OSDE - SES Tuesday June 18, 2019

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Special Education Services

2019 OAER Conference

The Oklahoma Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (OAER) invites you to take part in an engaging professional development opportunity. Sessions will include hands-on practice with assistive technology for literacy, communication, navigation, and more. You will have the opportunity to simulate the Deaf-Blind experience, consider how living in poverty can affect individuals with disabilities, and learn how individuals who are blind and visually impaired can enrich their lives by getting involved in sports and other recreational activities. We will even learn about cutting-edge research involving inherited retinal degeneration. The conference will be held August 6-7.

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Riverhawks Scholar Program

Northeastern State University would like to proudly announce their new fully inclusive transitional program at their university. They are the first in the State of Oklahoma for mild/moderate intellectual disabilities that were on an IEP in K-12.  The students will attend classes with traditional college students and have appropriate accommodations & modifications in place to ensure academic success.  They will also have the opportunity to participate in on campus & off campus job internships each semester.  At the end of their four year program they will graduate with a Certificate from the RiverHawks Scholar Program.  

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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

Tulsa 2019


FY2020 Assurances

FY2020 Assurances are now available on GMS.

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FY2020 High Needs Memo

FY2020 High Needs Applications are now available.  The applications are located on our website under Special Education/Finance.  Please see attached memorandum for procedures.  Due date is July 26, 2019.

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FY2020 COOP/Interlocal

FY2020 COOP/Interlocal applications are now available.  Please see attached application.  Due date is July 26, 2019.

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LEA Agreement FY2020

FY2020 LEA Agreement now available online

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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.


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