2023 OSEP Combined Leadership and Project Directors' Conference

7:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. ET (1 hour 45 minutes)
  Registration and Materials Pick-up

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. ET (1 hour)
  Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Opening Remarks Recording
• PowerPoint Presentation – Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ET (45 minutes)
  Keynote Presentation

• Keynote Recording

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET (30 minutes)
  Break and Solo Presentations

• Improving Your State’s Part C System: Lessons Learned From DMS
• New Flexibilities for Implementing Medicaid in Schools
• The Role of Cognitive Load Theory in Selecting, Designing, and Implementing Instruction for Students and Teachers

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ET (1 hour 15 minutes)
  Implementation Showcases

• Successfully Partnering With Families Adds Credibility and Authenticity to Our Work and Fosters a Safer Environment for Active Family Engagement, Effectively Paving a Path to Empowerment for All Families
• The Consortium Approach to Doctoral Training: Lessons Learned
• National Center on Improving Literacy– Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (NCIL-PaTTAN): Implementing Evidence-Based Literacy Practices Systemwide
• Retaining Special Education Personnel at All Levels: Georgia's Approach
  • Session Handout
• National- and State-Level Partnerships: Fostering Inclusive Early Learning Opportunities Through Accessibility Practices
  • Session Handout
• Moving States, Local Programs, and Early Childhood Environments From “Yes, But” to “Both, And” to Achieve Transformational Inclusive Change
  • Session Handout
• Dispute Resolution and DMS: An Interactive Discussion Panel Featuring the Perspectives of Part B/Part C Programs, The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), ECTA, and OSEP
• Developing a State Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD)
• Moving Toward Meaningful Inclusion for Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities

12:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. ET (2 hours 30 minutes)
  Lunch and Live Poster Session Setup

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  State Team Meetings A

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Program Area Meetings A

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Poster Sessions and Solos

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET (15 minutes)
  Break and Micro-Solo Presentations

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Talk Sessions

• The Power of Data: OSEP’s Reflections and Considerations for the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report
• Increasing Equity Through Stage-Based Implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
• The Case for Flexibility in Schoolwide Evidence-based Literacy Practices: Navigating Negotiables and Non-Negotiables
• Fostering Educator Expertise through Practice-based Preparation
• Data Sharing Under IDEA and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
  • Session Handout
• Prioritizing Equity-Mindset Practices in Technical Assistance Services
• Enhancing Equitable Access to and Participation in Early Intervention
  • Session Handout
• How Do State Policies and Practices Support COS Family Engagement?
  • Session Handout

5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ET (15 Minutes)
  Break and Micro-Solo Presentations

5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Meetups and Workshops

• Accessibility Awareness As an Organizational Approach
  • Session Handout
• Data Visualization: A Workshop in Bringing Evaluation Data to Life
  • Session Handout
• Using the Personnel Development Program Data Collection System (PDPDCS): Tips, Tricks, and Demos
• Leading Continuous Reading Improvement Within a Schoolwide System
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2
• Boosting Access to Positive Parenting for Families
  • Session Handout
• DMS Monitoring Cohort 2 Meeting
• Lessons Learned: How States Successfully Implement Coaching
  • Session Handout
• Integration of School- or Program-Based Mental Health Supports
• American Rescue Plan (ARP) Funds – Insights and Lessons Learned from Part C
• Implementation Science in Doctoral and State Leadership Programs
• DeafBlind Projects Connecting with Information, Strategies and Stories
• Parent Center Directors and Staff of Color
• Part B Data Managers Chat About Data Quality and Other Important Issues
• All Things State Advisory Panel (SAP) and State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC)

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. ET (1 hour)
  Early Bird Sessions

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. ET (15 minutes)
  Break and Micro-Solos

• Building Evidence for Teacher Writing Scaffolds Using Single-Case Research Design (SCRD)
• Incubator Drive-Thru: Determining Appropriate and Differentiated Technical Assistance
• Raising a Child With Down Syndrome: A Scoping Review of the Literature
• Lessons Learned About Implementing Differentiated Reading Intervention

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. ET (1 hour)
  Talk Sessions

• Highlight and Review of OSEP’s Guidance on State General Supervision Responsibilities Under Parts B and C of the IDEA: Monitoring, Technical Assistance, and Enforcement
• Indicators of Progress in the Wake of Endrew F.
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT: Advancing Our Work Through Technology
• Transitions to Teaching: Model Pathways to Special Education Licensure
• Grants: Making Sense of New Requirements for 2023
• Part B IDEA Section 618 Data Submissions Under EDFacts Modernization
• Proper or Improper? Guidance on IDEA Fiscal Responsibility in a Time of Audits and Monitoring
• Building Equitable, Inclusive Preschool Special Education Environments
• ED Policy Letters: Advocating for Students With Disabilities in Physical Education (PE)
  • Session Handout

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 am ET (15 minutes)
  Micro-Solos and Break

• Integrating Family-Engaged Learning Opportunities Into Training
• Faculty Collaboration to Enhance Use of Universal Design for Learning

