents and babies• Strategies to support development in the home• Period of rapid development
Nature of the workLots of federal regulations and state policy.
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)Service Coordination
Components of an EvaluationAuthorization to Share Information45-Day Timeline to Initial IFSP Mtg,
Early On Potential Contention• Eligible vs. Not Eligible
– Initial and ongoing• Services
– Type (occupational therapy vs. speech therapy and provider type)
– Intensity (2x/week vs. 4x/week)– Timeliness (within 30 days vs. ever?)– Location (home vs. center)
• Payment for services (ISD vs. Insurance)
Timeline for EO Services
Days are calendar for Part C/Early On unless otherwise noted
• Referral to Consent to Evaluate by 10 days• Referral to initial IFSP meeting by 45 days• Referral to IFSP completion by 60 days• IFSP completion to services by 30 days
Resources - Early On Training and TA
Early On Resources
• eotta.ccresa.org – provider oriented• 1800EarlyOn.org – parent oriented
• Family Rights Guidebook• Early On Procedural Safeguards
Child Find – Part C/Early OnSec. 303.321 Comprehensive child find system (excerpts). The child find system must ensure that-- All infants and toddlers in the State who are eligible for services under this part are identified, located, and evaluated; Provide for an effective method of making referrals by primary referral sources;Ensure that referrals are made no more than two working days after a child has been identified;Once the public agency receives a referral, it shall appoint a service coordinator as soon as possible;Within 45 days after it receives a referral, the public agency shall-- (i) Complete the evaluation and assessment and (ii) Hold an IFSP meeting
Child Find – Part B§ 300.111 Child find.(a) General. (1) The State must have in effect policies and procedures to ensure that—(i) All children with disabilities residing in the State, including …• homeless children • wards of the State• children with disabilities attending private
schools…and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated;
Child Find – Part BChild find also must include—(1) Children who are suspected of being a child with a disability … even though they are advancing from grade to grade; and(2) Highly mobile children, including migrant children.
Child Find – Part B§ 300.131 Each LEA must locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA.The child find process must be designed to ensure—(1) The equitable participation of parentally-placed private school children; and(2) An accurate count of those children.In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA, or, if applicable, the SEA, must undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the agency’s public school children.
Child Find in Michigan – B and C
Statewide Child Find Projects – economy of scale for outreach, marketing, and intake/referral. Support for locals.Early On Public AwarenessProject Find MichiganISDs and LEAs are responsible and accountable for child find within their districts
Child Find – Potential Contention
• Failure to evaluate• Eligibility• Preschool services• Private school responsibilities
Child Find Resources• Identify, Locate, Evaluate: Child Find Under IDEA
(Part B) and Section 504• 1800EarlyOn.org• ProjectFindMichigan.org• www.WrightsLaw.com
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Congress added new provisions to federal education laws:• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
– accountability – school improvement – adequate yearly progress (AYP)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)– effective instruction – progress monitoring – early intervening services
NCLB and IDEA 2004
• Companion laws that address closing the achievement gaps
• Underscore importance of high quality, scientific, research-based instruction and interventions
• Hold schools accountable for the progress of all students in meeting grade level standards
Response to Intervention is…the practice of providing high-quality
instruction/intervention matched to student needs and
using learning rate over time and level of performance
to inform educational decisions
Source: NASDSE. Response to Intervention: policy considerations and implementation and IDEA Partnership, 2007.
An Example Tiered RTI Model
Tier 1: CORE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL INSTRUCTION; UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS; universal
screening and INSTRUCTIONAL and BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS
Tier 2: TARGETED INTERVENTIONS and progress monitoring
Tier 3: INTENSIVE INTERVENTIONS
Academic Behavior
Significantly Low Underachievement
Insufficient Response to Intervention
RTI StepsStep I: Universal Supports for all studentsStep II: Data review by Problem Solving TeamStep III: Targeted interventions and progress monitoring for struggling learnersStep IV: Intense interventions and progress monitoring for struggling learnersStep V: Referral to special education when student demonstrates little or no response to targeted interventions
Step VI: General education and special education personnel collaboratively teach and monitor student progress; adjust IEP and services as needed for eligible students
Response to Intervention – Potential Contention
Remember: RTI is implemented within the context of general educationInterface with Child Find responsibilities• a parent has the right to request an
evaluation at any time (§ 300.301)
RTI Resources
http://www.RTInetwork.org/A Parent’s Guide to Response to Intervention, National Center for Learning Disabilities.
