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Autism Training DVD for Police Officers

Link: FREE DVD This year SaharaCares produced a DVD that will be used to train police officers at training facilities and in regular pre-duty training sessions. The purpose of the DVD was to raise awareness of the rising prevalence of autism in our communities. It discusses ways to recognize the disability and gives constructive suggestions for dealing with people with autism. The DVD is being offer for free to any organization that can benefit from it.

Carol Ann Tomlinson explains how differentiated instruction works and why we need it now.

Link: Systemized learning

Differentiated instruction—the theory that teachers should work to accomodate and build on students' diverse learning needs—is not new. But it's unlikely that anyone has done more to systematize it and explicate its classroom applications than University of Virginia education professor Carol Ann Tomlinson

More Training Needed for Family Caregivers

Link: Training

A recent Institute of Medicine report said family members are not properly trained to provide increasing levels of medical care for patients who are sent home from the hospital or rehab in worse physical condition than ever before, creating a big gap in the U.S. health care system. Experts say the U.S. needs a system to offer and pay for caregiver training, which some groups are beginning to offer.

STREAMS: Wright State University's Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

Link: STREAMS

Wright State University's Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (STREAMS) is open to college students from across the United States on a competitive basis. All positions have been filled for the 2008 program. Please check back to this web site in the fall for information about the 2009 summer program.

IDEA:Module 18: Options for Dispute Resolution

Link: Module 18 training

NICHCY has just posted another training module online for the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA, our nation's special education law. The module includes PowerPoint slide shows to use in training sessions, a detailed discussion of IDEA for trainers, and handouts for audience participants.

In drafting the provisions of IDEA, Congress clearly contemplated that, at times, there would be disagreements between parents of children with disabilities and the school districts providing special education and related services to their children. When such disagreements occur, parents and school districts can turn to IDEA's procedural safeguards and dispute resolution options. Find out what those options are---there's a new one, did you know?

Understanding Your Child's Test Scores

Link: Wrightslaw

Here is a fact about your child's test scores.

All important educational decisions - eligibility, services in your child's IEP, educational progress - are based on test scores. Not grades, not subjective observations - test scores.

There's no way around it. To be an effective advocate, you need to know what tests measure and what test scores mean.

Read what a mother of four children with special needs says about this training:

WOW - When I used this training about test scores, I got a new plan, a new evaluation, additional services in the IEP – all in a one hour meeting.

Advocate Academy Webinar Archives

Link: Advocacy

Advocate Academy Webinar Archives

Detailed instructions on accessing Webinar archives are sent via email.

NICHCY's Building the Legacy: A Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004

Link: Curriculum

The training curriculum has five overarching themes (A, B, C, D, and E), with multiple training modules beneath each theme (1, 2, 3, and so on). These themes are: Theme A: Welcome to IDEA, Theme B: IDEA and General Education, Theme C: Evaluating Children for Disability, Theme D: Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and Theme E: Procedural Safeguards

Advocacy Institute begins online training

The Advocacy Institute proudly announces the grand opening of Advocate Academy, a new Webinar service designed to meet the training needs of special education advocates nationwide. http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/academy/

Health care transition training

Link: Health care transition is a process that takes time and planning. .

This site has been developed by the Institute for Child Health Policy with funding from the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council to help young people with disabilities and their families with the process of planning for and successfully completing a transition to adult oriented medical services.