• Publications
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• School Support System Reports
• Presentations
• IEP Resources
• RITAP Newsletters
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
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• Teacher Assistants' Newsletters
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Rhode Island's Biennial Performance Report
• 2002 State Assessment Program Results
• District and School Reports

Publications

• RIDE Fall Leadership Brochure, 2004
• RInnovations newsletter, Spring 2004
• Spring 2004 National Conference Brochure
• Improving Academic Achievement by Promoting Social and Emotional Learning
• Effective Practices for Children with Disabilities that Significantly Affect Function
• Resources and options
• IEP: Purpose, Process, Product...
• IEP guidebook
• ADHD manual
• Children with disabilities study
• IREAD Evaluation Report
• RInnovations newsletter, Winter 2004

“Making the Shift in RI: School Wide Problem Solving to Improve Literacy Results in the Age of Accountability”

Nuts & Bolts of School Wide Problem Solving: An Overview
[ view online: Nuts & Bolts of School Wide Problem Solving ]
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Defining the Literacy Challenge in Rhode Island: An Opportunity for Problem- Solving
[ view online: Defining the Literacy Challenge in Rhode Island ]
[ download powerpoint file: Defining the Literacy Challenge in Rhode Island ]

Elemantary PLP Circle of Support: A Prevention/Intervention Model
[ view online: Elemantary PLP Circle of Support ]
[ download powerpoint file: Elemantary PLP Circle of Support ]

Personal Literacy Plans at the Secondary Level
[ view online: Personal Literacy Plans at the Secondary Level ]
[ download powerpoint file: Personal Literacy Plans at the Secondary Level ]

• Personal Literacy Plan Guidelines,
  Rhode Island Department of Education
• Board of Regents Guidance for the Literacy Component of the High School Regulations
• RInnovations Newsletter, Spring 2003

Summer Leadership Institute Brochure:

“The Slide to Success: Assessing Student Response to Instruction”

Foundations for A Problem Solving, School-Wide Model
[ view online: Foundations for A Problem Solving, School-Wide Model ]
[ download powerpoint file: Foundations for A Problem Solving, School-Wide Model ]

Diagnosing the Learning Enabled: New Ways of Thinking About Assessment, Identification and Intervention – And Why We’re Thinkin’ That Way
[ view online: Diagnosing the Learning Enabled ]
[ download powerpoint file: Diagnosing the Learning Enabled ]

• Picture Exchange Communications System (PECS) Training Workshop

DRAFT-Children with Speech and Language Impairments:
Meeting their Needs, A Guide for Schools and Families     

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

Rhode Island Department of Education and The Central Falls Speech and Language Capacity Project
[ view online: Capacity Project ]
[ download powerpoint file: Capacity Project ]

• Section 504 Guidebook

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Resources

• Forms Project
• Cimp Self Assessment
• RI State Improvement Plan
• RI State Improvement Plan Executive Summary
• Mediation Brochure
• TBI packet
• Special Education: Forms & Recommended Processes
• CEDARR Family Center Resource Guide

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School Support System Reports

• School Support System Overview

Public School Districts

• Lincoln Report
• New Shoreham Report
• Davies Career and Technical School Report
• Woonsocket Report
• North Smithfield Report
• Jamestown Report
• International Charter School Report
• Narragansett Report
• Corrections Report
• East Providence Report
• CVS Highlander Report
• South Kingstown Report
• Cranston Report
• Exeter / West Greenwich Report
• Johnston Report
• Central Falls Report
• North Kingstown SSS Report
• RI School for the Deaf Report

Non-Public Schools

• Action Based Enterprises Report
• Eleanor Briggs School Report
• Groden Center Report
• Northern Rhode Island Collaborative
• The Center for Individualized Training and Education Report
• Hillside Alternatives Program Report
• Meeting Street School Report
• Sargent Rehabilitation Center Report May 2003
• The Tavares Pediatric Center Report

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Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Preschool Referral Form
• Elementary and Secondary Referral Form
• Release of Confidential Information

• Effective Practices for Children with Disabilities that Significantly Affect Function

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Teacher Assistants

Training Module for Use with Teacher Assistants Who Work with Students Who Have English as a Second Language:

• Module A - Roles & Responsibilities of Teachers & TAs in ESL Programs
• Module B - Program Models
• Module C - Culture in the Classroom
• Module D - Lessons That Address the Needs of Students Learning English
• Puzzle - Puzzle materials for use in an activity in the module
• References - Module bibliography/resources for further readings
• Reflection Journal - For trainees to complete relative to their learnings

Decision-Making Model Form

Handbook for Substitute Teachers and Teacher Assistants:

• Introduction
• Helpful Forms
• School Specific Information
• Special Education Resources
• Professional Information
• RIDE Information
• RIDE Standards
• Special Education Acronyms
• RI Education Policy

Worksheets Teachers and Teacher Assistants Can Use to Improve Teamwork:

• Professional/Program/Student Needs Inventory
• Personalized Job Description for Paraeducator
• Paraeducator Skills/Confidence Inventory
• Paraeducator Growth and Development Plan
• Paraeducator Performance Rating
• Paraeducator's Work Style
• Professional's Work Style
• Work Style Score Sheet

• Annotated Bibliography of Teacher Assistant Resourcespoint file
• Effective Use of Teacher Assistants Module PowerPoint

Effective Use of Teacher Assistants Module PowerPoint
[ view online:Effective Use of Teacher Assistants Module PowerPoint ]
[ download powerpoint file: Effective Use of Teacher Assistants Module PowerPoint ]

• Report of Teacher Assistant Practices in RI School Districts and Related Agencies
• Teacher Assistant Network Registration Form
• Teacher Assistant Contacts in School Districts and Related Agencies
• Free & Low Cost Training Opportunities for Teacher Assistants in RI – October 2003
• Profiles of RI Department of Education (RIDE) Approved Teacher Assistant Training Program
• RI Department of Education (RIDE) Approved Teacher Assistant Training Program
  Profiles directory.
• RI Department of Education Policy and Professional Development Infrastructure
  For Teacher Assistants.

