1. Special Education Hot Topics Region 4 ESC1 Discipline Related to Bullying Accessible Instructional Materials

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. Region 4 ESC2

3. What do we already know? Region 4 ESC3 MDR COP 10

4. So how is this different? Region 4 ESC4 Consequence Change of Placement Not Different!

5. So how is this different? Region 4 ESC5 Consequence Change of Placement Different!

6. Implications No discipline can be assigned until ARD “reviews” conduct No 10 “free days” 5 day notice of ARD Region 4 ESC6

7. 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) Region 4 ESC7

8. Accessible Instructional Materials Kirk Behnke M.Ed, ATP Senior Education Specialist Special Education, Region 4 ESC

9. Agenda Texas Roadmap for Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Eligibility Print Disability Specialized Formats Acquisition of AIM Resources 9Region 4 ESC

10. The Texas Road Map for Accessible 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 10Region 4 ESC

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12. 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 www.texasat.net/default.aspx?name=resources.aim2 12Region 4 ESC

13. 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 13Region 4 ESC

14. 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) 14Region 4 ESC

15. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109 15Region 4 ESC

16. Authorized Users for Texas Bookshare http://www.benetech.org/abt http://www.benetech.org/abt Learning Ally http://www.learningally.org/texas http://www.learningally.org/texas 16Region 4 ESC

17. Resources Texas Education Agency Instructional Materials and Educational Technology www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109 www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109 Texas Assistive Technology Network www.texasat.net State Leadership Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Network www.esc11.net/Page/1321 TSBVI: Accessible Textbooks Clearinghouse www.tsbvi.edu/resources/1147-accessible-textbooks- clearinghouse 17Region 4 ESC

18. Resources AIM Consortium http://aimconsortium.cast.org/ http://aimconsortium.cast.org/ National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials http://aim.cast.org DAISY Consortium www.daisy.org Louis Plus from American Printing House for the Blind www.aph.org 18Region 4 ESC

19. 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 www.familyconnect.org/parentsitehome.asp?SectionID=72 19Region 4 ESC