Staff Resources
Physical Restraint & Time Out
For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, November 20, 2019
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION TO END THE USE OF ISOLATED SECLUSION IN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS
ISBE TO BEGIN IMMEDIATE REVIEW OF ALL INSTANCES OF ISOLATED SECLUSION IN SCHOOLS FOR THREE YEARS
ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY ACTIONS INCLUDE MANDATED REPORTING TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced today that it will take emergency action to end the use of isolated seclusion in Illinois schools. ISBE also will take steps to improve data collection on all instances of time-out and physical restraint in schools, as well as immediately begin investigating known cases of isolated seclusion to take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.
ISBE will work with lawmakers and stakeholders on legislative action and will issue further communication as these steps are taken.
For more information visit the ISBE website https://www.isbe.net/Lists/News/NewsDisplay.aspx?ID=1297
Use ISBE's new form to report any Physical-Restraints and/or Time-Outs: Physical-Restraint-Time-Out-Form
App Requests
When submitting iPad App Requests for yourself and/or your student(s) please use the following link and procedures. All iPad App Requests should be submitted using the DPS61 Help Desk System. Please note that all requested apps for students must meet the US federal laws for protection of student data integrity.
1. Use this link: https://npm.dps61.org:8443/helpdesk/WebObjects/Helpdesk.woa If this link does not work for you, copy and paste the link directly into your browser.
2. Log In: Your DPS61 Email & Password
3. Request Type: iPad Next Box: iPad App Request Next Box: MPSED App Request
4. Request Detail: Purpose/Goal/Reason for App Request if needed/desired
5. Student ID: For Student-Enter their ID For Yourself-Enter 0
6. App Request- App Name: Exact Name of the App or for Core Suite of Apps either Life Skills or Essential Skills just enter Life Skills or Essential Skills CANNOT BE BLANK
7. App Request- Cost of App: Free Apps are 0, Core Suite of Apps either Life Skills or Essential Skills are 0, or the amount of the App if there is a cost CANNOT BE BLANK
8. App Request- URL Link: Copy & Paste link from the App Store/If for Core Suite of Apps either Life Skills or Essential Skills just enter Life Skills or Essential Skills here. CANNOT BE BLANK
9. Core Suite of APPs: Click either Essential Skills or Life Skills if requesting or Other for all other Apps CANNOT BE BLANK
10. Full Name: Your Name or the Student’s Name CANNOT BE BLANK
11. Carbon Copy (Cc:) IF you choose to send a Carbon Copy of this request to someone
12. Attachments: If you choose to attach a file to your Request
13. Location: Your Location or the Student’s Location
14. Be sure to click the Save Button
15. You should receive an Email letting you know your Request was Submitted & the System will notify Jim Robinson of the Request.
16. Jim Robinson will Approve or Deny the Request.
17. Once Jim Robinson Approves or Denies Request you will receive notification of this.
18. If Request is Approved DPS61 I.T. will push the app to the devices “Self Service” icon for you to install.
Response to Interventions
Measurable Goals
Writing Measurable Goals
Our friends at the Illinois State Board of Education wanted to make sure we passed along the following links to help with understanding the process for writing measurable goals. This is also embedded in the updated Power Point, and subsequent PDF of the notes section.
Developing Meaningful IEPs and Utilizing the New Illinois Learning Standards at http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/Default.htm (under "Recent Webinars"); and
IEP Quality Tutorial at https://iepq.education.illinois.edu/public/about.
The webinar in section A is approximately 45 minutes long. The Quality tutorial is a project from the University of Illinois – Champaign. Some of our teachers participated in this project in the past few years.
Please do not hesitate to ask questions. We recognize some of our goals are harder to benchmark in the format we outlined earlier. Related service providers have begun the discussion in focus groups to determine best solutions for each unique area. Contact your SEA liaison if you would like to learn more information.
Download Writing Measurable Goals presentation (PDF Version)
Other Trainings
Lift Training Video
In order to watch this video and complete the attached verfication please contact Angie Held, AHeld@dps61.org MPSED Pyshical Therapist, to get the required user login id and password needed to access the video link below.
Additional Resouces
Below are some websites and links which staff and teachers might find helpful.
Decatur Public School Resources:
Additional Resources:
- Rewordify https://rewordify.com - A text compactor that simplifies and shortens readings
- Newsela https://newsela.com - Articles on current topics can be adjusted to five different levels by sliding a bar on the right, includes comprehension questions
- Tween Tribune from the Smithsonian http://www.tweentribune.com - Similar to Newsela, adjustable to four Lexile levels, with audio versions for additional support
- For academic writing, here's a word bank of transitions http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Transitions.html; an essay structure graphic: http://images.slideplayer.com/18/5709021/slides/slide_8.jpg; and sentence frames http://www.ouhsd.k12.ca.us/wp-content/uploads/docs/migrant_el-17.pdf.
- "Teaching a Class with Big Ability Differences" by Todd Finley in Edutopia, April 13, 2017. https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-class-big-ability-differences-todd-finley
- Education Online - "A Teacher's Guide to Special Education Resources". https://educationonline.ku.edu/articles/a-teachers-guide-to-special-education-resources.html
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