Queens Integrated Service Center Presents

1. Queens Integrated Service Center Presents • Clinical Components of the IEP: • Testing to Teaching

2. Supervisors of Psychologist: Ellen Martin Dr. Annette Szafranski IEP Specialists: Margaret Goodman Allan Pitt Presenters:

3. Agenda • Purpose of Webcast • Educational Benefit Activity • Connecting Assessments to Instruction • Effective Present Performance (PP) • Developing Annual and Short Term Goals • Questions and Answers

4. Purpose of this Workshop • Review the Clinical Components of the IEP • Creating Present Performance • Creating Effective Management Needs • Connecting the Relationship between student needs, present performance and goals

5. Who is in the audience?

6. Educational Benefit Activity • What is Educational Benefit Activity? • Definition: The Educational Benefit Activity is a process that examines the quality of the IEPs to determine students access, participation and progress towards general education curriculum and settings. • Purpose: The purpose of the Educational Benefit Review Process is to determine whether the design of the individualized educational program (IEP) was reasonably calculated for the student to receive educational benefit. • Desired Outcomes: To Improve Performance & Academic Achievement

7. Educational Benefit Activity • Components of the Educational Benefit Activity • Three year IEP history • Identify Connections and Results • Measuring Student Performance and Achievement Does the IEP give a clear picture of the students progress through the years?

8. Do the IEPs give a clear picture of the student’s progress through the 3 years?

9. Connecting Assessments to Instruction • Begins with communication between the student, parent and IEP team. • IEP must be consistent throughout all the pages.

10. Connecting Assessments to Instruction • Areas of Assessment

11. Connecting Assessments to Instruction • Assessment results need to be approached through various lenses.

12. Connecting Assessments to Instruction • Collaborate: Sharing Assessment Results • Collaborate: Create Present Performance Integrating Clinical and Educational Data • Collaborate: Write Present Performance

13. Writing Effective Present Performance (PP) • When Writing the Present Performance You Need to Include the Following: • Strengths • Learning Styles/Needs • Weaknesses • Abilities • Interests • Teacher Reports • Parental Information

14. Writing Effective Present Performance (PP) • What do you know about this student for whom an IEP is being written?

15. Writing Effective Present Performance (PP) • Strengths and Needs

16. Writing Effective Present Performance (PP) • Suggested instructional strategies that are useful for special education students to succeed in the general education curriculum: • Differentiated Instruction • Academic Intervention Support • Individualized Projects

17. Writing Effective Present Performance (PP) Management Needs • What are management needs? • Benefits of management needs • Examples of management needs • Connecting with the IEP

18. Developing Goals • Annual Goals • Goals written in measurable terms that focus on one year of instruction

19. Developing Goals • Short Term Goals • Measurable • Intermediate sequential steps

20. IEP Development Summary Present Performance Annual goals Short-term objectives

21. The IEP Leads Instruction On-Going Assessment and Modify Goals/ Objectives /Instruction Develop IEP Goals and Objectives Plan Instruction and Deliver Instruction

22. Helpful Resources • NYC Department of Education: • Creating A Quality IEP- January 2005: http://schools.nyc.gov • Children First: A Guide to Special Education for Principals –Memorandum May 2007 Linda Wernikoff • ____________________________________________________________________________________________ • New York State Education Department: • Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/ • The State Education Department Office of Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) –May 2006 • Test Access and Accommodations for Students with DisabilitiesPolicy and Tools to Guide Decision-Making and Implementation • ____________________________________________________________________________________________ • Hawthorne Educational Services Inc.: • Pre-Referral Intervention Manual (PRIM) • Learning Disabilities Intervention Manual • Behavior Intervention Manual • _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • Books: A Mind at a Time and All kinds of Minds-author Dr Mel Levine

23. Workshops listed in Protraxx • There are many informative workshops offered throughout the school year on PROTRAXX. Currently Cycle 3 is offering professional development on: • District Representative Workshop highlights their responsibilities at an IEP meeting. • IEP clinic workshops help staff work through their IEP’s that they are currently in the process of writing and receive support in its development. • Transportation: This workshop reviews the process for students receiving specialized bussing • Functional Behavioral Assessments/ Behavioral Intervention Plan: This workshop reviews the procedure for developing the behavior plans for the appropriate students • SEC Placement: This workshop is for psychologists and family workers to understand the SEC placement system. • PROTRAXX website: http//:pd.nycoit.org

24. Questions and Answers….. • Please be sure to type in your questions in the Q & A chat box in the lower left corner of your screen.