TIES Center: Increasing Time, Instructional Effectiveness, Engagement, and State Support for Inclusive Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Description
Creates sustainable changes in school and district educational systems so that students with significant cognitive disabilities can fully engage in the same instructional and non-instructional activities as their general education peers while being instructed in a way that meets individual learning needs. Project activities support increased student engagement and improved learning outcomes for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
The primary outcome of the TIES Center, which is a National Technical Assistance Center on Inclusive Practices and Policies, is to improve the quality of instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities in inclusive environments through the use of existing curriculum and instructional materials. The center also provides models and coaching to both general education and special education teachers to create more inclusive opportunities. In addition, the TIES Center support changes to inclusive practices and policies within partner state and local education agencies.
The TIES Center has identified five goals to support its outcomes:
- Develop professional learning communities in partner state and local education agencies.
- Develop coaching models for implementation of resources, inclusive practices and communicative competence.
- Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing resources.
- Support parents to become partners in the practice of inclusion for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
- Support systems change within the leadership of state and local education agencies for implementation of inclusive practices.
- Contact
- Kristin K Liu PhD
- Director
- Kristin K Liu PhD
- Website
- tiescenter.org/
- Past funder
- Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- Funder
- State of Washington, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Collaborators
- Arizona Department of Education
- CAST
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Kentucky
- University of North Carolina Charlotte
- University of North Carolina Greensboro
Staff
Product
Topics
- Education practices (K12 and transition)
- Dropout prevention and student engagement
- Inclusive education
- Family engagement
- Specific life stage
- Children
- Educational accountability and assessment
- Evaluation of education programs
- Instruction
- Intellectual/Cognitive Disability
- Students with Disabilities