Beyond the EU: DORA and NIS 2 Directive's Global Impact
Mediator training
1. Office of Innovative Projects
Mediator Training
March 29th, 2010
Christine Callahan, Director
&
Victoria Meeder, Marketing/
Public Awareness Supervisor
2. Innovative Projects of CCRESA:
• Early On® Training and Technical
Assistance (2001)
• Early On® Public Awareness (2005)
• Project Find since (2005)
• Early On® Center for Higher Education
(2007)
3. Our Topics Today
• Early On® Michigan
• Child Find
• Response to Intervention
– For each:
• Overview
• Potential Conflict
• Resources
• Scenario
4. Early On – Part C of IDEA
• Birth to age 3
• Early intervention
system of services for
infants and toddlers
• Broader definition of
eligibility than special
education
5. Nature of the work
• Especially young and
vulnerable population
• Home visits
• Parents and babies
• Strategies to
support development
in the home
• Period of rapid development
6. Nature of the work
Lots of federal regulations and state policy.
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Service Coordination
Components of an Evaluation
Authorization to Share Information
45-Day Timeline to Initial IFSP Mtg,
7. Early On Potential Contention
• Eligible vs. Not Eligible
– Initial and ongoing
• Services
– Type (occupational therapy vs. speech therapy
and provider type)
– Intensity (2x/week vs. 4x/week)
– Timeliness (within 30 days vs. ever?)
– Location (home vs. center)
• Payment for services (ISD vs. Insurance)
8. Timeline for EO Services
Days are calendar for Part C/Early On unless otherwise
noted
• Referral to Consent to Evaluate by 10 days
• Referral to initial IFSP meeting by 45 days
• Referral to IFSP completion by 60 days
• IFSP completion to services by 30 days
10. Early On Resources
• eotta.ccresa.org – provider oriented
• 1800EarlyOn.org – parent oriented
• Family Rights Guidebook
• Early On Procedural Safeguards
11. Child Find – Part C/Early On
Sec. 303.321 Comprehensive child find system (excerpts).
The child find system must ensure that-- All infants and toddlers
in the State who are eligible for services under this part are
identified, located, and evaluated;
Provide for an effective method of making referrals by primary
referral sources;
Ensure that referrals are made no more than two working days
after a child has been identified;
Once the public agency receives a referral, it shall appoint a
service coordinator as soon as possible;
Within 45 days after it receives a referral, the public agency
shall-- (i) Complete the evaluation and assessment and (ii) Hold
an IFSP meeting
12. Child Find – Part B
§ 300.111 Child find.
(a) General. (1) The State must have in effect policies
and procedures to ensure that—
(i) All children with disabilities residing in the State,
including …
• homeless children
• wards of the State
• children with disabilities attending private
schools…
and who are in need of special education and related
services, are identified, located, and evaluated;
13. Child Find – Part B
Child find also must include—
(1) Children who are suspected of being a child
with a disability … even though they are
advancing from grade to grade; and
(2) Highly mobile children, including migrant
children.
14. Child Find – Part B
§ 300.131 Each LEA must locate, identify, and evaluate all
children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in
private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary
schools located in the school district served by the LEA.
The child find process must be designed to ensure—
(1) The equitable participation of parentally-placed private
school children; and
(2) An accurate count of those children.
In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA, or, if
applicable, the SEA, must undertake activities similar to the
activities undertaken for the agency’s public school children.
15. Child Find in Michigan – B and C
Statewide Child Find Projects – economy of
scale for outreach, marketing, and intake/
referral. Support for locals.
Early On Public Awareness
Project Find Michigan
ISDs and LEAs are responsible and accountable
for child find within their districts
16. Child Find – Potential Contention
• Failure to evaluate
• Eligibility
• Preschool services
• Private school responsibilities
17. Child Find Resources
• Identify, Locate, Evaluate: Child Find Under IDEA
(Part B) and Section 504
• 1800EarlyOn.org
• ProjectFindMichigan.org
• www.WrightsLaw.com
18. Response to Intervention (RTI)
Congress added new provisions to federal education
laws:
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
– accountability
– school improvement
– adequate yearly progress (AYP)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
– effective instruction
– progress monitoring
– early intervening services
19. NCLB and IDEA 2004
• Companion laws that address closing the
achievement gaps
• Underscore importance of high quality, scientific,
research-based instruction and interventions
• Hold schools accountable for the progress of all
students in meeting grade level standards
20. Response to Intervention is…
the practice of providing high-quality
instruction/intervention matched to student needs
and
using learning rate over time
and level of performance
to
inform educational decisions
Source: NASDSE. Response to Intervention: policy considerations and implementation and
IDEA Partnership, 2007.
21. An Example Tiered RTI Model
Significantly Low Insufficient Response
Underachievement to Intervention
Tier 3: INTENSIVE
INTERVENTIONS
Tier 2: TARGETED
INTERVENTIONS and
progress monitoring
Academic Behavior
Tier 1: CORE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL
INSTRUCTION; UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS; universal
screening and INSTRUCTIONAL and BEHAVIORAL
INTERVENTIONS
22. RTI Steps
Step I: Universal Supports for all students
Step II: Data review by Problem Solving Team
Step III: Targeted interventions and progress
monitoring for struggling learners
Step IV: Intense interventions and progress
monitoring for struggling learners
Step V: Referral to special education when student
demonstrates little or no response to targeted
interventions
Step VI: General education and special education
personnel collaboratively teach and monitor student
progress; adjust IEP and services as needed for eligible
students
23. Response to Intervention –
Potential Contention
Remember: RTI is implemented within the
context of general education
Interface with Child Find responsibilities
• a parent has the right to request an
evaluation at any time (§ 300.301)
