Director's Webinar

Steve Goodman and the Michigan SPDG Team: Lessons Learned Implementing MTSS

SPDG Project Responses to COVID-19

Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Michigan SPDGs discuss their projects’ responses to COVID-19,  specifically, how they are changing their approach to meet the needs of the people they serve.

Learning Lab, Restorative Practice

Stephanie Autumn discusses the Learning Lab Framework and restorative practices with need and intended outcomes.

Unified Champion Schools

Speakers: Andrea Cahn, Jennifer Cartland

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools is a strategy to promote social inclusion, providing students, educators and families with the tools, skills and dispositions to create schools of acceptance and positive school climate. Evidence and evaluation shows that SOUCS  is a contributing factor to student success, and positive academic and social emotional outcomes. This session will explore how the impact can extend to family wellbeing.

A Brief Look at the Emerging Montana SSIP
Annette Viciedo Young, Montana’s SSIP Director, will share the design process of Montana’s emerging SSIP. The circular design is centered on a relational approach to working with stakeholders, lifting their voices, and removing barriers and opening doors to equity and opportunity to Montana’s most valued asset—their children.

Aligning Cross-System Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Children/Youth and Caregivers

At our February SPDG Directors' Webinar we got a behind the scenes look at the South Dakota SPDG.  We started with the South Dakota Evaluators who shared their widely lauded evaluation plan and how they have integrated family engagement into that plan.
 

Brandi Gerry, the SD Project Director, shared:

•     Their project infographic and how it has helped her collaborate with others at the State level.

•     Implementation lessons learned.

•     Resources and strategies that have worked.

•     What she would recommend not doing.

• Representatives from Minnesota’s Comprehensive System of Personnel Development Team surveyed 500+ individuals about factors affecting recruitment and retention of professionals working with children with disabilities in early childhood education.
• They will share results of the 400+ person survey and focus groups and discuss implications for other states.

Project Director Interview Series: Brandi Gerry, South Dakota
My Child and their IEP Meeting: Family Engagement in Special Education: Alison Gauld, Tennessee