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Region 4 ESC 1
Special Education Hot TopicsDiscipline Related to BullyingAccessible Instructional Materials
Region 4 ESC 2
Texas Education Code § 37.001 Student Code of Conduct
The child with a disability may not be disciplined for bullying, harassment, or making hit lists until an admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee meeting has been held to review the conduct.
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What do we already know?
MDRCOP
10
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So how is this different?
Consequence Change of Placement
Not Different!
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So how is this different?
Consequence Change of Placement
Different!
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Implications
• No discipline can be assigned until ARD “reviews” conduct
• No 10 “free days”• 5 day notice of ARD
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What are your options in this situation?
• Have a plan!• Increase supervision• Request parent to waive
5 day notice to expedite ARD meeting
• Change setting for educational reasons (ARD may be required)
Accessible Instructional Materials
Kirk Behnke M.Ed, ATPSenior Education Specialist
Special Education, Region 4 ESC
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Agenda• Texas Roadmap for Accessible Instructional
Materials (AIM)• Eligibility• Print Disability• Specialized Formats• Acquisition of AIM• Resources
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The Texas Road Map forAccessible Instructional Materials
• Developed to help give a visual • GPS to help you navigate the way through
accessible instructional material acquisition
• Provides 2 routes:Eligibility and acquisition routes
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Print Disability
• Student /child is not able to use standard print materials
• Frequently the result of a visual impairment, physical disability or reading disability
• Meets copyright criteria for specialized formats
• Federal definition of “Print Disability” www.texasat.net/default.aspx?name=resources.aim2
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Accessible Instructional Materials
• Included in IDEA 2004• Requires that core instructional materials be
provided in a timely manner in specialized formats when needed by students with disabilities
• 4 specialized formats: Braille, large print, audio and digital text
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Digital Text
• May be referred to as electronic text or E-text
• Provides visual and auditory supports• Available in various formats such as online
HTML or EPub • Can be accessed using specialized software
(e.g. Read Hear™) or hardware (e.g. Apex, VictorReader Stratus, VictorReader Stream)
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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109
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Authorized Users for Texas
• Bookshare http://www.benetech.org/abt
• Learning Allyhttp://www.learningally.org/texas
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Resources• Texas Education Agency Instructional Materials and
Educational Technology www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109
• Texas Assistive Technology Networkwww.texasat.net
• State Leadership Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Networkwww.esc11.net/Page/1321
• TSBVI: Accessible Textbooks Clearinghouse
www.tsbvi.edu/resources/1147-accessible-textbooks-clearinghouse
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Resources• AIM Consortium
http://aimconsortium.cast.org/ • National Center on Accessible Instructional
Materialshttp://aim.cast.org
• DAISY Consortium www.daisy.org
• Louis Plus from American Printing House for the Blindwww.aph.org
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Resources• National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped www.loc.gov/nls/
• Learning Ally: Learning and Listening www.learningally.org/Educators/28/
• American Foundation for the Blind: Family Connect® -- Education www.familyconnect.org/parentsitehome.asp?SectionID=72