Other Updates
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End of Year Special Education Directors' Webinar
Register now to join the SDE staff on May 26 as they share end of year updates and 2020-21 training opportunities.
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Art Inspiration
For six years, the artAbility project has worked with local artists and University of Idaho-Moscow students to host art workshops for adults with disabilities in the community. Given COVID-19 circumstances, the usual in-person showcase has been turned into an online event. To learn about the artists and admire their work, visit the virtual showcase.
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NEW Topic Page - Pyramid Collaborative
The Pyramid Model is a conceptual framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children's healthy social and emotional development and decrease child challenging behavior. Visit our newest Pyramid Collaborative topic page to learn more.
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NEW Assistive Technology Trainings
Dan Dyer has created two new assistive technology trainings now available on the ITC. Free Reading and Writing Tools for Struggling Students is available in two formats:
iOS/Android Edition
PC/Chrome Edition
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Can't find what you're looking for?
The ITC resource database houses nearly 2,000 files across 500 resources. Search the ITC Resource Library by keyword, topic, audience, and more. Can't find what you're looking for?
Let us help you.
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Serving students online?
Need some help with creating accessible documents for posting to online course platforms? View our 3-part webinar series titled Introduction to Creating Accessible Documents.
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Summer Course Registration
Enrollment for summer courses through the Idaho Training Clearinghouse opens Friday, May 22, 2020 and closes Friday, June 26, 2020.
Courses offered
- Assessment Driven Communication Intervention (ADCI)
- Assistive Technology in Minutes: New, Cool, and Awesome Solutions for Students with Severe Disabilities (ATM)
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Essential Components for Reading Instruction Part 1 (ECRI1)
- Essential Components for Reading Instruction Part 2 (ECRI2)
- Explicit Instruction (EI)
- Introduction to Creating Accessible Documents (ICAD)
- Literacy Ideas for Students who have Severe and Profound Disabilities (LSPD)
- Picturing Success: Visual Support Strategies (VSS)
- Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Stress and Students with Significant Disabilities (SASD)
- Teaching Secondary Transition Digital Literacy Skills to Students with Disabilities - College Track (TDLS-C)
- Teaching Secondary Transition Digital Literacy Skills to Students with Disabilities - Employment Track (TDLS-E)
- Universal Design Daily: Lessons for All Learners (UDDAL)
- What Does 'Follow the Child' Mean? (WDFCM)
Visit the Idaho Training Clearinghouse to enroll and download course syllabi and requirements.
SESTA Training Opportunities
Best Practices in Comprehensive Evaluation
Evaluation for special education is a complex team process. Join us for an in-depth look at the process from referral through eligibility, and how school psychologists and SLPs can lead teams to conduct comprehensive evaluations.
Registration is now open:
Boise - July 27
Pocatello - August 3
Twin Falls - August 11
Coeur d'Alene - August 25
Referral to Eligibility: Making the Process Meaningful
Evaluations are about more than just paperwork. Take a close look at the importance of each step of the process as well as how to gather meaningful information that will help in determining how to best meet student needs.
Registration is now open:
Boise - July 29
Nampa - July 30
Idaho Falls - August 4
Pocatello - August 6
Twin Falls - August 12
Coeur d'Alene - August 26
Download the Idaho SESTA 2020-21 Trainings flyer to view other upcoming opportunities.
COVID-19 Resources
The Idaho Training Clearinghouse has a new webpage dedicated to housing resources and tools from Idaho SESTA to help you navigate COVID-19. Visit the Idaho SESTA COVID-19 Resources and Tools page to access dozens of helpful documents including flow charts, forms, guidance documents, padlets, and more. You'll also find the recordings to ten "Serving SPED Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic" webinars from the Idaho State Department of Education.
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