OSDE - SES Tuesday May 7, 2019

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Special Education Services

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Nationwide Survey

Alexandra Da Fonte, a faculty member in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University is working on a project related to the preparation of special education teachers. The project is titled: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Survey for Special Education Teacher. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the content knowledge and skills of pre- and in-service teachers on augmentative and alternative communication to successfully implement these strategies in the classroom setting. The goal is to gather as much information as possible from current special education teachers to enhance the preparation of future special education teachers.

They have asked our office (OSDE-SES) to forward this survey to special education teachers across the state. Special education teachers who complete this survey can choose to enter a drawing to win one of several Amazon gift cards. Thank you in advance for your help and support.

The link for the survey is 
https://redcap.vanderbilt.edu/surveys/?s=7NWT7MCLPH


DRS STEM Camp

The DRS STEM Camp is a no cost three-day camp that is open to all students with disabilities ages 14-18 (i.e., on an IEP, 504 Plan, or other documented physical, mental, or cognitive disabilities). You will  learn to use Windows based computers and related technologies to design, build, and race, multiple HT Gravity Racers. There are multiple locations and different dates click on a location below for more information.

Lawton 2019

Oklahoma City 2019

Owasso 2019

Tulsa 2019

Tushka 2019


School Based Health Services – Update on Same Day Billing

Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) works closely with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to review the School-Based Health Services (SBHS) program for ways to further encourage districts to participate and to help subsidize provision of medical services with appropriate Medicaid reimbursement.  Due to an update in the approval processes for therapies provided in the school and outpatient settings, the schools’ therapy limits will be driven by the IEP and the private therapy will be processed by their separate prior authorization (PA) request process. There should not be any issues of duplicate same-day billing of services in regards to IEP and outpatient therapy services.   We are still advising that coordination of care with private practices and other providers be in place, these are medically necessary services and in the best interest of the student.  If your district is having issues with any private therapy practices in telling parents not to sign billing consent for IEP related services, or any other issues, to please email Lana Brown at Lana.Brown@okhca.org.


Pepper Modules

Beginning 5/9/19 a new professional development course within Pepper is offered entitled: Early Childhood Environments. The course number is: OKSE127

Access to free online professional development is available for all users with an OK EdPlan account.

From the Main Menu of EdPlan upon initial login, select the word “Pepper” from the far right green main menu bar. Choose “Courses” and select “Oklahoma SPED Courses.”


AR-DADD Puberty and Beyond Training

Puberty is a challenging time for all youth but can present even more challenges for young people who have developmental disabilities, including autism and intellectual disabilities. It is important that ALL adolescents learn about their developing bodies and emerging sexuality. The training will offer parents factual information about developmentally appropriate instructional strategies for teaching the social skills, self awareness, and safety skills necessary to their children.

Click here to see flyer


OSPA Save the Date

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Oklahoma School for the Deaf Training

The Oklahoma School for the Deaf will be hosting a week long training June 3 – 8, 2019 for educational interpreters.  The Oklahoma Educational Interpreter Training Institute (OEITI) is a training for interpreters who have not yet met their required level for interpreting in public schools.  The week consists of workshops, mentoring, interaction with Deaf adults, and skill building.

During this same week, on June 5th and 6th, OSD will be hosting an “ASL Camp” for teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students as well as ASL teachers.  This will be a fun “no voice” event!

Please contact Traci Prince at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf for more information.  She can be reached at (580)622-4930/office, (405)620-0946/cell, or tprince@okdrs.gov.


Dissertation Research - Samuel Mason, Oklahoma State University

My name is Samuel Mason and I am a School Psychology PhD doctoral candidate from Oklahoma State University. I am looking for participants for my dissertation studying re-evaluation decision-making among general education teachers, special education teachers, and school psychologists.

The study is a survey that would take no more than 10 minutes to complete. A link to the survey is provided below:

https://qtrial2018q1az1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77pQzJ3sVX9TDXn

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by email, masonsp@okstate.edu, or by phone, 210-303-6411.

Thank you very much for considering participating in the study!