Special Education Blog

COVID-19 INFO: DDD Information Re: Services and Supports for School-Aged DDD Members Using Remote Learning During COVID-19 Emergency

  • Thu, Sep 17 2020  •
    • Updates

Please see this attached memo from the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) regarding school-aged DDD members who are not able to attend in-person school and who need support to engage in remote learning. DDD worked with AHCCCS and ADE/ESS to determine the services that could be helpful for DDD members during the COVID-19 pandemic and beginning September 8, 2020, DDD may assess for and authorize Attendant Care and Nursing services to support DDD members who are learning remotely. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY20 Annual Data Collection (ADC) – Due Date Extension

  • Thu, Sep 17 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Due to Student Information System (SIS) vendor updates, the due dates for ADC have been revised.

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Behavior Threat Assessment: Best Practices for K-12 Schools, 9/24/20

  • Thu, Sep 17 2020  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

This workshop will focus on the process and procedures needed to establish a consistent school/district-wide approach to behavioral threat assessment and management utilizing a multidisciplinary team. Critical factors discussed will include: current statistics, legal cases, post-incident reviews, and early identification of warning signs, primary prevention strategies to "break the code of silence; an overview of threat and risk assessment models and tools; assessment procedures; and strategies for interventions, postventions, and working with difficult parents.  Case study examples and forms will be shared to illustrate the process.  

PD INFO: Thursday Afternoon LEarning Series (TALES) – Considerations for Completing Educational Evaluations as Schools Reopen

  • Thu, Sep 17 2020  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Please join us for the next episode of Thursday Afternoon LEarning Series, or TALES, on Thursday, September 17 from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m., when leaders from the Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP) present, “Considerations for Completing Educational Evaluations as Schools Reopen.”

UPDATED Transition Guide Published by OSERS

  • Wed, Sep 16 2020  •
    • Transition News

OSERS published updates to "A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities, August 2020" to advance the office's efforts in ensuring that all students and youth with disabilities are equipped with the skills and knowledge to achieve their post-school and career goals.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY20 Annual Data Collection (ADC) – Final Submission

  • Wed, Sep 9 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

This is a friendly reminder that the FY20 ESS Annual Data Collection application is available and accessible to PEAs. Be aware, there are two separate due dates involved in this data collection reporting requirement. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: The 2020 IDEA Virtual Conference Is Here! Kick Off Sessions Start Next Week, September 1 and 3

  • Mon, Aug 31 2020  •
    • Transition News
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS is pleased to present the opening of registration for Arizona’s 2020 IDEA Conference, Converging Ideas: Connections for Student Success! We are excited that the IDEA Virtual Conference is here and we are ready to open professional and personal development for this school year with rich and relevant learning opportunities. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New AzEDS Portal Report: SPED74 - SPED Exit Report

  • Thu, Aug 27 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The SPED74 – SPED Exit Report is a new report now available in the AzEDS Portal. This post-integrity report will populate students for your PEA who are ages 13 – 22 based on the Calculated Age for Exit. The SPED74 report is to aid in the determination of validating exit data for the ESS Annual Data Collection (ADC). This report will be available for FY21 data and forward only. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New SPED Integrity Rule -40078

  • Thu, Aug 27 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Effective Fiscal Year 2021, a new integrity rule will be implemented for SPED Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Exit Code SPED05 (Moved, known to be continuing).

Integrity Rule -40078: Exit code SPED05 is invalid with continuing site enrollment.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: RESCHEDULED FY20 ESS Discipline Data Training Webinar

  • Mon, Aug 24 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, ESS Data Management has rescheduled the Discipline Data Collection (DDC) training webinar from August 25 to September 2, 2020, from 10am - 11am.