CAMHD Biennial Report

CLICK HERE for the CAMHD Biennial Report

CLICK HERE for the CAMHD Biennial Report

Chapter 60

The Board of Education has posted Chapter 60 on its website. You can go to http://www.boe.k12.hi.us to take a look at it.

Click on Document Library on the left hand menu, then go to Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) Title 8. Click NEXT on the bottom of the page and on the second page find "60 Provision of a Free Appropriate Public Education for a Student with a Disability".

SPIN, the Special Parents Information Network, provides A Parent's Guide to Partnership in Special Education on their website which could be found at the following address: http://www.spinhawaii.org

the Parent's Guide can be found at this address: http://www.spinhawaii.org/12.06GUIDE.pdf

Some important information about SPIN ans their Newsletter: [taken from their Dec.09 letter]
SPIN is co-sponsored by the Disability & Communication Access Board and the SPecial Education Section of the Department of Education. Services include a phone line for information referral and support, a quarterly newsletter, an annual conference and community workshops. SPIN is guided by an Advisory Commitee made up of parents, teachers and people with disabilities.

SPIN
919 Ala Moana Blvd., #101
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

Phone: 586-8126
Neighbor Islands dial the exchange below, then 6-8126

Kauai - 274-3141
Hawai'i - 974-4000
Maui - 984-2400
Molokai - 1-800-468-4644
Lanai - 1-800-468-4644

Fax: 586-8129
E-Mail: accesshi@aloha.net
Web: www.spinhawaii.org


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Pearson is offering a free webinar on implementing RTI at the secondary level...

Implementation of RTI (Multi-Tier, Coordinated, Early Intervening Services) at the Secondary Level

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Time: 1 p.m. EST

THATS 8AM HAWAI'I TIME


REGISTER: copy this link directly into your browser: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/3do5ouzg3gm5


Staff development regarding response to intervention (RTI) has focused almost exclusively on the elementary level. Although there are many similarities in terms of design principles (e.g., multi-tiers, early intervention, evidence-based practices, progress monitoring), there are a number of fundamental differences. This webinar will make explicit the differences and promote the focus on high quality content area instruction (pedagogy) and a need for a clear and explicit model of special education service delivery. This webinar will provide guidance as to what skill sets and service delivery structures are necessary to implement RTI in middle and high schools to meet the instructional and behavioral needs of secondary students.

Webinar Participants will:
1. Learn how to identify what their middle and high schools have in place or need to build with respect to the intervention foci at Tiers 1, 2, and 3, screening, intervention components, and progress monitoring tools in content area courses (i.e., a high quality grading system) and basic skills (Curriculum-Based Measurement).

2. Clarify their special education service delivery model specifying what direct and indirect services are delivered and to whom.

3. Identify components that provide the necessary supports to ensure content area and behavior support success for all students.

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Presented by: Mark R. Shinn, PhD

Dr. Shinn has been supporting schools nationwide to implement RTI since 1980 when he began implementation in St. Paul Public Schools and 2 years later, Minneapolis Schools. After almost 20 year’s work at the University of Oregon, where he was a Professor of School Psychology and special education, he returned to the Midwest to teach at National-Louis University in Chicago. He current serves as the project director for Illinois ASPIRE North, a state- and federally funded project supporting implementation of RTI at the elementary and secondary levels in Illinois. He has edited five books on Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) and evidence-based interventions and has published over 75 journal articles and book chapters on CBM, needs-based service delivery systems, and SLD identification. In 2003, he was awarded the APA Division 16 Jack Bardon Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to the field.
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This Idea was sent by Gina Scheper, Ed.S., NCSP School Psychologist, Aiea Complex

Resources to give to a family you love...

This DOE Parent Guide was suggested by Joachin "Joe" Kaaihue, BHS at Kaala and Lliahi Elementary. Resources for a healthy home, toddler all the way to adolescent.
You can download a PDF at:

http://familysupport.k12.hi.us/

Add your comments or suggestions, ideas or thoughts below!

Creating an Action Plan (AP)

Creating an Action Plan (AP) under a New Referral Quick Reference by Cheryl Sato, CSSS RT.
1. Add Contact(s) - General Education Teacher
2. Create Student Team
--General Education
--Self
--Others as necessary: Principal, Counselor, etc.
3. Create Referral
4. Create Current Performance (CP) in DEFINE NEEDS Stage
5. Create Action Plan in PLAN Stage
--Add HCPS III Benchmark(s) and/or GLO(s): Current Performance Tab
--Add SUpport(s): Supports Tab
--Add key dates and meeting information: Actions Tab
6. Request Service Provider
7. Service Log

AP REVIEWS: Update Concern in Referral then create an AP Review under the PLAN Stage.

BISS and ST's.... I mean ParaPros

If you have any further questions on your BISS or ParaPro The Institute For Family Enrichment (TIFFE) can be reached through Vhee Agcaoili who can be contacted through email at vagcaoili@tiffe.org or Angie Broff at abroff@tiffe.org

Matthew Gregory provided a valuable resource for drug education.

Mr. Gregory from ASACS, the Adolescent Substance Abuse Counseling Service shares with us the website for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at http://www.nida.nih.gov/ also visit http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDAHome.html and for Hawai'i you can visit http://hawaii.gov/health/substance-abuse/index.html. For additional information you can reach an ASACS Counselor at (808) 783-2465.
To contact Mr. Gregory he can be reached through Lotus Notes, or (808) 655-9944 or at Matthew.P.Gregory@saic.com.