Richard Henderson

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Idaho Early Learning Guidelines

• Richard Henderson
• Evelyn S. Johnson

Shannon Dunston Division of Special
Education Division of Student Achievement and
School Improvement Idaho State Department of
Education Webinar 3 May 2011
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• OBJECTIVES

• How to use in the development of preschool IEP
  goals
• Alignment to the Early Childhood Outcomes
• Family Activities

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Overview

• Adopted October 2010 as best practice/standards
  for LEA preschool
• eGuidelines were developed by
• Why electronic?
• Revisions

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How to get to the eGuidelineshealthandwelfare.id
aho.gov/Portals/0/Children/IELeGuidelines/Idaho_E
arly_Learning_eGuidelines.htm

• Idaho Training Clearinghouse http//itcnew.idahotc
  .com
• Idaho State Department of Education
  http//www.sde.idaho.gov
• Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
  http//healthandwelfare.idaho.gov

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Present Level of Performance/IEP Goals

• Assessments
• Present Level of Performance
• IEP Goals

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Early Childhood OutcomeseGuideline Domain Areas

• Social and Emotional
• Acquiring and Using Knowledge (pre-academic
  skills)
• Taking Appropriate Action to Meet Needs
  (Behavioral)
• Crosswalk

• Approaches to learning and cognitive development
• Physical well-being, health, and motor
  development
• Social and emotional development
• General Knowledge
• Communication, language, and literacy

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Family

• Discussion about child
• Providing family with information

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What comes next?

• Statewide Early Childhood Technical Assistance
  Summer Institute
• 7-two day trainings (Earn College Credit)
• July 12-13 Pocatello
• July 14-15 Idaho Falls
• July 19-20 Couer dAlene
• July 21-22 Lewiston
• Aug. 11-12 Twin Falls
• Aug. 15-16 Nampa
• Aug. 17-18 Boise

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QUESTIONS
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www.idahotc.comTraining and Technology for
Todays Tomorrow

• Website to link school professionals and parents
  with special education training opportunities and
  resources across the state.

• Supported By
• Idaho State Department of Education (ISDE),
  Special Education
• Project Team
• Cari Murphy
• Shawn Wright

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Statewide Special Education Technical
Assistance (SESTA)

• Center for School Improvement Policy Studies,
  BSU
• Gina Hopper, Carol Carnahan,
• Associate Director Statewide Consultant
• ginahopper_at_boisestate.edu
  carolcarnahan_at_boisestate.edu
• 208.426.4363 208.426.3257

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• www.sde.idaho.gov/site/isee

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Contact Information

• Shannon Dunstan
• Early Childhood Interagency Coordinator
• Idaho State Department of Education
• Division of Student Achievement and School
  Improvement
• Division of Special Education
• [phone]
• sdunston_at_sde.idaho.gov