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Forum Activities

• Blindness and Visual Impairment: State Infrastructures and Programs
• Building Level Leadership Preparation for Special Education
• Bureau of Indian Affairs and State Education Agencies: Roles and Responsibilities in Implementing IDEA
• Co-teaching
• Collaborative Partnerships Between SEAs and Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs)
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Center Overview

Project Forum is designed to address the clearly stated priority of the State and Federal Policy Forum for Program Improvement: to facilitate communication between OSEP and state and local administrators of IDEA 2004. Furthermore, this project will synthesize national program information that will improve the management, administration, delivery and effectiveness of programs and services provided under IDEA

Methods

Project Forum will: (a) identify national and state needs for program improvement information; (b) collect, organize, synthesize, interpret and integrate information needed for program improvement using a variety of methods and formats; (c) analyze emerging policy and program issues regarding the administration of special education, early intervention and related services at the federal, state and local levels; (d) facilitate the flow of information at the federal, state and local levels related to program improvement for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities; (e) communicate, collaborate and form partnerships as appropriate and as directed by OSEP, with technical assistance providers at the national and regional levels; (f) maintain a web site with a dedicated URL on which all anticipated, ongoing and completed products, as well as related information, will be available in accessible form; (g) organize, coordinate, maintain and promote access to a database of laws, policies and regulations that govern special education within the states and other jurisdictions; (h) communicate regularly with OSEP to provide and receive information that may assist OSEP in improving its efficiency and effectiveness in administering IDEA; and (i) participate in an annual two-day Project Directors' meeting in Washington, DC during each year of the project and another annual two-day meeting in Washington, DC during each year to meet and collaborate with the OSEP project officer and other OSEP staff.