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CREST | Research
IES awards College researchers $4.8 million/5 years to create a new doctoral training program for educational scientists
CIRGE | Research
CIRGE has been busy: its 5-Years Out study drew wide attention and it has hosted three int'l workshops on PhD education...
Research
Projects
Project Title: Students with Special Health Care Needs and the Law
COE Investigators: Sharan Brown
Funding Source: Washington Education Association
Start/End Dates: 8/1999 - Ongoing
The Students with Special Health Care Needs and the Law: Continuing Education for Washington Educators Project is in its third year of an on-going collaboration between the Washington Educational Association (WEA) and the University of Washington exploring web based curricula development on issues related to educational services for children with special health care needs. Phase I developed a continuing education training course entitled: Legal Issues in Serving Students with Special Health Care Needs in the School Setting. The course was developed and field-tested to WEA members in three educational service districts (ESDs) in Washington State to increase the availability of continuing education for credentialed staff working with students with special health care needs. Following the curriculum development and field testing of Phase I, the course is being integrated into the WEA web site Development Project and subsequently will be available online.
Phase II of the collaborative project included a series of web based Special Education Law Quarterly bulletins on the following topics: 1) Professional responsibility and special educators: Advocacy for students with disabilities; 2) Free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with autism—Legal guidance and practice considerations; 3) Bullies in our schools: The courts, legislatures and educators begin to tackle the problem; 4) Change of placement: Is it or Isn't it? Guidelines for special educators. The current project year (Phase III) includes piloting the web-based course developed in year one through on-line instruction and writing a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on topics of interest to educators. The first series of web-based FAQs has been completed and addresses the topic of assessments and students with disabilities.
Selected related publications
LaRocque, M.M., Brown, S.E,, & Johnson, K.L. (2001). Functional behavioral assessments and intervention plans in early intervention settings. Infants and Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Special Care Practices, 13(3), 59-68.
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