March 2010
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. DRDP Users Guide – Update Now Available!
2. Roles and Responsibilities of the IEP Team in the Desired Results System – Update Now Available!
3. Resources on the California Department of Education Website
1. User’s Guide to the DRDP Instruments for Preschool Education – Update Now Available!
Please explore this expanded and updated version of the User's Guide to the DRDP Instruments for Preschool Special Education. The Guide contains essential information on how to use the DRDP instruments to observe, assess, and report on the development of preschool children with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
http://draccess.org/assessors/drdpinstruments/UsersGuideDRDP.html
2. Roles and Responsibilities of the IEP Team in the Desired Results System – Update Now Available!
The guidance for IEP teams has been revised and is now available. IEP teams need to document the DRDP assessment used and the adaptations included in the assessment. Teams no longer need to determine which instrument is appropriate for the child. Download the document and worksheets.
http://draccess.org/administrators/RolesAndResponsibilitiesOfIEPteams.html
3. User’s Guide to the DRDP Instruments for Preschool Education – Update Now Available!
- Visit the California Department of Education (CDE) website to keep up with special education news and resources including Laws and Regulations and Family Involvement and Partnerships:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/
- Overview of the Desired Results Assessment System:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/drassessment.asp
- Check out the Early Childhood Special Education Handbook Series:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/fp/ecseries.asp
- Topics include: Family Involvement, Administration, Assessment and Evaluation, Developing Individualized Family Service Plans and Individualized Education Programs, Developing and Implementing Programs and Services, Developing and Evaluation Interagency Collaboration, and Transition
- You can also order print copies of the handbooks at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/rc/
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