Secondary Transition Administrators (CoP) / December 2018
Focus Areas: Program Evaluation, Skilled Staff
Type: Open Committee
Upcoming Information
1. SLIP Winter Conference – January 17-18, 2019, Crowne Plaza, Lansing; Registration open on MAASE website and lodging is available at MAASE rate.
2. Next SLIP Meeting – February 12, 2019
3. Site Visit – John A. Bozymowski School, 11870 Eldorado Dr., Sterling Heights, MI 48312. Date was rescheduled to March 15, 2019 due to conflict with CEC. Host: Jennifer Rogers
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Agenda:
1. SLIP Winter Conference – Program was sent out with the presentations scheduled for Day 1 & Day 2. First day is focused on supervisors and the second day is focused on staff working with any low incidence. Please forward program to your staff. It will also be placed on the MAASE website shortly.
2. Site Visit to WoodsEdge – Visit went well and allowed for time to discuss topics more in-depth than at the bi-monthly meetings. They also were able to tour the facility as well.
3. Site Visit to John A Bozymowski – Information for RSVP’s will be sent out in February and a minimum number need to plan to attend for this to remain scheduled.
4. 1% Cap – This requirement is returning again and will be shared at the SLIP Winter Conference.
Round Table:
1. Referral Process – Discussed the referral process, specifically for those entering kindergarten. Group discussed observations, review of information, and looking at interventions within the classroom. Concerns related to an increase in students with mild impairments and behavior difficulties.
2. Seclusion/Restraint Reporting – Discussed the process each program is following on reporting seclusion/restraints and when an incident report is required and when one isn’t required.
3. Remodeling – Some centers are remodeling and may be asking to do visits to others recently remodeled to get input.
4. Modified Schedules – Some discussion on those doing modified schedules for specific behavioral situations. Tina will forward document shared from Region 3 monitors, which was also looked at by MDE.
ASD Program Special Education Administrators (CoP) / December 2018
Focus Areas: High Quality Student Evaluations, Skilled Staff, Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)
Type: Open Committee
Upcoming Information
**NEXT MEETING IS FACE TO FACE ON 2/13/19 IN LANSING FOLLOWING THE MAASE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING******
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Notes from 12/5/18 CoP Meeting:
| ASD Community of Practice |
Agenda
Lansing Crowne Plaza
12:15 – 2:15
December 5, 2018
Purpose of Meeting
- Strategic planning for developing collaborative frameworks across agencies through trainings
- Provide opportunity to identify service delivery challenges
- Provide opportunity to enhance collaboration amongst members
Meeting Objectives
- Review October work plan
- Discuss Progress on Document Distribution and Communication Plan
- Consider next steps to develop best practice collaboration tools and practices with providers and agency partners
Agenda Items:
12:15 Welcome
12:20 Review work plan: Action items from October work plan were completed
12:30 Review committee update to MAASE leadership presented 12/3: Clarified 2018-19 CoP goals,
presented information on what is going well for the group as well as challenges
12:50 Review of recent trainings on Collaboration Resources, Tools & Best Practices: Discussed
feedback from conference participants on school personnel related issues and the
need for school staff to implement evidence based practices with fidelity regardless
of placement.
1:00 Discuss strategic planning on providing resources and tools to support collaboration to the field
See action plan below…
2:00 Wrap up
December , 2018 Work Plan
| WHAT | BY WHOM | WHEN | COMMENT |
| Communicate proposal to MAASE leadership regarding the need for increased member involvement in this CoP to improve use of evidence based practices in school based programming regardless of placement | Christi | Jan 15 | Consistent feedback given at collaboration presentations regarding the lack of EBP use in school programming. This makes collaborating with school personnel challenging as the potential point of collaboration (ABA methodology = EBP) is not there. *Also begs the question of “our we truly offering FAPE for kids on the spectrum if EBP’s are not being used?” |
| Consider expanding this CoP to include other behavioral health categories – change our name? | All members – consider possible name change. (i.e, using EBP’s is not just an ASD thing – should be a special education thing) | By Feb – next meeting | Discussion around including SEI and adjudicated youth with ASD CoP? Discussion around re-naming our group. Some ideas shared were mental and behavioral health CoP; Behavior and EBP CoP. **Please be thinking about this and help with developing a more inclusive name for our CoP.** |
| Host an EdCamp at Feb. MAASE to discuss use of behavioral supports (EBP’s) outside of ASD programming | Christi & _______ (need one more volunteer) | Feb MAASE | |
| Consider how START and other initiatives could help support the use of EBP’s outside the world of autism (not just within ASD programming or LEA’s but also in MoCi or EI/Trauma world, etc.) | Kelly | Ongoing |
**NEXT MEETING IS FACE TO FACE ON 2/13/19 IN LANSING FOLLOWING THE MAASE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING******