THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DIRECTORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION (NASDSE) Gaylen Pugh, Ph.D. Deaf Education Initiative Project

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance. Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson

History of the NASDSE’s Low Incidence Initiative Projects Deaf Education Initiative Project OSEP Grant (Robert Davila, secretary) 13 major organizations in field of deafness Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: Educational Service Guidelines Seminar training in some states

The History Continues Blindness Education Initiative Hilton/Perkins Grant: Guidelines and Training Seminars 12 major organizations in the field of blindness Development of the Training Seminars Over 30 states have participated

The project will train Local and state education personnel with responsibility for students with visual impairment Parents and other advocates Consumers

States and districts can use the knowledge and skills to address relevant issues in their state, and develop strategies for ensuring a comprehensive educational service delivery system for all students who are visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities.

Results to Date: Blindness Training Seminars On a 5-point scale, where 1=poor through 5=excellent, the overall rating for effectiveness of the workshop, the scores tended to range from approximately 4.30 to 4.89.

Revision and Expansion of the Deaf Guidelines Purpose and Content User-friendly: Issue Statements Foundations Support Structures and Administration Assessment Placement/Program Component Personnel Glossary and Web Site

Project Writing Team Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf, Inc. Gayla Hutsell American Society of Deaf Children (ASDC) Barbara Raimondo American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Pam Mason Association of College Educators – Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE_DHH) Dr. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Project Writing Team, cont. Cochlear Implant Center Debra Nussbaum Conference of Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf (CEASD) Barbara Raimondo Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) Robert Hill Council for Exceptional Children (CEC -- DCDD) Dr. Kevin Miller

Project Writing Team (cont) Educational Interpreter Issues Dr. Leilani Johnson National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Jay Innes National Center for Low Incidence Disabilities (NCLID) Dr. John Luckner National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) Susan Cofer State Consultants Association – Deafness June Street

Training Seminars for Administrators Purpose and Intended Audience The project will train local and state education personnel with responsibility for students with hearing impairment, parents and consumers

The Training Modules Developed as a guide for delivering: the most current information on federal and state statutes, regulations, and policy guidance, the best thinking of experts in the field on promising practices in selected content areas. prepared for use in inservice personnel preparation activities to enhance the delivery of educational services to students with hearing impairments.

Who Should Attend?

NASDSE’s New Deaf Educational Service Guidelines ■ Watch for it soon – Your Guide for Better Service Provision

The Deafblind Educational Service Guidelines The Hilton/Perkins Program again collaborates with NASDSE A new day, a new way Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can. Ralph Waldo Emerson