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INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Achievement in Dropout Prevention and Excellence II (APEX II)
Achievement in Dropout Prevention and Excellence is a collaborative dropout prevention initiative of the State of New Hampshire, including 10 high schools that receive technical training and support from a team of professional staff from the Institute on Disability, the Alliance for Community Supports, Inc., and Main Street Academix, Inc. The grant is designed to assist the 10 high schools to substantially reduce their dropout rates using the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports school wide systems change model, and the RENEW individualized school-to career model.
Beyond Access for Assessment Accommodations
Students with disabilities generally fall into three academic assessment categories: those whose assessment experience mirrors that of students without disabilities, those who participate in the general assessment with accommodations (like having directions read aloud or allowing extra time for test taking), and those who participate in the alternate assessment. In some cases, expectations for students with disabilities to learn the general curriculum and to show their learning by participating in the general assessment may be too low. Some students participating in the alternate assessment could actually take the general assessment if appropriate accommodations were provided. Beyond Access for Assessment Accommodations is collaborating with educational teams to better determine which assessment category students should be in, as well as enhance the supports for students to make the shift from the alternate assessment category into participation in the general assessment with accommodations.
Equity and Excellence
This project, entitled Equity and Excellence in Higher Education, is designed to address the interrelated problems of poor educational outcomes for college students with disabilities and college faculty's lack of knowledge in the area of effective curriculum and instruction for diverse learners.
Gaining Access
The Institute on Disability is partnering with the New Hampshire Department of Education (Bureaus of Accountability and Special Education) to improve the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System as part of the multi-year project, Gaining Access to What Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Know.
Including Samuel
Dan Habib's new award-winning documentary film Including Samuel examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. The film is built on the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel, 8, in all facets of their lives, a journey that transforms each of them. Including Samuel also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with teachers, parents, students, and disability rights experts.
National Inclusive Education Initiative (NIEI)
The NIEI is focused on improving educational services and outcomes for students with autism and related disabilities through national efforts in the areas of model demonstration, leadership development, personnel preparation, professional development, clinical evaluation services, and research and policy.
NH Responds
The purpose of NH Responds is to reform and improve pre-service personnel preparation and in-service professional development systems to improve knowledge and skills of general and special education teachers, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, paraprofessionals and administrators in designing, delivering and evaluating scientifically-based practices in the areas of Response to Intervention systems, including Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) and literacy instruction, as well as tertiary transition supports for students with emotional/behavioral disorders at middle and high schools.
RENEW
This project is designed to develop the capacity among mental health providers to provide RENEW (Rehabilitation for Empowerment, Natural Supports, Education, and Work) services to 60 adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in New Hampshire, and to support the systems change, training, and sustainability issues related to the implementation of this practice throughout the state. This initiative is funded by a grant from the New Hampshire Endowment for Health, a non-profit foundation that has adopted improved children’s mental health as its newest priority area.
