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Domain I — Understanding Individuals with Disabilities and Evaluating Their Needs

Competency 001: The special education teacher understands and applies knowledge of the characteristics and needs of students with disabilities.

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    • Partners Resource Network, Inc. "Categories of Disability under IDEA" - Outlines individual disabilities and descriptions under the framework of IDEA and contains an imbedded link in each category to a more in depth resource that include early intervention information, FAQ sheets, personal insights, state service links, national services links, examples and strategies for school personnel, transition toolkits, and resources in Spanish.
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    • University of Florida, CEEDAR Center "High-Level Practices" - The High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) video series and related resources are a free resource that is easy to incorporate into a wide range of professional learning formats collaboratively developed by the CEEDAR Center and the Council for Exceptional Children. These document files, assessment tools, practice videos and guidance document outline, "a set of practices that are fundamental to support student learning that can be taught, learned and implemented by those entering the profession".   
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    • University of Texas, The Meadows Center "Top 10 Key Policies for All Schools" - MCPER has distilled the latest research findings for various content areas into top 10 lists, which describe the most important practices and policies, according to high-quality research, that should be in place in every school. Documents for TOP 10 include: Basic Practices, Assessment, Behavioral Supports, Mathematics, Reading, ELL, Explicit Instruction, Bilingual Programs, SEL and Intervention
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    • US Department of Education, Ideas That Work "Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities" - The Tool Kit includes information about the Department’s investments, papers on large-scale assessment, technical assistance (TA) products, and resources. The section on large-scale assessment includes a collection of seven papers and a glossary that address key issues related to the participation of students with disabilities in these standards-based assessments. The TA products are divided into four substantive areas: Assessment, Instructional Practices, Behavior, and Accommodations. For each area, users will find a description of each resource, including its citation and target audience.
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    • National Center on Intensive Intervention "Behavior Support for Intensive Intervention" - NCII, through a collaboration with the University of Connecticut and the National Center on Leadership in Intensive Intervention and with support from the CEEDAR Center and PBIS Center, developed course content focused on enhancing educators’ skills in behavior support for intensive intervention. The course includes eight modules that can support faculty and professional development providers with instructing pre-service and in-service educators’ knowledge of behavioral theory and skills in designing and delivering effective behavioral supports for students with intensive needs.
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    • Center for Disease Control and Prevention "Child Development" - References multiple articles devoted to child development including specific conditions, child development basics, developmental screening, free materials, articles, positive parenting tips,  and research studies. Each section contains in depth knowledge with additional hyperlinks for further research. 
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Competency 002: The special education teacher understands formal and informal assessment and evaluation procedures and knows how to evaluate student competencies to make instructional decisions.

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    • Center for Parent Information and Resources "Module 10 : Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation under Part B of IDEA" - This module in English and Spanish is a continuation of the content downloaded in part 9 and includes a slideshow presentation, a Trainers Guide explaining all the content and handouts for participants introduces the basic principals and requirements that schools must follow for initial evaluations and reevaluations for students with disabilities. The handouts for Module 10 are included in a packet of handouts designed to cover the entire umbrella topic of Theme C, Evaluating Children for Disability. If you’ve downloaded the handouts for Theme C already (for example, if you’ve already download all the materials for Module 9), you have the handouts you need for Module 10. If you haven’t downloaded any handouts for Theme C yet, here they are in 2 different formats and 2 different languages.
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    • National Association of Special Education Teachers "Assessment in Special Education Series" - An educational resource that focuses on the process used to determine a child’s specific learning strengths and needs, and establish whether or not a child is eligible for special education services. It includes previous and current issues of NASET"s articles related to assessment including introductions to assessments, identification of high risk students, referrals, parental consent, requirements of evaluations, comprehensive assessments, scoring terminology, student behaviors during assessments, components of a report, requirements of an IEP,  curriculum based measurements, assessments and accommodations, special education acronyms, tests of academic achievement, interpreting special education legal aspects, and sharing information with families. 
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    • Wrights Law "Assessments, Evaluations, Tests" - Multiple sources and information on evaluations, testing administrations, advocacy, IEE's, test measures, test myths, and family perspectives and questions relating to evaluations with hyperlinks included for additional research.
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