California Department of Education, Special Education Division’s special project, California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CalSTAT) is funded through a contract with the Napa County Office of Education. CalSTAT is partially funded from federal funds, State Grants #H027A080116A. Additional federal funds are provided from a federal competitively awarded State Personnel Development Grant to California (#H323A070011) provided from the U.S. Department of Education Part D of the Individuals with Disabilities Education act (IDEA). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U. S. Department of Education.
ACSE 2010
GOAL Award
Honorable Mentions
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Program/Title |
Contact
Information |
Description |
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Community Based Instruction (CBI) Sonora High
School |
Fullerton Joint Union High School District 1051 W. Bastanchury Rd
Fullerton, CA 92833 Contact: Richard Peterson rpeterson@fjuhsd.net |
Community Based Instruction (CBI) is a
specialized, intensive, and proactive student-centered program bridging the
gap between students with profound disabilities and their communities. A
focus on academic standards is embedded in the program, while promoting the
continuum of independent functioning options. |
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Why Waiters |
Centralia Elementary School District 6625 La Palma Ave Buena Park, CA 90620 Contact: Linda Rader Linda_rader@cesd.us |
Why Waiters is a self-supporting, community-based
instruction program designed for students who are deaf and hard of hearing
and students with multiple disabilities in grades 4–6. The program is a
shopping service for staff members. The proceeds support a wide range of
community activities designed to enhance the individual growth and
independence of all students. |
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Child Find RtI |
Santa Ana Unified School District 1601 E. Chestnut Ave Santa Ana, CA 92701 Contact: Diane Blevins Diane.blevin@sausd.us |
Child Find RtI is a
screening program for preschool children residing within Santa Ana District’s
boundaries. The program provides screening and interventions to families in
the family’s home language and incorporates current research practices for
working with children who are at risk children because of their linguistic,
cultural and socio-economic status. |
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Focus |
Butte County SELPA 1859 Bird Street Oroville, CA 95814 Contact: Roy Applegate |
Focus uses professional learning communities to
provide a sustained focus on learning, on building a collaborative culture,
and on focusing on results using positive behavior supports and developing
teaching leadership skills. This program serves students with significant
disabilities from grades K to 12 in five classrooms located on
three campuses. |
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RtI Cubed |
North School Hillsborough City School District 545 Eucalyptus, Hillsbourough,
CA 94010 Contact: Li Moon lmoon@hcsd.k12.ca.us |
RtI Cubed
is a K–5 program that uses an explicit set of practices to meet the
needs of every student, targeting those who are struggling academically,
socially, or emotionally, as well as also those meeting or exceeding state
standards and local benchmarks. These practices include ongoing
investigations into student progress, standards-based instruction, staff
collaboration to increase instructional opportunity, and intensity for
challenged students. |
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CHIME |
CHIME Charter Middle School Los Angeles USD 22280 Devonshire Street,
Chatsworth, CA Contact: Julie Fabrocini jfab@chimeinstitute.org |
CHIME provides model education programs for
family, school, and community-centered environments, with focus on full
inclusion of students with disabilities. CHIME’s
successful instructional models include co-teaching, collaborative related
services, daily debriefings, school wide positive behavior supports, and
family partnerships. The CHIME program also works with local universities to
provide opportunities for professional development and research. |
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Camp Paivika Outdoor
Educational Program |
ABC Unified School District 20122 Cabrillo Lane Cerritos, Ca 90703 Contact: Marci Levins Marci.levins@abcusd.k12.ca.us |
Camp Paivika, an
outdoor educational experience, is an adult transition program for special
education students ages 14–22. This program includes a three-day
camping program with educational activities that include science experiments,
arts, cooking, and recreation.
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Collaborative Inclusion |
Juan Bautista Alvarado Elementary School 1900 E. 21st Street Signal Hill, CA 90755 Contact: Brett Geithman bgeithman@lbschools.net 562-985-0019 |
Collaborative Inclusion is a full inclusion
elementary classroom program that provides both general education and special
education students with rigorous curriculum and individualized instructional.
The program is designed to create a greater understanding and appreciation of
diversity through integrated classrooms. Students with disabilities are
included 100% of the day, with the general and special education teacher
providing collaborative instruction. |