The IDEA Partnership reflects the collaborative work of more than 50 national organizations, technical assistance providers, and organizations and agencies at state and local level. Together with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the Partner Organizations form a community with the potential to transform the way we work and improve outcomes for students and youth with disabilities.
U.S. Department of Education Issues Resource Document that Discourages Restraint and Seclusion
Press Release
May 15, 2012
Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document
Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a publication that outlines principles for educators, parents and other stakeholders to consider when developing or refining
policies and procedures to support positive behavioral interventions and avoid the use of restraint and seclusion. Read entire press release
Just released!
The following tools have just been approved by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and are ready for your use. Click on the title to visit these web collect6ions designed by stakeholders for practitioners and family members:
• Assessments for the Common Core Standards
http://www.ideapartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1552
Assessments for the Common Core Standards is a new set of tools that provide information about the development of Common Core Standards assessments.
• Common Core State Standards Collection
http://ideapartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1522
The content of the collaborative work on Common Core State Standards Collection was presented to the partner organizations by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors’ Association at a full Partnership meeting in January 2011. Following the presentation, 27 organizations, 11 states and 22 technical assistance investments held a dialogue about the needs of the field.
• Cradle to College and Career Collection
http://ideapartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1526
On June 7-8, 2011, more than 50 representatives from national organizations, federal investments and private nonprofit organizations met in a Thought Leaders Forum that resulted in the creation of these materials. Read more at http://ideapartnership.org/media/documents/CCC-Collection/ccc_read-more2.pdf.
New webinars tell all about the IDEA Partnership Collections
What are the pieces used in the IDEA Partnership Collections?
How do you use them?
- Listen to the short PowerPoint shows (PPTS). Each PPTS provides a short audio description of the slide content. An audio transcript of each show is provided.
- The
 video and the  pdf transcript take a few seconds to download.
- The elapsed time in minutes follows the title of the video. Read more.
LearningPort
The link to LearningPort National Professional Development Library was moved to the left side (description) and right sidebar (hot link).
Partnership eNews
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Highlights from the Latest News:
- National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO
Performance of Special Education Students: Implications for Common State Assessments
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