FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Weekly Memo

Action Items

Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) 2017 Winter Hybrid Conference The CASE 2017 Winter Hybrid Conference will be on February 23-24, 2017, in Clearwater Beach. The theme is “Data Driven Accountability: Actualizing the Promise through Practice” and the daily themes are “Actualizing the Practice: Mental Health” and “Actualizing the Promise: Legal Issues.” Discounts are available for Florida participants and virtual conference sites are encouraged. For more information, to view the promotional materials, and for details on setting up your own virtual conference site, see the attached documents. • Filename: 2017 CASE Winter Hybrid Conference Promo • Filename: 2017 CASE Winter Hybrid Conference Flyer • Filename: 2017 CASE Winter Hybrid Conference Agenda • Filename: 2017 CASE Winter Hybrid Conference Bio of Speakers • Filename: 2017 CASE Winter Hybrid Conference Hints for Virtual Sites

Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System’s (FDLRS) Webinar Series The next webinar, “Providing a Universally Designed and Differentiated Learning Environment: Effectively Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities,” will be on February 27, 2017. This session will briefly review the content of each webinar session of this series and provide access to the materials needed to replicate the series. For more information, see the attached flyer. To register, go to http://www.fdlrs.org/x/events/view/?id=140&pw=ca93ccde. For questions, contact Karen Geisel at Karen.Geisel@fdlrsaction.org. • Filename: FDLRS Webinar Series Share Flyer

National Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder Registration is now open for parents, educators and health care professionals interested in attending Promising Pathways, The Road to Best Practice in Autism Spectrum Disorder. This conference is at no cost and will be on April 8, 2017, in Fort Myers. The presenters are from the previous nine conferences and will discuss topics based on their most current research and latest works. For more information and to register, go to http://www.fgcu.edu/events/ promisingpathways/. For questions, contact Promising Pathways at PromisingPathways@ fgcu.edu or by phone at 239-745-3400.

Parental Notification of School Choice Options The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has issued the following memorandum regarding school choice options. To certify the compliance requirement, the Notification Verification Form is

due by April 17, 2017. The memorandum may be viewed at https://info.fldoe.org/docushare/ dsweb/Get/Document-7851/dps-2017-08.pdf.

Informational Items

Technical Assistance Paper (TAP) - Talented Twenty Program: Technical Specifications for the Submission of Talented Twenty Data

The FDOE has issued the following TAP regarding the Talented Twenty Program. The TAP may be viewed at https://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-7546/dps-2015-185.pdf.

Approved Providers for School District Virtual Instruction Program (VIP) The FDOE has issued the following memorandum regarding approved providers for VIP. The memorandum may be viewed at https://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-7853/dps­2017-19.pdf.

Approved Course Providers for School Districts The FDOE has issued the following memorandum regarding approved course providers for school districts. The memorandum may be viewed at https://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/ Document-7852/dps-2017-20.pdf.

Monica Verra-Tirado, Ed.D.

For more information, contact 850-245-0475

Content for Promo by Florida!

PLEASE USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES

HERE ARE THE WEB LINKS FOR MOST OF THE INFORMATION, ALSO...

Registration http://www.casecec.org/registration/registration.asp?event=29

Agenda Attached

Flyer Attached and http://www.casecec.org/events/2017_Winter_Hybrid/Registration-Flyer­2017%20Winter%20conference.pdf

Hotel https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/events/start.action?id=1608023500&key= 2766F8B7 or http://bit.ly/2aj7UhB

CASE http://www.casecec.org

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There is a great professional learning opportunity coming to Florida in just a couple of weeks and we want to make you a deal that will be hard to beat! Because of the pertinent topics, we want you to bring teams to the two-day event at the Sheraton Sand Key, Clearwater Beach, FL. To help you make up your mind to do that, we will give you a 25% discount on your first two registrations and your third will be free! Who should come? Principals, Assistant Principals, Counselors, Community Mental Health providers, Related Service providers, School Psychologists, Teachers, Special Education Administrators, and anyone who has a vested interested in improving educational services! The theme is, DATA DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY: Actualizing the Promise through Practice, Feb. 23-24, 2017, in Clearwater Beach, FL! With some of the great minds in education this interactive professional development will be a wonderful opportunity for team building and truly being a part of defining the field for years to come. The Sheraton Sand Key is an amazing hotel right on the water. We will have two days with a different emphasis each day: Actualizing the Practice: Mental Health in our Schools and Actualizing the Promise: Legal Issues in our Schools.

