News
New
LINK Training Scheduled for 2007-2008 School Year
October 18 & 19, 2007 - CESA #4 / West Salem
Brochure LINK training available in West Salem October 18 & 19, 2007.
See The Link Between Preschool Options and the IEP brochure PDF here for more details. This workshop addresses seven of the Wisconsin Teacher Core Knowledge area "Cultural and Individual Diversity (DIV).
December 6-7, 2007 - CESA #1 and #2 area (South Eastern WI) specific location TBA
February 28-29, 2008 - CESA #12 / Ashland
To see more info, click here for more details in our brochure. This workshop addresses seven of the Wisconsin Teacher Core Knowledge area "Cultural and Individual Diversity (DIV).
Wisconsin will be working with the National Individualizing Preschool Inclusion Project (NIPIP)
The Individualizing Inclusion approach hinges on three critical components: functional intervention planning, integrated therapy, and embedded intervention. Functional intervention planning is carried out principally through a routines-based assessment, featuring an interview of the family and the teaching staff. Integrated therapy consists of specialists using models we have labeled individualized within routines and group activity to provide special education and related services. Embedded intervention involves the use of proven instructional principles, especially incidental teaching, in the context of developmentally appropriate activities. http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=1157 Preschool Inclusion Project
New Videos
Community Approaches
to Serving Wisconsin 4-Year-Olds
focuses on the work done in Wisconsin to develop collaborative programs to serve four year-olds. This video is under 15 minutes long.
Preschool Options: Approaches
to Serving 3 to 5 Year-Olds with Disabilities
is based on the work done in Wisconsin to serve young children with disabilities
in a variety of settings and to address the requirement for “Least Restrictive
Environment” to be considered in the Individual Education Program (IEP).
This video is just over 15 minutes in length.
Other News
The Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards are available in English,
Spanish, and Hmong from the Collaborating
Partners website.
2006-2007 School Year
The preschool options training team will be presenting "The Link Between Preschool Options and the IEP" four times during the 06-07 school year. Sites already chosen include CESA 6 in Oshkosh and Milwaukee. A site in the northern region will also be determined. Dates are not yet set so check back in late May.
The 22nd Annual International Conference on Young Children With Special Needs and Their Families Advancing Knowledge, Expanding Opportunities
Little Rock, Arkansas - October 19-22, 2006
Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center
http://www.dec-sped.org/conference_05/about_the_conference.html.
The Wisconsin Early Childhood Education and Care Conference sponsored by the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA) and the Wisconsin Division for Early Childhood (WDEC) will be held November 2-4 at the Kalahari Water Park Resort and Convention Center. Mark your calendars now!
Link training in 2005-2006
The preschool options team presented the two-day training, The Link between Preschool Options and IEPs four times during the 2005-2006 school year.
Recent Events
CESA 3 hosted training on March 2-3, 2006.
Here is a link to the Link-Preschool Options and the IEP Brochure.CESA 5 hosted training on January 26-27, 2006.
CESA 7 and CESA 8 planned training for December 1-2, 2005. The site was the Comfort Suites, 1951 Bond Street, Green Bay.
August 2005
The Wisconsin Preschool Options Project presented at the
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)The Fifth National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute August 3-5, 2005 in Chapel Hill, NC.
Fall 2004
The Preschool Options team from Madison School District, CESA 10, and DPI brought experts to the state in Fall 2004 on the issue of identifying and serving young children with disabilities who have limited English proficiency.
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Updated April 24, 2008 | vjk
