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Colorado's Model for Preparing Paraprofessionals for Rural Early Intervention Programs
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Chopra, Ritu; Banerjee, Rashida; DiPalma, Geraldine; Merrill, Laura; Ferguson, Ardith – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2013
Under the supervision of a licensed early intervention provider, paraprofessionals play an indispensable role in implementation of home and community-based services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families in Colorado. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 requires that…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Models, Training Methods, Early Intervention
Delivering Staff Development to the Small Rural School.
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Storer, John H.; Crosswait, Diana J. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
Small rural schools incur greater expense and hardship to take advantage of staff development activities, usually held in cities or universities. The Iowa Intervention Initiative (III) overcame practical and logistic problems to hold teacher workshops for 79 small rural Iowa schools. Discusses III goals, recruitment of participants, selection and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Models
Montana's Big Sky Country: A CSPD Runs through It!
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Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
To restructure and strengthen special education services, Montana has supported growth of its Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Council at the state level and has initiated councils in its five special-education regions. Montana's organizational structure for CSPD and the systems approach used for state and regional strategic…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Isolation, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development