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MOD #1
Sr. Sharon Sullivan, PH.D., Brescia University
The Law and the IEP, Related Services
IDEA 04, IDEA Regulations, IEP, EIP Team, Related Services,indiana modules

MOD #2
Marlaine Chase, Ed.D., University of Saint Francis
Sign Language as Consideration for Mode of Communication
sign language/augmentative communication, alternative communication, audiological equipment, hearing devices, hearing loss,indiana modules

MOD #3
Marty Meyer, PH.D., Butler University
Prescription Medicines and Children with Exceptionality
prescription medications and classroom performance, school policies and prescription medication, side effects prescription medication,indiana modules

MOD #4
Jane Swiss, Ed.D., University of Saint Francis
Therapeutic / Leisure Recreation
therapeutic/leisure recreation, therapeutic riding, Anthony Wayne Services, Red Cedar Center, Individualized Educational Program,indiana modules

MOD #5
Jane Swiss, ED.D., University of Saint Francis & Robert H. Soulliere, Jr. B.R.E., University of Saint Franics
How to Create a Module

MOD #7
Marlaine Chase, ED.D., University of Saint Francis
Student Involved Assessment
assessment practices in the classroom, student-centered assessment, students as active partners,indiana modules

MOD #8
Kathleen Munroe, MS CCC-SLP, Riley Hospital for Children-Pediatric TBI Program
Understanding Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, brain injury, impact of TBI on family,indiana modules

MOD #9
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Individualized Educational Program
Individualized Education Program, IEP, IEP components, IEP implementation, IEP accountability, general and special factors, Transition IEP, review IEP, revise IEP,indiana modules

MOD #10
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Non-Public Schools and Special Education
Non-public schools, special education for students unilaterally placed in non-public schools by their parents, non-public schools and public funds, special education services to students with disabilities in non-public schools.,indiana modules

MOD #11
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Teaching Social Skills
social competence, Teaching and developing social skills, social skills instruction, Peer relationships, social responsibility, emotional/behavior disorders, specific learning disabilities, direct instruction, rehearsal, feedback/reinforcement, and reductive procedures.this is all one phrase, promoting skill acquisition, enhancing skill performance, removing interfering problem behaviors, and facilitating generalization of pro-social behavior this is all one phrase,indiana modules

MOD #12
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
6 Strategies for Effective Teacher Guided Instruction
instructional strategies, effective teachers, metacognition, active student engagement, higher order thinking, cooperative learning, and independent practice – all one phrase direct Instruction, classroom practice, gaining student’s attention, reviewing and accessing prior knowledge, providing meaningful rationales, communicating objectives, providing input on new concepts, and questioning techniques – all one phrase,indiana modules

MOD #13
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Confidentiality 511 IAC 7-38
confidentiality, student files FERPA, confidential student records, record access, amend student record, confidential information, directory information

MOD #14
Marty Meyer, PH.D., Butler University
Pioneers as Leaders in Special Education
unique qualities of leadership, pioneers in special education, key qualities of leadership,indiana modules

MOD #15
Anita L. DeBoer, ED.D., Ball State University
Collaborative Teaching
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MOD #16
Kathleen Munroe, MS CCC-SLP, Riley Hospital for Children-Pediatric TBI Program & Angela Tomlin, PH.D., Riley Hospital for Children- Child Development Center
Returning to School After a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
brain injury and returning to school, develop an appropriate individualized educational plan (IEP) to meet the diverse needs of students with a traumatic brain injury, interdisciplinary evaluation unique to the TBI,indiana modules

MOD #17
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Self-Monitoring and Management for Academics
strategies that a person uses to observe and record their own behavior (academic or social) and make judgments about the appropriateness of their behavior, take responsibility for their own behavior and become change agents, increase academic performance and work production, reduce the need for adult supervision, is an effective academic behavior change technique, and can lead to durable changes,indiana modules

MOD #18
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Graphic Organizers
graphic organizer, visual-spatial display of information, make a curriculum more accessible, relationships between facts, terms, and/or ideas within a learning task, tools for teachers, nonlinguistic representations of information,indiana modules

MOD #19
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Self-Monitoring and Management for Behavior
Self-management, monitor their own behavior and make judgments about the appropriateness of their behavior, enable students to be more aware of their own behaviors, to govern the reinforcers for their behaviors, and be more independent and responsible, self-recording and charting.,indiana modules

MOD #21
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Strategies for Active Student Responding
active model of acquiring knowledge is associated with higher achievement and greater academic performance for students, Active student engagement requires students to use multiple learning skills and higher order thinking to construct meaning and knowledge, frequent responses to the lesson content, active student response, multiple opportunities to respond increases student responses and engagement in a learning activity and will increase student performances,indiana modules

MOD #22
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Vocabulary and Concept Practice Cards
vocabulary instruction, fluency building, vocabulary development,indiana modules

MOD #23
Anita L. DeBoer, ED.D., Ball State University
Facilitating Positive Attitudes Toward Collaborative Change: Module One
knowledge and skills related to facilitating positive attitudes toward changing school environments, work collaboratively with peers, Interdisciplinary teaming means that teachers no longer work in isolation but must share responsibility for the success of ALL students in their schools with their colleagues,indiana modules

