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is a collection of resources designed to help parents, professionals, and community members learn about issues related to the education of students with disabilities with a New Hampshire focus. We provide links to articles, advocacy tools, training modules, guides, and links to other resources including legislative updates, state and federal special education laws all in one convenient location.

Three Trends in Education

Lawrence Gloeckler, Executive Director

Special Education Institute

International Center for Leadership in Education

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Three Trends

Trends Impacting Education

Accountability and the Achievement Gap
Changing Perceptions about Outcomes
Increased Expectations

Accountability and the Achievement Gap

Pressure for accountability in education and closing the achievement gaps among students will continue to increase.

Culture

Create a culture that embraces the belief that all students need a rigorous and relevant curriculum and all children can learn.

This is not about improved communication
This is not about getting together more often
This is not about having written agreements
Those are merely vehicles/ strategies
To accomplish improved results

February 10, 2006

MI TOPs Meeting

A Family Guide to Response to Intervention

Parent Information Center

A Parent's Guide To Response-To-Intervention

the National Center for Learning Disabilities

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The RTI Action Network

is dedicated to the effective implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) in school districts nationwide. Our goal is to guide educators and families in the large-scale implementation of RTI so that each child has access to quality instruction and that struggling students – including those with learning disabilities – are identified early and receive the necessary supports to be successful.

Helping Educators Discuss Responsiveness

to Intervention with Parents and Students

**Response to Intervention Blueprint Series -**

The Blueprints were developed jointly by National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc. (NASDSE) and the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE)

Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: District Level

Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: School Building Level

Response to Intervention: Research for Practice

Author: Amy-Jane Griffiths, Lorien B. Parson, Matthew K. Burns, Amanda VanDerHeyden and W. David Tilly

Response to intervention (RtI) is a research-based strategy that has proven positive outcomes for many students, including those with disabilities.

Challenging Change
How Schools and Districts are Improving the Performance Of Special Education Students
National Center for Learning Disabilities

New Hampshire Commission on

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Findings and Recommendations ~ 2008

SPECIAL EDUCATION -

Children with Autism

Report to the Chairman and Ranking
Minority Member, Subcommittee on
Human Rights and Wellness,
Committee on Government Reform,
House of Representatives

January 2005
US General Accounting Office (GAO)

US Dept. of Education / No Child Left Behind

Learning Opportunities for your child through Alternate Assessments

Que se abran las puertas: Opciones de tecnología y comunicación para los niños con pérdida auditiva

Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss

Engaging Parents In Education: Lessons From Five Parental Informaton And Resource Centers

Identifies innovative and successful education programs across the country that are closing the achievement gap and helping to reach the goal Learn More

Investing In Partnerships For Student Success: A Basic Tool For Community Stakeholders To Guide Educational Partnership Development And Management

Family Involvement in Children's Education

Successful Local Approaches - An Idea Book

The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education

Who We Are and What We Do

A Parent's Guide — to Understanding the State Accountability Workbook (April 2007)

FREE Special Education Training at your own pace!

A Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004(special education) provided by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)

Eligibility Policies and Practices for
Young Children Under Part B of IDEA (nectac)

HOT TOPIC !

Response to Intervention:

Guidelines for Parents and Practitioners

By James B. Hale, Ph.D.

The field of education is never a dull place, especially when politics intersect with the lives of children. Consistency and stability in educational systems are rare, and the stormy seas of change ebb and flow, guided by professional and public opinion.

Over and over again, we see people get very excited about the latest ideas, buzzwords, and cure-alls for the educational system. This excitement makes whatever is in vogue the thing to do to help children learn, not just one group of children or another, but all children. Many feel the urge to support each new thing. After all, we are social creatures and we want to do what others are doing. We are quick to jump on bandwagons, especially when the needs of our education system are so great and the resources so limited.

The Latest Buzzwords: Response-to-Intervention

One of the most notable buzzwords today is “Response to Intervention” (RtI). In this paper, I will explore how RtI came to be, what it means for helping children learn, and how it can be used as a method for identifying children with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD). I conclude that RtI is an important change that should receive widespread adoption in the schools, but that its use in disability determination requires further scrutiny. (Wrightslaw)

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More on the subject

The Blame Game!

Are School Problems the Kids' Fault?

from Wrightslaw

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Schedule of Trainings for the Changes to the NH Rules for the Education of Children with Disabilities