Tag » assistance

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  Assisting students struggling with mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for elementary and middle schools (NCEE 2009-4060)

  1/1/09 - Gersten, R. , Beckmann, S. , Clarke, B. , Foegen, A. , Marsh, L. , Star, J. R. , Witzel, B.

  This Practice Guide, released by IES in April 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention to assist students struggling in math. The focus is building an instructional program in order to improve outcomes for students who have difficulty with math. The guide presents recommendations about screening, instruction, and progress monitoring and indicates the quality of the research base that supports them. It includes common questions and potential concerns that...

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  Assisting students struggling with reading: Response to Intervention and multi-tier intervention for reading in the primary grades. A practice guide. (NCEE 2009-4045)

  1/1/08 - Gersten, R., Compton, D., Connor, C.M., Dimino, J., Santoro, L., Linan-Thompson, S., Tilly, W.D.

  This Practice Guide, released by IES in February 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention to assist students struggling with reading. The focus is building an instructional program in order to improve outcomes for students who have difficulty with reading as well as set in place a screening process for all students. The guide presents recommendations and indicates the quality of the research base that supports them. It includes common questions and...

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  Assistive Technology for Infants, Toddlers,and Young Children with Disabilities

  1/1/06 - Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers,

  Research shows that assistive technology (AT) can help young children with disabilities to learn developmental skills.(1) Its use may help infants and toddlers to improve in many areas: • social skills including sharing and taking turns • communication skills • attention span • fine and gross motor skills • self confidence and independence The right type of assistive technology can improve a child’s ability to communicate. This in turn may help reduce some negative behaviors...

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  Demystifying hearing assistance technology: A guide for service providers and consumers

  1/1/07 - Davis, C., Atcherson, S., Johnson, M.

  This book focuses on the access needs of individuals who are hard of hearing or deaf who rely on aural/oral and/or print communication and not sign language. It covers information on hearing aids, audiograms, cochlear implants and other auditory implantable devices, the definition of communication access, assistive listening devices, speech-to-text accommodations, alerting devices, and telecommunication options. In addition, there is an extensive resource section with additional information...

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  How to develop state guidelines for access assistants: Scribes, readers, and sign language interpreters

  1/1/06 - Clapper, A. T. , Morse, A. B. , Thurlow, M. L., Thompson, S. J.

  The purpose of this manual is to offer states a tool to assist in the development or enhancement of guidelines for access assistants. Whether a state already has guidelines or is just in the process of establishing them, this manual will provide structure to the process and many examples of criteria already included by states.

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  Investigative questions to help look at performance and guide Technical Assistance (TA) decisions for Indicator B-1 (Graduation)

  1/1/08 - National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities,

  Provides a guide for examining Indicator B-1 (graduation) to assist in planning technical assistance

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  Investigative questions to help look at performance and guide Technical Assistance (TA) decisions for Indicator B-2 (Dropout)

  1/1/08 - National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities,

  Provides a guide to examining Indicator B-2 (dropout) to assist with planning technical assistance

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  Tutoring deaf and hard of hearing students

  Orlando, R., Gramly, M., Hoke, J.

  Produced by the Northeast Technical Assistance Center (NETAC). Also available at www.netac.rit.edu. This tipsheet on The Role of Assistive Listening Devices in the Classroom is designed to offer information and create awareness of issues facing students who are deaf/hard of hearing in postsecondary education settings.

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  A framework for developing and sustaining a Part C finance system

  1/1/07 - Greer, M., Taylor, A., Mackey Andrews, S.D., The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

  This paper summarizes the fiscal challenges that this legislation presents and proposes a framework for analyzing, adjusting, and maintaining a flexible and self-regulating finance system to support Part C early intervention services for infants and toddlers and their families. The framework design features four phases of work to help agencies understand the issues and make informed decisions for on-going development and support of a Part C finance system.

• A framework for developing high-quality english language proficiency standards and assessments

  1/1/08 - Southeast Comprehensive Center,

  Edynn Sato, PhD, director, WestEd Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, discusses the framework for creating high-quality English language proficiency (ELP) standards and assessments. The purpose of the framework is to assist states with interpretation and implementation of Title III requirements for ELP standards and assessments.

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  Acronyms and Agencies

  1/1/07 - Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers,

  Listed below are acronyms related to early intervention, education, special education, and other laws important to individuals with disabilities and their families. For related information, also read Acronyms and the Law

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  Acronyms and the Law

  1/1/07 - Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers,

  Listed below are acronyms related to early intervention, education, special education, and other laws important to individuals with disabilities and their families. For related information, also read Acronyms and Agencies.

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  Approaches to dropout prevention: Heeding early warning signs with appropriate interventions

  1/1/07 - Kennelly, Louise, Monrad, M.

  This report outlines steps that schools can take to identify at-risk students and provide the necessary support systems and relevant interventions to assist students in obtaining a high school diploma. Further, the report discusses the use of early warning data systems to target interventions for groups and individual students, offers a variety of best practice approaches undertaken by higher-performing high schools, and presents effective programs that are currently being implemented to...

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  Before and after-school care arrangements and activities of school-age minority children

  Thurlow, M., Durán, R., Kato, K., Albus, D.

  This report is a first look at the before- and after-school care, programs, and activities of language minority children based on the National Household Education Survey: 2001. It describes the characteristics of the children and their before- and after-school care, programs, and activities, and also examines the relationship of some of these to school grades and school problems, two important outcome variables. The report also looks for the first time at the group of language minority...

• Blogs, wikis and text messaging: What are the implications for students with learning disabilities

  1/1/08 - Center for Implementing Technology in Education,

  The usefulness of assistive technologies for students with learning disabilities is fairly obvious. It is easy to understand the educational benefits of software designed specifically for students with dyslexia. But what about Web 2.0 tools? What are they and how do they affect learning and interaction for students with learning disabilities?

• Boosting inclusion in after school activities with AT and supplemental services

  1/1/06 - National Center for Technology Innovation,

  NCTI has suggestions for how assistive and accessible technologies and other supplemental services can help make activities more inclusive for students with special needs.