Presentation-Packet-Complete-9th-Annual-SWC

Rene Axtell, Assistant State Superintendent Oklahoma State Department of Education – Special Education Services This presentation will be an overview of what's new in Special Education

Oklahoma Parents Center, Inc

in conjunction with the

Oklahoma State Department of Education

405-379-6015 * 405-379-2108 * 877-553-4332

Email: info@oklahomaparentscenter.org Website: www.OklahomaParentsCenter.org

8:30 – 8:40 a.m Welcome

Sharon Coppedge-House, Executive Director (Ballroom C – 2nd Floor)

Oklahoma Parents Center, Inc.

8:40 – 9:00 a.m Future of Special Education

Dr Rene Axtell, Assistant State Superintendent Oklahoma State Department of Education – Special Education Services

This presentation will be an overview of what's new in Special Education in Oklahoma From the new measures required by the Federal regulations called

"Results Driven Accountability” and what that means for our state to the new special education electronic data system Our discussion will focus on preparing everyone for the future of Special Education

9:00 – 9:30 a.m AT and Accommodations for Struggling Readers

Kimberly Berry, AT Teacher & Teacher of the Visually Impaired Oklahoma ABLE Tech

The session will cover the following points: 1) Resources to help determine AT Solutions to meet the needs of Struggling Readers; 2) Common, Low-Cost AT Solutions for Struggling Reader; and 3) Software and Hardware Solutions for Struggling Readers

9:30 – 10:00 a.m Living with Lymphatic Malformation

Robin Mitman Coppedge, MS, RN, Grandparent Ashlee Robson, Parent

Come for a walk through a families journey from pregnancy and birth to the realization their baby has a rare disease of the immune/lymphatic system You will learn about Lymphatic Malformations and how we can make the public more aware

of this disease

10:00 – 10:15 p.m Break

10:15 – 10:45 a.m OTISS Overview Presentation

Christa Knight, Project Director

Karie Crews-St Yves, Tiered Intervention Specialist Oklahoma State Department of Education - SPDG

This presentation will be an overview of Oklahoma’s intervention model for

This presentation will review and analyze student and parental rights under the IDEA

as well as judicial interpretations of those rights Topics to be covered include evaluations, IEP development and implementation, least restrictive environment and behavior/discipline issues Time will also be provided for participant’s comments and questions

11:45 – 12:00 p.m Awards Ceremony

4th Annual Parent of the Year Award

Congratulations Janice Atkins!

3rd Annual Educator of the Year Award

Congratulations Shelley Gibson!

12:00 – 1:00 p.m Lunch will be provided (Exhibit Hall – 1st Floor)

Buffet

1:00 – 2:45 p.m Special Education Law: Legal Requirements and Parent Rights – Cont.

Art Cernosia, Esq.

This presentation will review and analyze student and parental rights under the IDEA

as well as judicial interpretations of those rights Topics to be covered include evaluations, IEP development and implementation, least restrictive environment and behavior/discipline issues Time will also be provided for participant’s comments and questions

2:45 – 3:00 p.m Break

3:00 – 4:45 p.m Special Education Law: Legal Requirements and Parent Rights – Cont

Art Cernosia, Esq.

This presentation will review and analyze student and parental rights under the IDEA

as well as judicial interpretations of those rights Topics to be covered include evaluations, IEP development and implementation, least restrictive environment and behavior/discipline issues Time will also be provided for participant’s comments and questions

4:45 – 5:00 p.m Closing/ Door Prizes/Evaluations

Final Door Prize is an iPad Mini!!!

Services Dr Axtell has worked in the field of education for more than 25 years Most of this experience has been in the area of special education Dr Axtell has served students with various disabilities and from all levels of education

Kimberly Berry is a certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired She joined ABLE Tech in October

Berry, Kimberly:

2011 as an Assistive Technology Teacher She previously worked for Stillwater Public Schools and is certified in several subject areas, including Elementary Education, Mild-Moderate/Learning Disabilities, and Severe-Profound/ Multiple Disabilities In her position as AT Teacher, Kimberly helps teachers to consider assistive technology devices and accessible educational materials (AEM) for students in public schools Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Marketing from Oklahoma State University and an Associate of Applied Science in Media Communications from Tarrant County College in Texas Kimberly and husband, Shane, live in Stillwater and have two children attending public schools.