The 6th Annual Hybrid will be held in Clearwater Beach, on Feb. 23-24. The theme is Data DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY: Actualizing the Promise through Practice with the daily themes being

Actualizing the Practice: Mental Health: – Thursday February 23, 2017 Actualizing the Promise: Legal Issues: – Friday February 24, 2017

The two speakers on Thursday are Drs. Dipesh Navsaria and Richard Van Acker. On Friday, long time CASE friend, Julie Weatherly, Esq., will be talking to us about the legal issue connected to school mental health as well as an update on discipline, what to expect this next year and what has happened up to this date from last year! See the Attached flyer on the conference. For more information and to register, go to the CASE website at http://www.casecec.org or the registration website at http://www.casecec.org/registration/ registration.asp?event=29.

Remember, for just $30 more (plus shipping and handling), on your full registration, you can have the DVD of the complete conference to use over and over and over! Once you are in the registration process, it will ask you if you want to add the DVD.

ALSO: Please NOTE—Hotel group rate deadline has been extended to January 27, 2017.

CASE 2017 Winter Hybrid Conference DATA DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY:

Actualizing the Promise through Practice

SAVE THE DATE! February 23-24, 2017 Clearwater Beach, FL

Sheraton OR Virtual Each Day will be a self-contained workshop

• DATA DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY: o Actualizing the Practice: Mental Health -Thursday

o Actualizing the Promise: Legal Issues -Friday

• Presenters will be Cutting Edge o Dr. Dipesh Navsaria & Dr. Richard Van Acker (Thursday) o Julie Weatherly, Esq. (Friday)

For Registration go to www.casecec.org

This will be a HYBRID Conference

• Attend in person or link up for a virtual conference from your location

• Price is per site so invite as many others to join you as you wish for the same price

• Purchase the CD -ROM and it is for your use as often as you wish!

• Practical Help & Resources provided to all Virtual Sites

• Special Communication Links between Virtual Sites and On Site participants/speakers

Conference Hotel: Sheraton Sandkey 1160 Gulf Boulevard Clearwater Beach, FL 33767 Group Rate - $199 http://bit.ly/2aj7UhB

Type of Participant On Site --Both days

CASE Member $350 $380 +$9.95 S&H $350 $380 +$9.95 S&H

$180/day $380 +$9.95 S&H

- Non Member $450 $480 +$9.95 S&H $450 $480 +$9.95 S&H

$230/day $480 +$9.95 S&H

- Student Retired $200

$280 +$9.95 S&H $200

$280 +$9.95 S&H $110/day

$280 +$9.95 S&H

On Site (+ CDROM) Virtual -Both days Virtual - (+ CDROM)

Live Per Day CDROM - only

Don’t Miss This GREAT opportunity to Team with people in your District and/or

Region. REMEMBER: One Price and you can have as many people in your group as

you wish!

DATA DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY:

Actualizing the Promise through Practice

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Eastern TIME ZONE

CASE Winter Hybrid Conference

February 23-24, 2017 Virtual OR Sheraton Sand Key, Clearwater Beach, FL

REMEMBER TO ADJUST SCHEDULE TO YOUR TIME ZONE (ET10:30/CT9:30/MT8:30/PT7:30)

Thursday, February 23, 2017 Actualizing the Practice: Mental Health Practices in Schools TIME Minutes ACTIVITY/PRESENTATION PRESENTERS

9:30 – 10:15

(45) Breakfast/Townhall Discussion at conference

On Site ONLY… Dr. Navsaria

BROADCAST BEGINS

10:30-12:00

(90) Background and laying out the plan

Dr. Navsaria

12:00-12:15

(15) Break and transition

12:15 -1:00pm

(45) MH and Schools Dr. Navsaria

1:00- 1:15pm

(15) Break and transition

1:15-2:30pm

(75) Teaming Up

Dr. Navsaria/Dr. Van Acker

2:30 – 2:45pm

(15)

Break and transition

2:45 -4:00pm

(75) MH and Schools

Dr. Van Acker

4:00-4:15pm (15) Break

4:15-5:00pm

(45) National conversation on MH and schools WrapUp

Dr. Van Acker

Friday February 24, 2017 Legal Issues: Actualizing the Promise TIME Minutes ACTIVITY/PRESENTATION PRESENTERS

