Hill Country Summer Institute 2014
This two day Institute focuses on evaluation and legal issues pertinent to Educational Diagnosticians and LSSPs.            

June 16th -

Day one of our institute will feature Dr. Kevin McGrew who will provide information on "Best Practice using CHC Theory and Assessment" and an "Overview of the WJ-IV".

June 17th  - 

Day two will consist of several breakout sessions addressing a variety of topics related to Special Education.  Presenters and topics will include:

Jim Walsh "Legal Update for Evaluation Personnel"

Jim Walsh will provide information regarding new legal requirements that impact evaluation personnel as well as a look at legal cases regarding evaluation issues.

Angela Ward - "A District's Journey to Cultural Proficiency"

Austin Independent School District (Austin, Texas) embarked on the journey towards cultural proficiency in December 2010 with the formation of the AISD Council on Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness. This session will provide an overview of the AISD journey as well as engage participants in a personal understanding of the inside-out approach that is Cultural Proficiency.

Mertie Miller-Gomez - "Implementing a Best Practice FIE Program to Improve Student Outcomes"

The quality of an FIE has particular importance for comprehensive planning to meet students' learning needs. Developing a Best Practice FIE allows the school district to respond to a student's successes and struggles with a data-driven document and provides for a defensible FIE. This session will walk you through how to build student success upon a firm foundation of a Best Practice FIE. It will also provide information on Houston ISD developed resources to assist with implementing a Best Practice FIE program district wide. These free resources include an FIE Checklist, FIE Blog Site and an FIE rubric.

Ben Garza  - "FBAs and BIPs:  What Evaluation Personnel Needs to Know"

So you have finished another year and you have done countless FIE's Re-evaluations, consultations, attended endless ARD meetings, made an obscene amount of phone calls and performed all of the "other duties as assigned."  Somewhere in your free time you conducted some Functional Behavior Assessment's and Behavior Intervention Plan's but you find yourself wondering if you did it right.  Step into this session and work as a team to help determine what nuts and bolts need tightening in your FBA/BIP process.

  

11 hours NASP CPDs available

 

Lunch will be provided on both days of the conference.  If you have special dietary needs please notify Joy Hunsucker at joy.hunsucker@esc13.txed.net.

 

 


Educational Diagnosticians, LSSPs
Special Education, Student Assessment, Assessment
In-person

$100.00
CPE Credits: 11.00  
Registration Closes: 6/16/2014 7:22 pm
ESC Region 13
5701 Springdale Road
Austin, TX 78723
Mon. 6/16/2014 - 8:30am to 3:30pm
Tue. 6/17/2014 - 8:30am to 3:30pm
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