Special Education Rules and Regulations
Commonly asked questions will be reviewed, including:  revocation, the defi nition of parent, residency, adding a service, what constitutes change i n placement, transportation, supplementary aids and services, etc.  ; Questions that have been submitted on the Special Education discuss ion board prior to this training will be addressed during this session.

Transition
Participants will choose to attend one of the following break-out sessions on transition:

   ;      *  Transition from Part C to Part B and transition from preschool to kindergarten
n          &nbs p;          &n bsp;                       ;     or
         *  Secondary transition including program of study and summary of
      & nbsp;      performance for students of all a bility levels

Technology and Data

A.M. - Follow-u p Training for iPad Apps
Review, follow-up training, and support for the apps explored at the March 15th SpEd training. The apps include PaperPort Notes, iBooks, Educreations, StoryKit.  Individuals are asked to bring ideas to show and share regarding these app s.  There will be time to further explore and collaborate on th e use of these apps to support student learning. Attendance on March 15th i s not a prerequisite. The training is open to anyone.

P.M. - Data Collection for IEP Goals
The following will b e covered:
1) The differences between formative and summative assess ments
2) Collecting data to help drive educational decisions
3) Progress monitoring
4) Displaying data in graphs, scatterplots, etc.
5) Utilizing data in progress reports

Measurable Goals and Objectives

A.M.
The morning will begin with an overview of writing measurable IEP goals an d objectives.  Work groups will evaluate sample goals to determine wh ether they contain the components of a measurable goal.  Work t ime will be included for participants to write "model" goals in areas that are more easily measured, i.e., articulation, math calculation, reading fluency, etc.  Participants will be able to apply the information l earned about data collection on Day 1.

P.M.
Participants will break into discipline and age/grade specific grou ps to write goals and objectives for areas that are more difficult to measu re (language, behavior, comprehension, self-advocacy, transition, orga nization).

This day is for school personnel to work on the submission of student, sta
ff, and assessment data to the Nebraska Student and Staff Record System (N
SSRS) at NDE.

Pro Dev Dept personnel provided on-site facilitating and/or consultations.

This day is for school personnel to work on the submission of student, sta
ff, and assessment data to the Nebraska Student and Staff Record System (N
SSRS) at NDE.