MOD #24
Anita L. DeBoer, ED.D., Ball State University
Facilitating Positive Attitudes Toward Collaborative Change: Module Two
knowledge and skills related to facilitating positive attitudes toward changing school environments, work collaboratively with peers, Interdisciplinary teaming means that teachers no longer work in isolation but must share responsibility for the success of ALL students in their schools with their colleagues,indiana modules

MOD #25
Anita L. DeBoer, ED.D., Ball State University
Facilitating Positive Attitudes Toward Collaborative Change: Module Three
knowledge and skills related to facilitating positive attitudes toward changing school environments, work collaboratively with peers, Interdisciplinary teaming means that teachers no longer work in isolation but must share responsibility for the success of ALL students in their schools with their colleagues,indiana modules

MOD #26
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Notice of Procedural Safeguards
,indiana modulesNotice of Procedural Safeguards, IDEA 04, Indiana’s Article 7, full explanation of their rights with regard to the provision of a Free Appropriate Public Education,indiana modules

MOD #27
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Case Conference Committee Procedures
case conference committee, Article 7, procedures for the case conference committee, Notice of the case conference committee meeting, Case conference committee participants, Case conference committee meetings, The Written Notice by the public agency, Parental Consent,indiana modules

MOD #28
Marlaine Chase, ED.D., University of Southern Indiana
Self-Advocacy and Self Determination
self-advocacy, assist students, parents, teachers and other team members in helping students with disabilities acquire knowledge and skills in advocacy and self-determination as needed in order to achieve their goals and dreams, self-determination.indiana modules

MOD #29
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Functional Behavioral Assessment
functional behavioral assessment, conduct an FBA, FBA,indiana modules

MOD #30
Kathleen A. Munroe, MS CCC-SLP CBIS, Riley Hospital for Children – Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Behavioral Issues for Students with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
traumatic brain injury, behavioral problems associated with TBI, Intervention strategies,indiana modules

MOD #31
Teresa Grossi, PH.D., Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
Transition from School-To-Adult-Life #1
transition services, transition practices, the legislative requirements supporting transition activities, how the transition component should drive the IEP, and the key collaborative partners in the process.,indiana modules

MOD #32
Cathy Pratt, PH.D., Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders
autism spectrum disorders, assessing and diagnosing an autism spectrum disorder;  causes for autism spectrum disorders, core and additional characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorders,indiana modules

MOD #33
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Discipline
procedures for the disciplining of students identified with a disability, or disciplinary change of placement for a student with a disability, manifestation determination, interim alternative educational setting, IAES, referring a student with a disability to law enforcement officials,indiana modules

MOD #34
Joni Schmalzried, MS, Director of Special Education
Transition Services for Students
legal mandates surrounding transition, practices that support successful movement for secondary students., secondary education, community access, independent living, vocational training, employment,indiana modules

MOD #35
Marlaine Chase, ED.D., University of Southern Indiana
Issues for the Training of Paraprofessional Educators
Paraprofessionals, training and professional development., highly qualified paraprofessional,indiana modules

MOD #36
Marlaine Chase, ED.D., University of Southern Indiana
Issues in the Supervision and Training of Paraprofessionals
Paraprofessional, Role of paraprofessional, school bus monitors, interpreters, note-takers, job coaches, inservice training, preservice training,indiana modules

MOD #37
Joan Houghton, ED.D., O&M Instructor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Brent R. Bailey, Ph.D., Vision Teacher and O&M Instructor, Madison Metro Schools, Madison, WI.
Special thanks to: The Collaboration Achieves Travel Success Consortium
CATS: Collaboration Achieves Travel Success
Collaboration Achieves Travel Success, CATS, developing and promoting travel opportunities for persons who are deafblind,indiana modules

MOD #38
Cathy Pratt, PH.D., and Melissa Dubie, MS, Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
Training for Paraprofessionals to Work with Students Identified with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Paraprofessional, autism spectrum disorder, academic skills, social interactions, methods of communication, and sensory issues, collaborating with professionals, delivering instruction, collecting data,indiana modules

MOD #39
Teresa Grossi, PH.D., Mary Held, M.ED., Larry Schaaf, M.A. and Faith Thomas, M.ED., Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
Transition from School-To-Adult-Life #2
curricular and instructional activities, transition component should drive the IEP,indiana modules

MOD #40
Teresa Grossi, PH.D., Mary Held, M.ED., Larry Schaaf, M.A. and Faith Thomas, M.ED., Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
Transition from School-To-Adult-Life #3
Transition, transition practices, collaborative partners

MOD #41
Jane Swiss, ED.D., University of Saint Francis
Strategies for Adapting and Modifying
common learning problems, middle/high school-aged student, Teaching strategies and techniques, effective practices in inclusive classrooms

MOD #42
Connie Collins Assistant Professor of Education Department of Education/University of Saint Francis
Peeling Back the Layers: Using Reading Assessments to Minimize Reading Difficulties and Promote Comprehension and Fluency (Reading)
how the brain works, formal and informal reading assessments, formal and informal reading assessments, literacy abilities, reluctant reader

