State-directed Projects with the
Training & Technical Assistance Centers (TTACs)
Virginia Department of Education
These statewide projects with TTACs provide professional development for implementing effective practices. Each project addresses one or more factors that are associated with building capacity of instructional settings including schools, classrooms, and the community, for students with disabilities, to access and make progress in the general education curriculum in the least restrictive environment.
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Virginia Department of Education |
Description |
Academic Review Follow-Up:Special Assistance for Schools in Improvement
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Patricia Abrams Kathleen Smith
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Coordinate participation and follow-up technical assistance for specific schools addressing the needs of students with disabilities. Web site: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/school_improvement/index.shtml
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Assistive Technology
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John Eisenberg Mary Wilds, T/TAC at Old Dominion University
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Provide training and technical assistance on assistive technology with a focus on access to the general curriculum and support for including students with disabilities in general classrooms and community settings. Web site: http://www.ttaconline.org/ select region from map then OnlineTraining tab
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Samantha Marsh
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Coordinate information and training for personnel in schools serving children with autism spectrum disorders. Provide support for, and participate on VA’s interagency autism council to improve services for individuals with autism from birth through adulthood. Web site: http://www.autismtrainingva.org/
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Behavior Assessment and Intervention & Effective School-wide Discipline
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Irene Walker-Bolton
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Provide training and information on conducting functional behavior assessment and developing behavior intervention plans. Provide training and technical assistance to schools on the positive behavior support model to address a systematic approach to practices that decrease inappropriate student behavior. Web sites: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/tech_asst_prof_dev/index.shtml
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Early Childhood Transition and Preschool
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Phyllis Mondak
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Provide training and technical assistance for personnel working with toddlers who transition from early intervention services to special education programs to use effective practices in early childhood education. Professional development addresses practices that foster students with disabilities' interaction with their non-disabled peers and early learning standards, including pre-literacy. Collect, analyze, disseminate data on the State Performance Plan indicator addressing preschool students’ outcomes. Websites: Web site: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/early_childhood/index.shtml
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Instructional Consultation Teams
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Wayne Barry
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Establish and maintain instructional consultation and support team process in elementary and middle schools to serve as model sites and provide support and training to the sites. The process embellishes pre-referral activities and facilitates professional development toward improving student performance. Website: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/instructional_consultation_team/index.shtml
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Intellectual Disabilities Priority Project |
Samantha Marsh
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Provide instructional resources, training, and technical assistance for teachers of students with cognitive disabilities, and implement training and technical on the state’s alternate assessment based on Aligned Standards of Learning (ASOL). Web sites: http://www.ttaconline.org/ select region from map then Assessment tab http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/disabilities/intellectual_disability/index.shtml
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Literacy Academic Instruction for Special Educators
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Teresa Lee
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This informal network of technical assistance providers, in collaboration with Department general instruction offices’ staff to disseminate information and assist school personnel in accessing professional development in reading, mathematics and other academic areas for students with disabilities. Website: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/index.shtml
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Literacy for Middle and High Schools: Strategic Instruction Model & Content Literacy Continuum
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Tom Manthey Diane Gillam
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Establish coordinated, statewide professional development to improve literacy for students with disabilities that will enable them to be successful in learning the Standards of Learning (SOL) content, using the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) and Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) from the University of Kansas’ Center on Research and Learning. Professional development is targeted to teachers in middle and high schools. Websites: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/content_literacy_continuum/index.shtml University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning http://www.ku-crl.org/
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Parent Involvement
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Gloria Dalton
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Provide for increased activities for special education training and technical assistance for parents and local Parent Resource Centers. Individualized Education Program (IEP) process training is available for parents and educators. Web site: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/students_parents/index.shtml
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Standards of Learning (SOL) Enhanced Scope & Sequence Plus+
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Jeff Phenicie Debbie Pfeiffer
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Provide resources to elementary, middle, and high school teachers in the delivery of Standards of Learning (SOL) content (English, mathematics, science, history/social science) at all grade levels to students using differentiated instructional techniques and technology. Resources for use with assessment collections of evidence are included. Web site: http://www.ttaconline.org/ select region from map then SOL Enhanced tab
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Secondary Transition Activities
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Marianne Moore
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Provide leadership, support, resources, training, and technical assistance for various projects. Collect, analyze, disseminate data on State Performance Plan indicators addressing transition and postsecondary outcomes. Provide coordination, training and technical assistance to local school personnel in assessing their IEP process to meet federal and state requirements. Assists divisions in identifying programs and activities that will help youth reach their post school goals.
“I’m Determined” Improves self determination skills (self advocacy, problem solving, leadership skills) in youth with disabilities. Develops resources for elementary through high school educators. Regional/Local Projects Support regional and/or local activity including: transition councils, college orientation events, workforce partnerships, employment & postsecondary opportunities for students with low-incidence disabilities. Transition Matrix/College Guide Develop and maintain information that maps transition resources for students, families, and service providers with information about searching for, and attending college, as well as being successful in college. Includes links to Virginia colleges and universities. Transition Events Facilitate events for enhancing awareness and knowledge about secondary transition including the Virginia Transition Forum. Web sites: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/transition_svcs/index.shtml
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