WELCOME

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WELCOME

• State Special Education Section, Educational
  Specialist and 619 Preschool Coordinator
• Anne Kokubun 808-733-4832
• Michael Fahey 808-284-9009
• District Special Education Section,
• 619 Preschool Coordinators
• Honolulu Sheri Arima 808-735-6200
• Central Joanne Miyasato 808-421-4258
• Windward Phyllis Ida 808-233-5717 ext 268
• Leeward Manu Anana 808-675-0384
• Kauai Jeannie Odo 808-274-3504
• Hawaii Gayla Coloma 808-974-4403
• Maui Bobbie-Jo Moniz-Tadeo 808-873-3530 ext 272

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Stand Up, Stand Up!

• 5 years or less teaching Early Childhood Special
  Education (ECSE)
• 10 years or less teaching ECSE
• 15 years or less teaching ECSE
• 20 years or less teaching ECSE
• 25 years or less teaching ECSE
• 30 years or less teaching ECSE

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Who are you?

• Name
• Age(not!)
• School or office
• Role, title, job
• Share a character from your childhood, i.e.
  a book, TV, movie, grandmas stories

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DAATII Developmentally Appropriate Achievement
Test
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1.
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DORA
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2.
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BOOTS
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3., 4., 5., 6.
8.
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9., 10., 11., 12.
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DOROTHY the Dinosaur, WAGS the Dog, HENRY the
Octopus, CAPTAIN FEATHERSWORD the Friendly Pirate.
Greg
Anthony
Murray
Jeff
The WIGGLES from Australia.
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His button
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PIZZA
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Sponge Bob Squarepants is a sea sponge who lives
in a pineapple under the sea in the town of
Bikini Bottom and his best friend is Patrick Star.
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JAY JAY THE JET PLANE
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WHEEZIE
ZAK
ORD
CASSIE
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
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GEORGE SHRINK
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ZOBOOMAFOO the LEMUR
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SAGWA lives with the Chinese Royal Family
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THE INCREDIBLES
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DAAT Standardized Scoring Sheet
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Your Score

• 25 to 30 correct You get a prize!!!
• 20 to 24 give yourself a pat on the back!
• 15 to 19 you must have had kids
• 10 to 14 - do you know any little kids?
• 0 to 9 - Are you at the right workshop??

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Longitudinal Studies of Special Education Students

• High School exit data dismal
• No jobs
• No higher education
• No relationships
• No independence
• Students with mild disabilities who spent most of
  their time in segregated special education
  classes never got out of home or assisted living

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Preschool sets the foundation for a successful
educational future

• School is magical and wondrous
• School is engaging and fun
• School enhances relationships
• School fosters independence
• School provides developmentally appropriate
  learning opportunities
• School provides services in the least
  restrictive environment

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Hawaiis Early Childhood Special Education
(ECSE) for 3 to 5 year olds

• 1980 240 students
• 2002 1700 students
• 2004 1850 students
• 2005 - 2000 students
• 1980 50 classrooms
• 2002 190 classrooms
• 2004 240 classrooms
• 2005 - 257 classrooms
• 2006 - 268 classrooms

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Teaching as art vs. based on science

• Professional Wisdom
• Common sense
• Traditional practices
• Scientifically based practices
• Validated by research
• Evidence based practices
• Best available research
• Professional wisdom
• Consumer values
• Recommended Practices
• Set of practices designed to inform decision
  about services

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DEC Recommended Practices

• Represent collective wisdom
• Identifies what practices work
• Provides a framework to define quality
• Supports positive outcomes
• Applies to all settings

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• Quality Practices
• Quality Service
• Better Outcomes

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Recommended Practices - Strands

• Assessment
• Child-Focused
• Family-Based
• Interdisciplinary
• Technology Applications
• Policies, Procedures and Systems Change
• Personnel Preparation

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Assessments

• 46 recommended practices
• Professional and family collaboration
• Individualized and appropriate to the child and
  family
• Provides useful information
• Information is shared in respectful and useful
  ways
• Meets legal and procedural requirements

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Appropriate?
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Setting the ground work

• Brigance Diagnostic
• Inventory of Early
• Development II
• HELP
• LAPS
• Creative Curriculum

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Assessments

• Readiness levels
• Interests
• Learning styles
• Proficiencies
• Strengths
• Delays
• Planning

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What do we use data for?

• Support decision making
• Report to parents
• Recording progress
• Accountability
• Compliance
• Justify services

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New Federal Requirements

• All Federal Departments and Agencies have to
  report accountability data to keep or continue
  funding
• Part C and Part B, 619 charged with providing
  outcome based data
• The use of research based practices
• Assessments
• Curriculum
• Teaching methods

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Delayed Kindergarten Start

• No clear academic benefits.
• Achievement of delayed entrants comparable to
  similar ability peers in elementary school.
• By High School, delayed entrants perform
  significantly worse on group standardized
  achievement tests than similar ability peers.
• Delayed entrance associated with increased rates
  of behavior problems.
• Impact on Hawaiis Student Weighted Formula

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Sometimes, we must try new evidence-based methods.
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And finally!
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Time for a break