Art Cernosia is a licensed attorney and an education consultant from Williston, Vermont Art

Cernosia, Art:

previously worked as a teacher, an Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Vermont Department of Education, a practicing attorney, and consultant with a national special education technical assistance center He was associated with the University of Vermont’s Education Law Institute for over 30 years where he taught and provided legal workshops He also volunteered as a surrogate parent for students with disabilities who were placed in juvenile detention facilities He provides training, consultation and other technical assistance services to state and local education agencies and advocacy organizations throughout the nation pertaining to special education legal issues

Robin Coppedge received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Oklahoma

Coppedge, Robin Mitman:

Baptist University, and her Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma She began her RN career

at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City She worked in Obstetrics and Labor/Delivery at Mercy Memorial Health Center in Ardmore before taking a nursing faculty position at Murray State College where she has taught in the RN program for 24 years In 2013, she was named the Director of Nursing for the College Robin is married to Wallace Coppedge, District Judge for the State of Oklahoma They have 4 children, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and 4 grandsons

Sharon Coppedge-House is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Parents Center

Coppedge-House, Sharon:

Inc., the federally-funded Parent Training and Information Center for the state She became the Executive Director

in October 2006 and was the training coordinator for 8 years prior to that Her passion for disability advocacy began after the adoption of her first child, Jordan, in 1986

Karie Crews-St Yves a Tiered Intervention Specialist for the State Personnel Development

Crews-St Yves, Karie:

Grant (SPDG) at the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) in the Special Education Division

Christa Knight is the Project Director for the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) at the

Knight, Christa:

Presented by Kimberly Berry

Oklahoma ABLE Tech

Readers

1 Resources to assess needs of struggling

readers

2 Common, features of technology to

assist struggling readers

3 Technology Options including apps,

software and hardware

Does the student need accessible educational materials (AEM)

or to have materials read aloud?

Individuals who have been certified by a competent authority to

be unable to read or use standard print materials because of:

Print Disability as defined by U.S Copyright Law

• Braille

• Large print

• Digital text

• Audio

Specialized Formats of AEM

Needed accommodations should be documented in IEP

and used during daily instruction and assessments

• Presentation –

▫ computer or human-assisted read-aloud

• Response –

▫ auditory feedback i.e “speak as you type”

Common Accommodations for Reading

• Computers with built-in

accessibility and software

• Tablets and smartphones with

built-in accessibility and apps

▫ accessible electronic text reader

▫ synthesized speech read-aloud (text-to-speech)

▫ dictation/speech input (speech-to-text)

▫ word prediction

▫ dictionary/picture dictionary

▫ grammar tools

▫ outline builder/graphic organizer

▫ phonetic spell check

▫ vocabulary study guides

Useful Features of Technology

Reading Books on Computers

• Google Chrome Browser

with text-to-speech extension

• Natural Reader

• Free Bookshare Tools:

▫ Web Reader

Accessing Bookshare on iPads,

Tablets, and Smartphones

•Read2Go for iOS

•Voice Dream Reader for iOS

•Go Read for Android

•Darwin Reader

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• Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition and Read2Go App: provide

synthesized speech and other accessibility features to read digital

text from Bookshare

• Co:Writer Universal and Co:Writer App: word prediction tool with

synthesized speech

• Snap&Read Universal: synthesized speech with optional

text-leveling

• SOLO 6: Literacy suite including a text reader, graphic organizer,

talking word processor, and word prediction

Don Johnston

donjohnston.com

• First Author Writing Curriculum: instruction on skills needed

for alternate assessments and includes measurement tools

and standards-based IEP Goals

• Start-to-Finish CORE Curriculum: comprehensive reading

instruction paired with simplified classic works of literature.

• uPAR (Universal Protocol for Accommodations in Reading):