9:30 – 10:15

(45) Breakfast/Townhall Discussion at conference

On Site ONLY

BROADCAST BEGINS

10:30-12:00

(90) Legal Issues in the Mental Health Area

Julie Weatherly, Esq

12:00-12:15

(15) Break and transition

12:15 -1:00pm

(45) Legal Update Moderator and Julie Weatherly, Esq

1:00- 1:15pm

(15) Break and transition

1:15-2:30pm

(75) Hot Topic Q and A

Julie Weatherly, Esq

2:30 – 2:45pm

(15) Break and transition

2:45 -4:00pm

(75) Discipline

Julie Weatherly, Esq

4:00-4:15pm (15) Break

4:15-5:00pm

(45) Q and A and Wrap Up Moderators/ Julie Weatherly, Esq

BIOS FOR 2017 CASE HYBRID CONFERENCE

Dr Dipesh Navsaria is a pediatrician, occasional children's librarian, public health professional and child health advocate.He practices primary-care pediatrics at a community health center working with underserved populations. He is involved in advocacy training for residents, medical students, and practicing physicians. His educational interests also include public and population health training for clinicians.Additionally, Dr Navsaria is strongly engaged with early literacy programs in health care settings, particularly around ideas of early brain and child development, which include neurobiological effects of adversity and poverty upon the developing brain.A dynamic speaker who easily translates basic science and clinical medicine for a wide variety of audiences in order to shape programs and policy, Dr Navsaria lectures locally, regionally and nationally on early literacy, early brain and child development, child health advocacy and technology.Dr Dipesh Navsaria is a pediatrician, occasional children's librarian, public health professional and child health advocate. A dynamic speaker who easily translates basic science and clinical medicine for a wide variety of audiences in order to shape programs and policy, Dr Navsaria lectures locally, regionally and nationally on early literacy, early brain and child development, child health advocacy and technology.

Dr. Richard Van Acker is an Emeritus Professor of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Dr. Van Acker began his career in education as a high school math and science teacher. His ability to work effectively with troubled youth resulted in his becoming a teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. He also worked as a child care worker in a residential care center for children and youth with emotional disorders. Since earning his doctorate, Rick has been engaged in teacher education at the UIC. His research explores the development of antisocial behavior in children – attempting to identify effective prevention and intervention strategies. Rick has served as president of the International Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (a Division of the Council for Exceptional Children). He currently is a member of both the advisory committee and the professional development committee of the Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavioral Disorders. Rick’s research has been published in over 100 professional journal articles, book chapters, monographs and books. His latest book is titled ‘Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Emotional Disorder: School-Based Practice (Guilford Press).

Julie J. Weatherly, Esq. is the owner of Resolutions in Special Education, Inc. with attorneys in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama. Julie is a member of the State Bars of Alabama and Georgia, and for almost 30 years, has provided legal representation and consultative services to school districts and other agencies in the area of educating students with disabilities. She has been a member of the faculty for many national and state legal institutes and is a frequent speaker at special education law conferences. Julie has developed a number of videotape training series on special education law and has been published nationally as a part of her trainings, workshops and seminars. She is the author of the legal update article for the National CASE quarterly newsletter and is a member of LRP’s Special Education Attorneys Advisory Council. In June of 1996, Julie appeared with Leslie Stahl on CBS news program “60 Minutes” to discuss the cost of meeting the legal requirements of the IDEA. In 1998, she was honored by Georgia’s Council for Exceptional Children as Georgia’s Individual who had Contributed Most to Students with Disabilities and, in April 2012, Julie received the National CASE Award for Outstanding Service.

HINTS FOR SETTING UP YOUR OWN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SITE!

REMEMBER- YOU PAY FOR ONE REGISTRATION BUT CAN HAVE AS MANY AT YOUR LOCATION AS YOU CAN HANDLE!!! WHAT A DEAL!

1. Secure a location that will comfortably hold the number of participants you are anticipating

2. Be sure you have the technical capability at the location Technical Requirement-For the best viewing experience, be sure your computer meets the requirements listed below:

a. Internet Connection 1. Broadband Internet Connection such as: DSL, Cable or T1.

Sorry, we do not support speeds of dial-up Internet Connections. 2. If applicable, discuss firewalls, etc. with district IT personnel PRIOR to the broadcast to

insure the system server will not block transmission b. Windows

1. Operating System: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 2. Intel® Pentium® 4 2.33GHz or faster processor (or equivalent) 3. 128MB of RAM

c. Mac 1. Operating System: Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel) or above 2. Intel Core™ Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor 3. 128MB of RAM

3. Be sure you have the equipment necessary a. LCD Projector b. Internet connection c. Computer d. Speakers/sound system for the computer--sound will stream from computer

4. Consider inviting DIFFERENT groups of people for the different days—people may be able to attend one day but not both…Create Cross stakeholder teams—don’t forget to include community and parent leaders! REMEMBER- YOU PAY FOR ONE REGISTRATION BUT CAN HAVE AS MANY AT YOUR LOCATION AS YOU CAN HANDLE!!! WHAT A DEAL! AND for only $25 more, you can have the DVD to use as often as you wish!

