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March 2009
Welcome to Connect!
Welcome to the premier issue of Connect!, the Desired Results access Project’s free e-news blast. Each issue will feature news, resources, and activities that will help you to use the DRDP Assessment System for preschool special education. We’ll publish Connect! at least monthly, and occasionally more often to share late-breaking news. Please forward issues to your colleagues and encourage them to subscribe.
Resources
1. New Online Learning Module: Navigating the DRDP Instruments
2. DRDP Materials for Families are now available in Spanish
3. New Publication: Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How
4. 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA
1. New Online Learning Module: Navigating the DRDP Instruments
This free, brief, easy-to-use online module is designed to help assessors get to know the DRDP instruments.
http://draccess.org/flash/Navigating_the_DRDP_Instruments/player.html
2. DRDP Materials for Families are now available in Spanish
A range of useful materials for families of preschoolers with IEPs can be downloaded in both English and Spanish. The documents include: Resources for Families, a Directory of California Parent Organizations, the Role of Family Observations in the DRDP Assessment System, an Overview of the Desired Results Assessment System, and Common Abbreviations.
http://draccess.org/families/
3. New Publication: Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How
Congress asked the National Research Council for guidance on how to identify important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and how best to assess them in preschools, child care, and other early childhood programs. The Research Council's new report concludes that well-planned assessments can inform teaching and efforts to improve programs and can contribute to better outcomes for children, but poor assessments or misuse of the results can harm both children and programs. The report offers principles to guide the design, implementation, and use of assessments in early childhood settings.
www.iom.edu/CMS/12552/45568/57328.aspx
4. 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has released its 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The most recent of these reports available, it provides an overview of (FY) 2006 funded national activities to improve the education of children with disabilities funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Parts B and C (P.L. 108-446).
www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/2006/index.html
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