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June/July 2009
Welcome to Connect!
Welcome to the latest issue of Connect!, the Desired Results access Project's free e-news blast featuring news, resources, and activities that will help you use the DRDP Assessment System for preschool special education. Please share this issue with your colleagues using the “Forward email” link at the bottom of this news-blast.
Resources
1. Online Learning Modules on Using the DRDP Instruments
2. The Role of Family Observations in the Desired Results Assessment System
3. New Video Provides Overview of Early Childhood Inclusion
1. Online Learning Modules on Using the DRDP Instruments
There are now three online learning modules posted to help you learn how to confidently use the PS DRDP-R and the DRDP access. You can complete each of these modules in about 10 minutes.
Module 1: Navigating the DRDP Instruments
This module walks you through a detailed overview of the PS DRDP-R and the DRDP access instruments.
http://www.draccess.org/flash/Navigating_the_DRDP_Instruments/player.html
Module 2: Rating the Measures of the DRDP
This module offers step-by-step instructions to help you learn to rate the Measures and complete the Rating Record for the PS DRDP-R and the DRDP access.
http://www.draccess.org/flash/Rating_the_DRDP_Measures/player.html
New! Module 3: Practice Rating the DRDP-R
This module provides a valuable opportunity to practice rating a measure on the PS DRDP-R: it will help you get to know the instrument, practice your observations skills, and recognize the kinds of information that you need to collect in order to make accurate assessments.
http://www.draccess.org/flash/Practice_Rating_the_PS_DRDP-R/player.html
2. The Role of Family Observations in the Desired Results Assessment System
The National Early Childhood Transition Center's mission is to examine factors that promote successful transitions between infant/toddler programs, preschool programs, and public school programs for young children with disabilities and their families. Its primary objective is to investigate and validate practices and strategies that enhance the early childhood transition process and support positive school outcomes for children with disabilities.
http://draccess.org/assessors/guidancefordrdp/RoleOfFamilyObsv.html
3. New Video Provides Overview of Early Childhood Inclusion
A new 12-minute video, Foundations of Inclusion Birth to Five, has been released by the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The video is based upon the definition of early childhood inclusion in a joint position statement from the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The video provides the definition with a brief overview of the research, legal and policy foundations, and key components of early childhood inclusion.
To view the Foundations of Inclusion Birth to Five video and to learn more about CONNECT, go to: http://community.fpg.unc.edu/connect
To view or download the DEC/NAEYC Joint Position Statement on Early Childhood Inclusion, go to: http://community.fpg.unc.edu/resources/articles/files/EarlyChildhoodInclusion-04-2009.pdf
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