Announcements:

ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE 2008 "WORKING TOGETHER FOR SUCCESS"
      The Division of Special Education would like to thank everyone that attended or presented at this years conference. We feel that it was a very big success are enthusiastic about the responses we have recieved. Directly below this announcement, you will find copies of many of the hand-outs and presentations from break-out sessions held during the conference.

     Next years conference will be at the Airport Marriott, February 25, 26, 27, 2009. If you have further questions or comments you may contact Steve Sparks at steve.sparks@state.tn.us

Project Opportunity: Special Education Conference || ppt
Effective Partnerships: Project Opportunity || ppt
Vocational Rehabilitation: Transition School to Work and Collaborating for Success || ppt
Courtesy of Sara Ezell: sara.ezell@Vanderbilt.Edu or 615-343-7773

Plan a Perfect Life || exc
Plan a Perfect Life User Manual || wpd
Courtesy of Susan Arwood: susan.arwood@state.tn.us or 423-434-6934

The New Look of Compliance Monitoring || ppt
Courtesy of Cara Alexander: cara.alexander@state.tn.us

Acceleration: What Does Research Tell Us About Best Practice || ppt
Courtesy of Dr. Josie McCamish: McCamishJ@rcs.k12.tn.us

Goodwill Transitional Employment Brochure || wpd
Transitional Employment Program Guidelines|| wpd
Goodwill Summer Youth Programs || wpd
Courtesy of Debbie Grant: Debbie.Grant@givegw.org

Gifted Curriculum... A New perspective || ppt
Courtesy of Diane Herron: dherron@scsk12.org

Transition Program for SPED Diploma Students: 18-22 Year Old Class || wpd
Courtesy of Amy Locke: lockea2@k12tn.net

Classroom Management for the Paraeducator: Behavior Intervention Strategies || ppt
Importance of the Administrator || wpd
Building Good Relationships with Students & Teaching Them Social Interaction Skills || wpd
Paraeducatior Instructional Responsibilities || wpd
Teacher Instructional Responsibilities || wpd
Classroom Consistency Handbook Rationale || wpd
Courtesy of Angelene Maxine McGrady: Amcgrady@memphis.edu

Division of Mental Retardation Services: 2008 Family Training Schedule || pdf
Courtesy of Margaret P. Donald: Margaret.P.Donald@state.tn.us

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Memorandum

• Guidance on Private School/Home School Evaluation Requests
  Parent Requests for Evaluation || pdf
• Summer Service Provision and Practices for Children Turning Three in the Spring/Summer || pdf
• Evaluation Team Process for Preschoolers || pdf
• Evaluation, Eligibility and Services for Preschoolers with Disabilities by Age Three || pdf
• OT/PT and Other Related Services for Preschoolers with Disabilities || pdf
• 2008 Special Education Manual Memorandum || pdf
• Pre-school Policy Memo: Requirements for Children Exiting TEIS || pdf 
• Children with Disabilities Aged 3 through 5   September 7, 2007 || pdf
• State Criteria for Specific Learning Disabilities - September 21, 2006 || pdf
• Contacts at DCS for Suspensions, Expulsions, and Filed Petitions - 01/03/2006 || pdf
• Guidance in Implementing the Newly Reauthorized IDEA 5.26.05 || pdf
• IDEIA Memo #1 Responsiveness to Intervention 5.26.05 || pdf
• Operationalizing RTI: Overview & FAQs || pdf
• Operationalizing RTI: Case Studies || pdf
• Consensus Statements: 2004 LD Roundtable || pdf
• IDEIA Memo #1A RtI 8.30.05 || pdf
• March 12, 2003 - Class Size Standards for Special Education - .pdf | .doc
• January 4, 2003 - Special Education Memo for Incarcerated Children with Disabilities - .pdf | .doc
• January 4, 2003 - Special Education Policy and Procedures for Incarcerated Children with Disabilities - .pdf | .doc
• November 7, 2002 - Independent Education Evaluation Procedures - .pdf | .doc
• August 2, 2002 - Memorandum-Eligibility Report & Evaluation Timeline Waiver (in .pdf format)
• March 11, 2002 - Enrollment of Students in or Returning from State Custody (in .pdf format)

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Report/Form or Description	Application Form
	DOC	PDF/PPT
2008 Special Education Manual (DRAFT)
2008 Special Education Manual Memorandum
The Special Education Programs and Services Rules will become effective on February 13, 2008, absent a stay of the effective date by the Government Operations Committee of the TN General Assembly.
New Special Ed Law Effective July 1, 2007
Proposed State Disability Standards 2007  (Edits/ Description of Changes)
"TCAP-ALT Update 2005-06"
"Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers"
"Cultural, Social, and Historical Frameworks for Disproportionality"
"Creating a Context for Professional Learning"
"Tennessee's Early Intervention Data System (GSEG )"
"All Students Together and Learning Together"
"Research-Based Strategies for Community-Based Instruction"
"Supporting Students with Brain Injury In the Classroom"
"Understanding the Six Types of Family Involvement "
"Promoting Positive Behavior in Learners Through the Modification of Instructional Antecedents"
"Memo from Joseph Fisher on RTI (September 2006)"

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2007 Annual Spring Conference – Special Education

Conference Information: Program and Presentations

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Secondary Transition News and Announcements

.Closing the Achievement Gap - All Students, Our Students
Recommendations on possible ways to close the achievement gap between students with disabilities and students without disabilities in Tennessee.