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ET (1 hour)
  Talk Sessions

• Are You Using IRIS Resources Effectively? Your Students May Disagree
• The Parent Center Network: Empowering Families and Youth!
• Making It Stick: How to Engage Teachers for Tier 1 Instruction
• Planning the Effective Use of IDEA Part B State Set-Aside Funds
• Empower the Learner Profile: A Tool for Advocacy and Self-Advocacy
• Building a System: Teams Driving Equity
• Rethinking TA: Impact of a Field-Initiated and Partnership Process
• Cortical Vision Impairment (CVI): Two States' Perspectives on Early Intervention and Parent Center Collaboratives
• From NICUs to Child Care: Engaging Partners and Enhancing Services

11:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET (2 hours 45 minutes)
  Lunch

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  State Team Meetings B

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Program Area Meetings B

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. ET (1 hour 15 minutes)
  Implementation Showcases

• Confronting Exclusionary Discipline Through Systems Change and Evidence-Based Practices
  • Session Handout
• Partnering With Families Communicate Coordinate and Collaborate
  • Session Handout
• Moving MTSS Upstream School Mental Health and Student and Family Partnerships
• Using Data-Based Individualization to Improve Student Outcomes
• Cross Agency Collaboration to Support Transition
• The Three Ps of DMS 2.0 Success Purpose Process and People
• Facilitating Family Capacity-Building in Key Literacy Roles
• Reinventing Digital Access Three Initiatives to Learn Share and Grow

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. ET (30 minutes)
  Break and Solo Presentations

• Strategic Incremental Rehearsal: A Quick, Intensive Intervention
• Engaging Families in Data Discussions
• Improving Outcomes Through Innovative Interdisciplinary Preparation
• Resilient Early Intervention Leadership A Collaborative Approach
• Glam Good Deals: Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) Roles and Supports During the Induction Years
• Coordinate Collaborate and Integrate Elementary and Secondary Education Act and IDEA Cooperation

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Impact Panel

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ET (30 minutes)
  Break and Solo Presentations

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Meetups and Workshops

• Research–Practice Partnership to Support Novice Special Educators
• Building Capacity for and Sustaining MTSS for Early Reading
• Bringing the Family Voice to the SPP APR process A Collaboration
• Improving Transition Plans With Person-Centered Planning
• Infusing Self-Determination in Math Instruction for Students With Intellectual Disability
• Survey Says! Or Does It? Analyzing Nonresponse Bias in Survey Results
• Touching Base With Tactile Learning
• How to Take a Dynamic Approach to Sustainability
  • Session Handout
• Creating Safe and Supportive Schools for ALL Students
  • Session Handout
• DaSy IDEA Part C and B Data Manager’s Meetup: Networking and Cracker Barrel
• Navigating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Partnering for Prevention: Collaborative Approaches to Reducing Exclusionary Discipline
• Addressing the Personnel Crisis in Special Education and Early Intervention
• HBCUs Hidden Gems: Grant Procurement and Culturally Responsive Educator Preparation
• Targeted Recruitment Efforts
• Identifying and Supporting Students With Dyslexia: Challenges and Opportunities
• CIFR Fiscal Meetup: Support and Networking

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. ET (1 hour)
  Talk Sessions

• Going Deep on UDL Creating Community Across SEAs to Support Equity
  • Session Handout
• Extending the Table Inviting Critical Perspectives to the Conversation
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2
• Using Data to Screen for Dyslexia
• School Mental Health Lessons Learned from Three Model Demo Projects
• Alternate Assessment Disproportionality Calculator A Tool for SEAs
• An Alabama Interdisciplinary Model for Developing Transition Personnel
• IDEA 618 Data Collected During the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Building and Sustaining an Early Intervention Workforce Steps One State Took to Decide Where to Target Its Resources and Efforts
• Making Assistive Technology an Integral Part of the Early Childhood to 12 System

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. ET (15 minutes)
  Break and Micro-Solos

• Grab a Cup of TA at the AEM Café
• Teacher Preparation for Dispute Resolution Supportive Steps to Take

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ET (1 hour)
  Talk Sessions

• Technology A Strong Building Block to Support Special Education Professional Learning and Program Outcomes
• From the Top Down From the Bottom Up or Meet in the Middle
• Addressing Equitable Outcomes in Special Education Two Graduate Program Models
• Building Coaching Capacity Using a Tiered Approach Lessons Learned
• Part C IDEA Section 618 Data Submissions Under EDFacts Modernization
• Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports Sparks a Regional Movement
  • Session Handout
• Highlight and Review of OSEP's Guidance on State General Supervision Responsibilities under Parts B and C of the IDEA: Monitoring, Technical Assistance, and Enforcement
• Accessible Educational Materials in the IEP Why, Where, and How
• Academics for Students With Extensive Support Needs

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. ET (30 minutes)
  Break and Solo Presentations

• Supporting Teaching of Algebra Individual Readiness What We Learned and What Next
• A Three-Pronged Approach to Impact Change for Students and Systems
• A Behind the Scenes Look at the Accessible Learning Experience Podcast

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ET (30 minutes)
  OSEP Closing Remarks

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. ET (1 hour)
  Policy Panel

• Policy panel Video Archive
• PowerPoint