Special Education and Support Services
Technical Assistance Projects
- Assistive
Technology
Children with disabilities sometimes need and
are entitled to special equipment and services to ensure that
they have access to a free and appropriate education (FAPE).
- Illinois ASPIRE
Funded
by a five-year (2005-2010) State Personnel Development Grant under
Part D of IDEA 2004, Illinois ASPIRE (Alliance for School-based
Problem-solving and Intervention Resources in Education) will
establish and implement a coordinated, regionalized system of
personnel development that will increase the capacity of school
systems to provide early intervening services, aligned with the
general education curriculum, to at-risk students and students
with disabilities.
- Illinois
Service Resource Center
The Illinois Service Resource Center
is the coordination center for a wide variety of services tailored
specifically for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and
exhibit behavioral, emotional or mental health challenges.
- Positive
Behavior Intervention & Supports
PBIS is a proactive
systems approach for creating and maintaining safe and effective
learning environments in schools. PBIS in Illinois focuses on
data-based decision-making around discipline and academics at
school, district, regional and state levels, integrating related
school improvement initiatives and structures such as 21st Century,
Reading First, No Child Left Behind, and Safe Schools, and building
skills and therefore capacity of school-based leadership teams
through coaching and technical assistance.
- Project CHOICES
The purpose of CHOICES/Early CHOICES is to increase the capacities
of school districts and educational personnel to educate and provide
supports and services to children and youth with disabilities
in the preschool, school, and community environments in which
they would participate if not identified as having a disability.”
- Illinois Autism
Training and Technical Assistance Project
IATTAP focuses
on educating and supporting children with autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) and their families by building local capacity to establish
and implement effective educational supports and services in the
least restrictive environment for children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
- Parent and Educator Partnership
This initiative provides support to parents of children with disabilities
to build equal partnerships with the educators who serve their
children. The primary goal of this initiative is to move families
and educators to a relationship that increases partnership to
meet the needs of the children who are their common focus.
- Project Reach
Project Reach provides technical assistance, information, and
training to address the early intervention, special education,
related services, and transitional services needs of children
with deaf-blindness and enhance state capacity to improve services
and outcomes for children and their families.
- Secondary Transition
This web
page provides access to a great variety of resources, tools and
information related to secondary transition including, but not
limited to: an age-appropriate transition assessment, measurable
post-school goals, transition plan development, and linkages
to web resources that cover a range of topics related to secondary
transition. The Transition Outreach Training for Adult Living
(TOTAL) Project training modules and resources can also be accessed
here.
