SPED 620 Collaboration and Transition Practices in Special Education

General

• Conveying the rights and responsibilities of students, parents, teachers, and schools in the provision of services to students with disabilities as well as the, complexities, and reciprocal influences of family, school, and community participants involved in the special education process.
• Building relationships with children and their families as a basis for designing appropriate learning experiences using theories of family dynamics, roles, and relationships within families and between families and communities
• Learning about and determining home cultural strengths, family structures, and needs in preparing children for the participation in the broader society
• Demonstrating respect for families' choices and goals for their children and communicate with families about curriculum, their children's programs, and future lifelong learning
• Use assessment data and collaborative practices with parents, students and professionals to develop Individualized Education Plans¿including universal design for learning and appropriate options for the selection, acquisition, and use of assistive technology and supplementary aids and services¿in managing learning, teaching, program planning and transition planning
• Develop and differentiate between annual goals, learning objectives, and instructional planning for achieving goals and objectives including options for access to the general education curriculum and state assessment options
• Working with instructional assistants, interpreters, and Parent/community volunteers
• Understand and make use of structures supporting interagency collaboration, including interagency services, agreements, referral, and consultation