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Hello Post-School Outcomes Colleagues, You may find this useful for IEP
teams. Jane
03-01-09
Hi TAD Colleagues - see the announcement below about how service
learning is incorporated into student IEPs. Service learning provides
tremendous opportunities for students with disabilities, and this
project, the National Service Inclusion Project, at ICI, was funded to
address inclusive service learning.
Judy
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Service Inclusion Project
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:23 PM
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Subject: [disabilitylist] NSIP March Webinar on Integrating Service
Learning into an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) is pleased to announce our
March webinar on Integrating Service Learning into an Individualized
Education Program (IEP).
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 from 3 PM - 4 PM, EST
(2 PM -3 PM, Central; 1 PM -2PM, Mountain; 12 PM -1 PM, Pacific)
This session is designed to familiarize participants with the benefits
of incorporating service learning into a students Individualized
Education Program (IEP). An IEP is a document that outlines special
education services for students with disabilities. The IEP includes any
modifications that are required in the regular classroom and any
additional special programs or services.* Our guest speakers will share
a brief overview of the IEP process and the benefits to incorporating
service learning into an IEP. Promising practices will be shared on
collaborating with special education departments and how service
learning projects involving high school students with and without
disabilities have been successful.
Service learning is a great opportunity for America's young people, with
and without disabilities, from kindergarten to post-secondary. Young
people get involved with their communities in tangible ways by
integrating service projects with classroom learning. Service-learning
engages students in the educational process, using what they learn in
the classroom to address real-life issues. Students not only learn about
democracy and citizenship, they become actively contributing citizens
and community members through the service they perform.
(http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/service_learning/index.asp)
For more information on IEPs, please visit
http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html
* http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=565
Presenters:
Laura Lacey currently teaches History and Service Learning at Brooke
Point High School in Stafford, VA. Last year Ms. Lacey, as an NSIP
Fellow, she focused on incorporating high school students with
disabilities into her service-learning classroom. Seven high school
students with disabilities were integrated into programs throughout the
2007-2008 school year. The program was so successful that for the
2008-2009 school year a student with disability was enrolled into the
Learn and Serve program full-time. In addition, service-learning was
integrated into a special education classroom for students with Autism.
Maria Paiewonsky, Ed.D, is an Education Specialist at the Institute for
Community Inclusion, UMass Boston. Her primary work includes teacher
preparation and professional development training and technical
assistance to educators and professional staff who support youth with
intellectual disabilities in high school and in postsecondary
activities. As part of Dr. Paiewonsky's transition course sequence,
educators who want a transition specialty are required to investigate
how service learning can be included in a student's IEP or transition
plan to further explore their career interests.
Please email n...@umb.edu to RSVP by Tuesday, March 17th with the
following info:
- Name
- Organization
- Email
- Phone
- If you require CART* to participate, please also indicate so in your
email
- Please add any questions/comments you would like the presenters to
specifically address.
A confirmation email will be sent to those who RSVP, by Wednesday, March
18th with webinar connection instructions.
*CART service provides instantaneous translation of the speech text
using real-time software. Teleconference/webinar participants receive
caption services over the Internet. This is an accommodation provided
for participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
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