MOD #43
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Completing Federal Grant Applications
federal grant application under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), application for federal funds

MOD #44
Susan Tancock, PH.D., Ball State University
Phonemic Awareness
phonemic awareness, emergent readers, assessing phonemic awareness, selecting phonemic awareness activities, effective lessons, scaffolding

MOD #45
Susan Tancock, PH.D., Ball State University
Guided Reading
guided reading, literacy program, literacy, criteria for determining book levels, effective lessons,, reading strategies and cues

MOD #46
Susan Tancock, PH.D., Ball State University
Reading Comprehension
reading comprehension, strategies, construct meaning, recall important details, assessing comprehension

MOD #47
Susan Tancock, PH.D., Ball State University
Reading Fluency
Reading fluency, literacy program, relationship between fluency and comprehension, assessing students’ oral reading fluency

MOD #48
Lisa Pufpaff, PH.D. Ball State University
Feature Match: Assistive Technology
assistive technology devices, services, SETT Framework, Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI) AT Assessment Guide

MOD #49
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
HOUSSE: High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation
No Child Left Behind, highly qualified, HOUSE

MOD #50
Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey, M.ED., Susan L. (Fister) Mulkey Educational Consulting & Training
Fluency-Building Strategies for Reading
Reading fluency, read connected text rapidly, automatically, smoothly, and accurately, with appropriate expression and phrasing

MOD #51
Martha McFarland, Ed.D. Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services Cooperative
Family and School Partnerships
professional learning communities, Relationships between families, schools, and the community, family and school partnerships

MOD #52
Cathy Pratt, PH.D., Indiana Institute on Disability & Community
Applied Behavioral Analysis for Students on the Autism Spectrum
Applied Behavioral Analysis, ABA, autism spectrum, alternative skills, task analysis, prompting, reinforcement, and documentation.

MOD #53
Jane Swiss, Ed.D., University of Saint Francis
Section 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, free and appropriate public education

MOD #54
Becky Bowman, Associate Director, Hamilton Boon Madison Special Services
Avoiding Complaints and Due Process Hearings
due process, Complaints, Article 7, complaint investigation

MOD #55
Shelley Coover, Carmel Clay Schools
Meeting Individual Student Needs I: Meaningful Participation in the General Classroom
Curriculum, students with disabilities, implementing individualized education plans, rigorous curriculum, Standards-Based IEPs, accommodations for students with special needs

MOD #56
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners
Meeting Individual Student Needs II: Statewide Alternate Assessment (ISTAR)
federally mandated, supplemental state assessments, assessment data, participation of students with disabilities in federally mandated and supplemental state assessments.

MOD #57
Joni Schmalzried, MS, Director of Special Education & John Pence, School Psychologist, Wabash-Miami Area Program for Exceptional Children
Individual Student Data Analysis
assessment of student progress, data on student progress, grade- and age-equivalents, standardized scores, Gaussian curve, standard deviation, standard error of the measure

MOD #58
Joan Houghton, Ed.D.
Introduction to Learners with Deafblindness
learners who have both vision and hearing losses, deafblind, deafblindness, primary distance learning senses, secondary near senses

MOD #59
Joan Houghton, Ed.D.
Learners with Low Vision and/or Blindness
low vision, blindness, the federal and stated definitions of learners with low vision, the federal and stated definitions of learners with low vision and/or blindness, the visual system, common types of vision losses, common causes and conditions of vision losses and/or blindness

MOD #60
Lisa Kloc, PT, MS, PCS Gibson-Pike-Warrick Special Education Cooperative Oakland City, IN
Related Services: Physical and Occupational Therapies
physical therapy, occupational therapy, PT, OT, PT/OT services, frequency, duration, and service delivery model

MOD #61
Indiana Department of Education, Center for Exceptional Learners
Written Notice and Parental Consent
federal and state requirements for prior written notice, written notice, required components of the written notice, parental consent, parental consent for initial placement

MOD #62
Indiana Department of Education, Center for Exceptional Learners
Behavioral Intervention Plan
behavioral intervention plan, BIP, components of a BIP, how a BIP is used to address behavior.

MOD #63
Joan Houghton, Ed.D.
Learners who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
deaf or hard of hearing., federal and state definitions of learners who are hard of hearing, deaf, or functionally deaf, the auditory system, common types of hearing losses and/or deafness, common causes and conditions of hearing losses and/or deafness, medical, educational and functional screenings and assessments, environmental adaptations and modifications for learners who are deaf or hard of hearing

MOD #64
Maury Miller, Indiana State University
Identifying High Ability (Gifted) Students
guidelines for identifying High Ability (Gifted) students, Indiana Program Standards for High Ability Education

MOD #65
Russ Skiba, Ph.D. Center for Evaluation & Educational Policy
Addressing Minority Disproportionality of Special Education: What We Know and What We Can D0
minority disproportionality in special education, disproportionality, factors that have been hypothesized to cause disproportionality in special education, strategies and interventions for monitoring and addressing disproportionality

MOD #66
Jane Swiss, Ed.D. University of St. Francis
Article 7 Reauthorize
Article 7, free and appropriate public education

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