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= = = EDSP 668 =

ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION AND PROGRAM PLANNING FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Assessment, Intervention and Program Planning For Students With Special Needs is a 3-credit course facilitating the diagnostic practices needed to design, implement, and monitor the progress of interventions for students with special needs. The course emphasizes the use of data-based decision-making; using relevant assessments tools to guide in the writing of SMART goals, to select appropriate interventions, and to monitor student growth.

Special Education in the News:
> > ===April is National Autism Awareness Month===
 * The Congress is now more behind than it has ever been in reauthorizing federal education laws. Virtually every federaleducation law is overdue for reauthorization, and they are all in line behind the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (formerly No ChildLeft Behind), which seems to be going nowhere fast. The following statutes are all in line for reauthorization: (Council of Exceptions Children's Teacher Education Division's TED Lines, Winter 2013)
 * The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act: last reauthorzed in 2006
 * Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Last reauthorized in1996
 * Education Services Reform Act (IES authorization): last reauthorized in 2002
 * Elementary and Secondary Education Act: last reauthorized in 2002
 * Head Start Act: lastreauthorizedin2007
 * Higher Education Act: last reauthorized in 2008
 * Workforce Investment Act: last reauthorized in 1998
 * ====[|Autism Rate Soars To 1 In 50 Kids]In less than a year’s time, the federal government is again revising the prevalence of autism upward, saying the developmental disorder now affects 1 in 50 children. Disability Scoop (3/20/ 13) ====
 * ====[|Folic Acid May Reduce Autism Risk] Taking folic acid before conception and early in pregnancy is associated with a significantly lower risk of the most severe form of autism, a new study suggests. Disability Scoop (2/13/13)====

Research News:

 * =====[|CDE Launches Latest Research One Pagers] The Colorado Department of Education distributes monthly a one page, easy to read synthesis of relevant or compelling research conducted by our staff. This document is intended to both share new knowledge and to provoke better questions within schools and during policy discussions. Possible ideas which link new facts to improved actions are included in the brief overview.=====

How to Use This Wiki
This website is intended to act as a resource library for the course. It contains an outline of all class sessions, assignments, templates needed to complete those assignments, as well as additional readings or video links for those who would like to explore a topic further. Use the blue menu bar to the left of this text to quickly access these topics and resources.

Course Meeting Dates
All classes are scheduled for Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 10:00PM at the DTC Campus Room 225:
 * January 8 - Session One: Data Driven Decision Making (Intervention Demo: Mary  - Reading Fluency)
 * January 22 - Session Two: Reading Intervention (Intervention Demo: Jason  - Math Calculation)
 * February 5 - Session Three: Writing Intervention (Intervention Demo: Anna  - Reading PA)
 * February 19 - Session Four: Math Intervention (Intervention Demo: Erik <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - Spelling Morphology)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">March 5 - Session Five: IEP Development (Intervention Demo: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Julia <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - Behavior: Social Awareness)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">March 19 - Session 6: Monitoring Interventions (Intervention Demo: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lauren <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - Behavior: Relationship Skills)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">April 2 - Session 7: Applying Your Learning (Intervention Demo: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Cherie <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> - Reading Comprehension)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">April 16 - Putting It All Together: Drafting the IEP (GATE 2 Assessment)

=Class Syllabus=

Class Participants

 * **Last Name** ||  || **First Name** ||   || **Email** ||   || **Phone** ||
 * Gose ||  || Erik ||   || [|gose573@regis.edu] ||   ||   ||
 * Main. ||  || Jason ||   || [|jmain001@regis.edu] ||   ||   ||
 * Nord ||  || Julia ||   || [|nord197@regis.edu] ||   ||   ||
 * Pryor. ||  || Lauren ||   || [|lpryor@regis.edu] ||   ||   ||
 * Richwine ||  || Cherie ||   || [|crichwine@regis.edu] ||   ||   ||
 * Swenson ||  || Anna ||   || [|aswenson@regis.edu] ||   ||   ||

Class Instructor

 * **Last Name** ||  || **First Name** ||   || **Email** ||   || **Phone** ||
 * Dove Deutsch ||  || Mary ||   || mdove@regis.edu ||   || 720-273-7506 (cell) ||