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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
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
The Oklahoma Transition Council (OTC) is accepting proposals for its 14th Annual Oklahoma Transition Institute (OTI).
The OTI is October 7-9, 2019, in Norman, Oklahoma.
The first round of proposals are due by email by 5 pm central on Friday, June 28, 2019. The second round will go out in July and be due in August.
We are also organizing our exhibitors, sponsors, and program ads and invite you to share with our participants in those ways to support the event.
Click here for call for proposals form
Click here for sponsor exhibitor form
The registration for “open door” assistance is now available! Open door sessions for specialized assistance will be held at OSDE on May 21 & 22 and June 11 & 12. Training is not provided. Open the attached document to access the registration links.
Click here to register
FY2020 LEA Agreement now available online
Click here for document
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.
Districts that have been identified as Differentiated Monitoring Results (DMR) for Levels 2 or 3 must submit your professional development documentation by May 15, 2019. Reminder that untimely submissions will result in a loss of points on the compliance section of the annual determinations. This documentation should include an agenda and sign-in sheet. The documentation may be emailed or faxed to either Felica Denton or Cheryl Revolinski.
Cheryl Revolinski
Cheryl.Revolinski@sde.ok.gov
Phone: 405-522-5761
Fax: 405-522-2380
Felica Denton
Felica.Denton@sde.ok.gov
Phone: 405-522-9562
Fax: 405-522-2380
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.
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