• Thursday, February 23: Actualizing the Practice- Mental Health • Friday, February 24: Legal Issues: Actualizing the Promise

5. Designate someone as an “onsite Facilitators.” You need someone “in charge” at your site, participating…not just roaming in and out. You need someone who can engage your participants. We will be building in some Think-Pair-Share time and we will provide you additional resources and hints for facilitating the meeting with suggestions from our presenters!

6. Create Cross stakeholder teams: General Education/ Special Education /English Language Learners; Teachers and Administrators, Related Service Providers; Elementary, Middle School, High School—and don’t forget to include community and parent leaders! Consider starting a Community of Practice on Mental Health! (for resources n CoPs go to: http://www.ideapartnership.org/creating­community/getting-started.html)

7. Remember to consider inviting your 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier administrators—those who often don’t even get to go to state conferences—for you, it may be the teachers you have identified as the people you want to encourage to move into the ADMIN track! This is a great way to “grow” our replacements!

8. Consider including persons from technical schools/colleges and universities. This hybrid conference is a great opportunity to bring high level speakers across some cutting edge fields to your community! Use this as an opportunity to have quality dialog with partner groups!

9. Advertise the conference day(s) and be sure people set aside the time –if you are doing it too close to your/their office, the temptation will be great to stop by the office. Consider this a conference just as though you were going to travel to one but you are just saving the travel $$$... the time must be dedicated to the conference schedule. We will provide you with a Flyer template for you to add your information!

10. If you need/want to charge a registration fee to cover meals/snacks, materials, supplies, etc., that is perfectly fine—we are ok with you even making extra $! We just want to get the great information out to everyone! Consider using part of the money you would have spent on traveling to a national conference into the snacks/meals…make this a fun learning experience!

11. Remember the time schedules published by CASE are EASTERN TIME…when you advertise—use the converted time for your time zone—once you register, we will provide you with a schedule based on YOUR Time Zone!

12. Plan breaks/activities during the published break times…we will be very respectful of our Virtual Sites! Consider asking vendors you use to “sponsor” your food, etc.

13. Encourage the virtual vendor time to explore these vendors/sponsors—consider inviting the local/regional reps of the vendors to your meeting!

14. Keep attendance and let us know the attendees and their roles!

15. If you can offer CEU or other credit for the hours spent—make those arrangements and advertise the offering!

16. CASE can provide you with a template for a certificate of attendance if you would like one.

17. Participate in the afternoon “Townhall” meeting and keep notes on what the discussion questions and suggestions are and the consensus of your group--post on CASE Facebook and/or email to lpurcell@casecec.org as we will work on post conference work products using your input!

18. Begin communicating with your attendees through Facebook and Twitter to encourage them to participate through both social medias during the conference—CASE www.facebook.com/casecec #2017CASEWinter @casecec .

a. Consider giving a crash course on the use of both just prior to the conference or during one of the breaks—best resources for this 10 minute crash course—high school and college students !

b. Take digital pictures during the sessions and upload them to the conference App, CASE Facebook page and/or tweet them.

c. Use the CASE Facebook page to ask discussion questions d. Every time you tweet or post on Facebook, we will enter your name into a drawing for special

prizes!

FDLRS Webinar Series based on Creating a Responsive Classroom

Providing a Universally Designed and Differentiated Learning Environment:

Effectively Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities

Sharing of Professional Developer Resources

FDLRS/FIN staff who participate must have attended the Creating a Responsive Classroom professional learning opportunity or been

present as a participant of this webinar series in February-April, 2016.

Part 1: Effective Teaching Practices and Frameworks in a Responsive Classroom Part 2: Developing Expert Learners Part 3: Developing Expert Learners, cont’d. Part 4: Precise Learning Goals to Guide Instruction and Assessment Part 5: Respectful Work: Providing a Challenge and Supporting Achievement

This session will briefly review the content of each webinar session, and provide access to the materials needed to replicate the series.

Monday, February 27, 2017 11:00 am - 1:00 pm E.S.T.

Link to Register: https://goo.gl/Pq7yVs

Participants will receive additional details, including the Adobe Connect link, with your registration confirmation.

For additional questions about this webinar series, contact Karen Geisel: karen.geisel@fdlrsaction.org FDLRS Administration Project Office (386) 312-2265 Mary Ann Ahearn, Administrator