tools to determine appropriate reading accommodations e.g

human read-aloud vs synthetic speech vs independent

reading

More Don Johnston

• Read&Write GOLD for PCs and Macs: floating toolbar with

reading, writing, studying, and research support tools

• Read&Write Web Apps: reading, studying, and research

tools to access Google Docs, web pages, and Bookshare

• iReadWrite iPad App: tools for struggling readers and

• Kurzweil 3000: stand-alone software, online tools,

and web-apps for reading, writing, comprehension,

etc…

• Kurzweil 1000: similar to Kurzweil 3000, but

optimized for users with visual impairment

• Firefly: flash-based website and iPad app that

allows core Kurzweil 3000 functionality

• Short-term Device Loan

• AT Consultations

• AT Funding Manual

• AT Support Team Training

• AEM Information and Assistance

Oklahoma ABLE Tech Resources for

Selecting and Acquiring AT

Oklahoma ABLE Tech

Oklahoma State University

Ashlee Coppedge Robson- Easton’s Mother

Ashlee and Mikie learn at the follow up

appointment that their son Easton had a

Lymphatic Malformation

They were told he would need surgery and

might need a tracheostomy, feeding tube,

might never talk or eat normally The Doctors

were very vague with description and

treatment of the Lymphatic Malformations

LM

A lymphatic malformation is a sponge like

collection of abnormal tissue that contains

clear lymph fluid

Lymphatic vessels are small canals that lie

near blood vessels and help

carry tissue fluids from within the body to

the lymph nodes and back to the

bloodstream

The vessels may become blocked and

enlarged as lymphatic fluid collects in the

vessels, forming a mass or a cyst

The lymphatic system functions as part of

the immune system and helps to protect the

body against infection and disease

Groups of lymph nodes are located

throughout the body, including in the neck,

under the arms (axillae), at the elbows, and

in the chest, abdomen, and groin

A lymphatic malformation is a congenital defect

(present from birth) that occurs during early

embryonic development when the lymphatic

vessels do not properly form

80 % of all LM’s are located in the head and

neck However, the malformations can form in

any area of the body

Cause is unknown and no known food,

medication, or activity during pregnancy can

cause an LM

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or CT (cat

scan) is typically used to make diagnosis

Some LM can be diagnosed during pregnancy

by ultrasounds

It is believed to affect 1 in 4,000.

It affects both sexes and all races.

LM patients live all over the world.

Since many of LM’s are in the neck area,

airway issues are the highest priority LM’s

can cause macroglossia, thickening of the

tongue, which can block airway and cause

speech/eating complications

Viral infections or sudden trauma can cause

rapid but temporary swelling

Infection and bleeding are common

complications

Many patients require a tracheostomy to

provide a patent airway and a feeding tube

for nutrition However, once LM’s are treated

and stable, many of the tracheostomy and

feeding tubes can be removed

Bone overgrowth can develop causing facial

deformity The overgrowth of the jaw line

can be cosmetically repaired with surgery

when the patient is in late teens and have

reached their maximum growth

Dental and oral hygiene can also be areas if

concern

There are currently several types of

treatments for LM’s However, there is no

one “best practice” which outlines the

optimal approach as each LM patient

presents and responds differently to

treatment Surgical removal still remains the

best among surgeons surveyed

Surgery should be avoided with lesions close

Many treating facilities are using the

multi-disciplinary approach to the diagnosis and

treatment of vascular malformations This

allows all specialties to examine the patient

in one visit and confer with each other to

derive the best treatment plan for the

patient Examples include vascular surgeon,

plastic surgeon, pediatric surgeon, diagnostic

radiologist, interventional radiologist,

dermatologist, ophthalmologist and

orthopedic surgeon for optimum results

Sclerotherapy is an injection of an agent that

shrinks the cyst Macrocystic lesions respond

the best to sclerotherapy Some agents used

are alcohol, doxycycline, or Bleomycin

OK-432 is another sclerosing agent that remains

in a non-FDA approved clinical study

Cure rates seem to be higher when surgery

and sclerotherapy are used together

Laser therapy is typically used in conjunction

to other procedures with good results and

may require several treatments Radio

frequency ablation uses high-energy radio

frequency sound waves to destroy lesions

Many patients can go through several

surgeries and treatments during their youth

Therefore, it is strongly encouraged that

they seek professional counseling to deal

with any emotions and physical challenges

Living in rural Oklahoma

Finding information about LM

Support groups

Scheduling MRI

Confidence in a medical team to treat Easton

Emotional aspects of having a baby with a

birth defect

Wright, J (2005, Summer.) Five interventions that work NAESP Leadership

Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE).

Why OTISS?

expertise of school professionals and

parents in a proactive format that

puts students' needs first and bases

decisions on information based on

how students perform and behave.

SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND

PARENT RIGHTS

MAY 2015

The bill would ensure that parents give fully

informed consent before their children with

significant cognitive disabilities are placed on

alternative education tracks

Parents would need to be informed how

participation in alternate assessments might

affect their student’s ability to earn a high

school diploma

The bill would also require that each state

“develop, disseminate information about, make

available and promote the use of reasonable

accommodations”

Parent Participation and the IDEA

“Congress finds….almost 30 years of research and

experience has demonstrated that the education of

children with disabilities can be made more effective

by strengthening the role and responsibility of parents

and ensuring that families of such children have

meaningful opportunities to participate in the

education of their children at school and at home.”

Individuals With Disabilities Education

Improvement Act (IDEA)

Parent Participation

Parents shall be given an opportunity to participate in

meetings with respect to:

 The identification;

The evaluation;

The educational placement; and