RI Department of Education Teacher Assistant (TA) Infrastructure PowerPoint Presentation.
[ view online: Infrastructure PowerPoint Presentation ]
[ download powerpoint file: Infrastructure PowerPoint Presentation ]

• Summary of State and Federal Requirements for Teacher Assistant Qualifications
• RI Department of Education (RIDE) Program Standards for Teacher Assistants and Guidelines Related to Teacher Assistants
• Q & A Related to State and Federal Requirements for Teacher Assistant Qualifications and Use RI Department of Education
• ParaPro Assessment Fact Sheet
• ParaPro Awareness Training Module Overview and Process Agenda
• ParaPro Awareness Training Module Overheads
• ParaPro Awareness Training Module Handouts

Ride Teacher Assistant Training Program Approval Process:

• Initial Approval Requirements
  [ download word document : Initial Approval Requirements ]
• Profile Form
  [ download word document: Profile Form ]
• Triennial Program Approval Renewal Requirements
  [ download word document: Triennial Program Approval Renewal Requirements ]

• Non-Regulatory Guidance
• National Paraprofessional Conference Registration Brochure
• CCRI Supports for TAs Pursuing Associate Degrees

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Teacher Assistants' Newsletters

2004 Newsletters

• September 2004
• April 2004
• February 2004

2003 Newsletters

• November 2003
• September 2003
• April 2003
• February 2003

2002 Newsletters

• November 2002
• September 2002
• April 2002
• February 2002

2001 Newsletters

• November 2001
• September 2001
• April 2001
• February 2001

2000 Newsletters

• November 2000
• September 2000
• May 2000
• March 2000
• January 2000

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Resources

• Library Listing

Publications

• The Student With Traumatic Brain Injury - School Integration brochure
• Overview & Definition
• Cognition & Cognitive Rehabilitation
• Referral & Reintegration
• Families
• Consequences & Implications
• Assessment & Neuropsychological Assessment
• Instructional Strategies
• Resources: Publications

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Presentations

A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and Their Families
[ view online: A New Era ]
[ download powerpoint file: A New Era ]

IQ Testing for Children with Learning Disabilities
[ view online: IQ Testing for Children with Learning Disabilities ]
[ download powerpoint file: IQ Testing for Children with Learning Disabilities ]

Children With Disabilities Study
[ view online: Children With Disabilities Study ]
[ download powerpoint file: Children With Disabilities Study ]

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Rhode Island's Biennial Performance Report

• %Special Education Students taking assessmnt sch yr 2000-2001
• Biennial report - Table 1 - Goal 6- indict B
• Biennial Report - Table 1 -Goals 1 & 2
• Biennial report - Table 3- Goals 6
• Biennial report-Table 1-Goals 5 and 6
• Biennial report-Table 2-suspensions and expulsions
• Downloaded ALLFILE- Goals 3 - 4
• Drop-out Rates Regular and SpEd sch year 2000-2001
• Graduation Rates Regular and Special Education sch year 2000-2001
• MY COPY1 BPR Download AllFilesTables
• MY COPY2 BPR Download AllFilesTables
• MY COPY BPR Download AllFilesTables
• My designed Biennial Report
• My designed Biennial Report-Alt Assmnt
• Overarching questions
• Rhode Island Alternate Assessment Student Form
• Rhode Island Racial Disproportion Table - 2000-2001
• Rhode Island's Disprop in Prog Placement 2000-2001
• Rhode Island's Suspension Data 2000-2001
• RI Children Subject to Unilateral Removal
• Special Education Student Participation Rates In Asemt Testing
• Special Education Students Receiving Accomodations Spring 2001
• Special Education Students taking assessmnt sch yr 2000-2001 (#s)

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IEP

Publications:

• IEP Guidebook: PDF
• IEP Manual: PDF

Powerpoint Presentations:

Progress Reporting
[ view online: Progress Reporting ]
[ download powerpoint file: Progress Reporting ]

Related Service Providers
[ view online: Related Service Providers ]
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Level I: IEP Form and Process
[ view online: Level I: IEP Form and Process ]
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Level II: Elementary Student New Standards
[ view online: Level II: Elementary Student New Standards ]
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Level II: Elementary Student RI Frameworks
[ view online: Level II: Elementary Student RI Frameworks ]
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Level II: High School Student New Standards
[ view online: Level II: High School Student New Standards ]
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Level III: Writing IEPs to Standards 
[ view online: Level III: Writing IEPs to Standards  ]
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Resources:

IEP Form
[ download word file ]
[ pdf ]

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2002 State Assessment Program Results

• Analysis and Interpretation
• Basic Understanding
• Writing Conventions
• Writing Effectiveness

Math

• Math Concepts
• Math Skills
• Math Problem-Solving

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District and School Reports

• District ELA Analysis and Interpretation
• District ELA Basic Understanding
• District ELA Writing Conventions
• District ELA Writing Effectiveness
• District Math Concepts
• Data Dictionary
• District Math Problem Solving
• District Math Skills

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RITAP Newsletters

• winter 2002
• spring 2002

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