See you at the NYCASE 17th Annual Summer Institute! New York Council of Administrators of Special Education (NYCASE) will host its annual Summer Institute from July 22-July 24, 2019 at the Albany Capital Center, and this year, the theme is Supportive Practice: New Horizons for All. [More]
Essential Elements of IEP Goals The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA) establishes annual goals as an integral part of a child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP). Since IDEA was reauthorized in 2004, there has been a push from the U.S. Department of... [More]
Shifting Priorities: IEP Goal Writing While mandated compliance indicators remain important, under the Results-Driven Accountability (RDA) framework, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has sharpened its focus... [More]
White Paper: The Special Education Transformation Approach PCG’s latest white paper, Getting to Effectiveness: The Special Education Transformation Approach, was released today at the third New Jersey Special Education Annual Summit focused on teaching, learning, and leading in an inclusive world. [More]
How Do You Identify Students At-Risk? Proactively identifying students at-risk of academic failure is essential to ensuring students are maintaining appropriate grade-level progress and graduating with their four-year cohort. However, in often using home-grown solutions, districts struggle to easily and longitudinally analyze some of the most critical indicators to assess student risk, including student-level assessments, attendance, and other academic or student behavior data. [More]