Additional Links

FEDERALLY FUNDED INITIATIVES

• US Department of Education Office of Special Education
• IDEA – The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act was signed by President Bush in 2004 to “help children learn better by promoting accountability for results, enhancing parent involvement, using proven practices and materials, providing more flexibility, and reducing paperwork burdens for teachers, states and local school districts.”
• What Works Clearinghouse
• OSEP Ideas that Work – U.S. Office of Special Education Programs
• State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES

Office of Special Education

• Statewide RSE-TASC
• Special Education for Students with Disabilities
• Part 200 Regulations of the Commissioner of Education
• Quality Indicators: Literature Review and Resource GuidesSD
  – Literacy
  – Behavioral
• Transition Resources
  – TransitionSource
  – Postsecondary Transitioning Resources for Students with Disabilities

Office of Curriculum & Instruction

• Accessing CCLS for SWD

Technical Assistance Centers

• Response to Intervention
• Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

NATIONAL CENTERS ON RESEARCH-BASED PRACTICES

• Explicit Instruction
• Dataworks
• Vanderbilt IRIS Center
• Power Up What Works
• Universal Design for Learning Center
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
• National Center on Intensive Interventions
• National Center on Secondary Outcomes and Transition
• National Technical Assistance Center on Transition