Conference registration and payment should be done through DBC conferences https://dbcconferences.com/
Payment of $300 prior to Dec. 15, 2018 . $375 After Dec. 16, 2018
Registration in Connect20 will provide certificate of credit hours and reserve seating.
Conference Description
The state of Texas remains under pressure from a variety of audiences, including the TEA Corrective Action Plan and dyslexia advocacy groups to better serve at risk students or students with disabilities AND better prepare all students for post-secondary and work place environments.
Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) implementation, also known as Response to Intervention (RTI), when implemented with fidelity, provides schools an opportunity to address many of these pressures. General education and special education must work together in an "every ed" model to ensure that schools are systematic in an MTSS model based on early identification and intervention(s) that is powerful, appropriately intensive, and research-based yet delivered in a time and cost efficient manner.
This 2-day conference brings nationally recognized presenters who meld a strong research base with careful attention to practicality, striving to bring high quality training to practitioners at the lowest possible cost. The conference emphasizes what every educator, general and special education, needs to know about MTSS implementation, especially in the context of law and regulation. Attendees will learn research-based reading/language arts and behavior support strategies across Tiers, including special education. The focus will be on practical implementation with sessions for schools early in implementation and those working to get to the next level of high fidelity implementation. Relevant legal issues from law, regulation, and hearings will be addressed.
Topics also include scientifically sound basic skills screening and progress monitoring, including special education practices for specific learning disabilities.
Sessions:
- 10 Big Ideas to Remember about MTSS/RTI
- Teach Like Kevin Bacon: What Research-Based Instruction Looks Like
- Law and MTSS Implementation
- Make MTSS Happen: Evidence-Based Practices in Implementation: Part 1
- K-12 Research-Based Literacy Practices
- Current Thorny Child Find and Eligibility Issues Under the IDEA and Section 504
- Proactive Design of MTSS Basic Skills Screening and Progress Monitoring Practices
- Make MTSS Happen: Evidence-Based Practices in Implementation: Part 1 (repeat)
- K-12 Research-Based Literacy Practices (repeat)
- Current Thorny Child Find and Eligibility Issues Under the IDEA and Section 504 (repeat)
- Proactive Design of MTSS Basic Skills Screening and Progress Monitoring Practices (repeat)
- Positive Behavior Support as an MTSS Foundation
- Preview of Our Sponsors and How They Support MTSS Implementation
- Synergy: How Special Education Improvements: IMPROVES MTSS Implementation
- Classroom Management: The CORE of MTSS for Behavior
- Special Education Decision Making
- The Administrator’s Role in Organizing and Implementing Sustainable Multi-Tiered Instructional
- Support Systems
- Make MTSS Happen: Evidence-Based Practices in Implementation: Part 2
- Early Stage Behavioral Interventions for Individual Students
- Make MTSS Happen: Evidence-Based Practices in Implementation: Part 2
- Secondary MTSS that Makes Sense