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Frontline Initiative: Self-Care for DSPs
A newsletter issue promoting self-care for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). To assist the people they support, DSPs must also take care of their own needs, health, and wellness. Incorporating …
Published: 2019
Handbook on Community Living and Employment
Highlights key topics in community living and employment opportunities and services/supports relevant to those within the human services systems, people with disabilities, and their families in …
Published: 2019
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CEHD Excellence Features "Invaluable" Film
Published: Tue Aug 27 2019
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: August 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The August 2019 issue includes six feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, two new …
Published: August 2019
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Assessing Post-School Outcomes for Indiana Students with Disabilities
Published: Wed Aug 21 2019
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Building Early Childhood Provider Capacity in Minnesota’s Latino Community
Published: Wed Aug 21 2019
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Check & Connect Approaches New School Year with Range of Supports for Student Engagement
Published: Wed Aug 21 2019
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ICI Assists with Self-Determination for Wisconsin Students with IDD
Published: Wed Aug 21 2019
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MNLEND Fellow Becomes a Special Education Director at Minneapolis Public Schools
Published: Tue Aug 20 2019
Research and Training Center on Community Living YouTube channel
A YouTube channel containing videos prepared by ICI's Research and Training Center on Community Living.
Published: 2013
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Missouri Public Radio Quotes Hewitt on Direct Support Workforce Shortage
Published: Fri Aug 09 2019
NCEO Brief: Guidance for Examining Disproportionality of Student Group Participation in Alternate Assessments (#18)
The purpose of this brief is to examine disproportionality with respect to student group participation in Alternate Assessments aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS). It …
Published: August 2019
FSRTC Research Brief 2: Caregiver Differences Across Race and Ethnicity
This brief examines caregivers’ self-reported mental, physical, or financial strain. The researchers analyzed data from the 2015 Caregiving in the U.S. survey. The purpose of this brief was to …
Published: Spring 2019
Guidance for examining disproportionality of student group participation in alternate assessments
This document examines disproportionality with respect to student group participation in Alternate Assessments aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS). This paper is a …
Published: 2019-08-01
Strategies for Meeting Requirements for Alternate Assessments and WIOA
This presentation discussed strategies for meeting requirements for alternate assessments and WIOA. It was presented at the 2019 Office of Special Education Programs’ Leadership Conference.
Published: 2019-07-22
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: July 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The July 2019 issue includes five feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, nine new …
Published: July 2019
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ICI Director Testifies Before Congress
Published: Wed Jul 17 2019
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Making the Minneapolis Parks More Accessible
Published: Tue Jul 16 2019
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Educator from Zambia Visits ICI
Published: Mon Jul 15 2019
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ICI Film Documents Crisis in Direct Support Workforce
Published: Sun Jul 14 2019
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South Korean Delegation Visits ICI
Published: Sat Jul 13 2019
TIES Center Reports: Communication Competence in the Inclusive Setting: A Review of the Literature (#103)
This report presents findings from a literature review that was conducted to identify evidenced-based approaches to supporting the development of communicative competence for K-8 students in …
Published: June 2019
TIES Center Reports: Using Systems Change Efforts to Implement and Sustain Inclusive Education Practices in General Education Settings for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities: A Review of the Literature (#102)
This report presents the findings from a literature review that examined how systems change efforts can guide initiatives to increase and sustain the placement of students with the most significant…
Published: June 2019
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2016-2017 APR Snapshot #19: State Assessment Participation and Performance of Students Receiving Special Education Services (#19)
This report provides a snapshot of the participation and performance of students receiving special education services in statewide assessments used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA …
Published: July 2019
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2016-2017 APR Snapshot #20: Students in Special Education Assigned Assessment Accommodations (#20)
This brief provides information on the number of students with disabilities assigned accommodations and the performance of these students on the general statewide assessment used for Elementary …
Published: July 2019
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2016-2017 APR Snapshot #21: AA-AAS Participation and Performance (#21)
This report summarizes Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) data used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) accountability to measure the academic …
Published: July 2019
Student Demonstrations of their Use of Accessibility Features and Accommodations
This report presents information from a study by the Data Informed Accessibility—Making Optimal Needs-based Decisions (DIAMOND) project that examined classroom use of accessibility features and …
Published: June 2019
Factors influencing low prevalence of neurodevelopmental disabilities among US Hispanic/Latino children
Objectives: Hispanic/Latino (H/L) children have lower prevalence of neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) than other groups. The explanations for this are complex, but may be related to nativity, …
Published: 2019-07-01
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Improving the Self-Determination of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Wisconsin
Develops an education and technical assistance program for general education teachers in ten schools (five middle schools and five high schools) in Wisconsin, providing them with strategies to …
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Technical Assistance and Consultation to the Association of Positive Behavior Support
Provided expert consultation on intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to the Association of Positive Behavior Support (APBS). This included the development of technical assistance …
TIES Center Briefs: Taking the Alternate Assessment Does NOT Mean Education in a Separate Setting! (#2)
This Parent Brief describes how participation in the alternate assessment does not automatically mean that a student is in a different instructional setting from his or her same-age peers without …
Published: May 2019
Implementing aided augmentative communication systems with persons having complex communicative needs
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems can support communication skills for people with significant developmental disabilities who experience complex communication needs (CCNs). …
Published: 2019-06-25
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KSTP Covers new ICI and Minnesota DHS Reports on Direct Support Professionals that Highlight Low Pay, Poor Benefits
Published: Tue Jun 25 2019
Making and Implementing Accessibility and Accommodations Decisions in Assessment and Instruction for English Learners
This presentation focused on how to make and implement accessibility and accommodations decisions in assessment and instruction for English learners. It was presented at the 2019 National Conferenc…
Published: 2019-06-25
Invaluable: The Unrecognized Profession of Direct Support
“Invaluable: The Unrecognized Profession of Direct Support” is a documentary film exploring the underappreciated and underfunded work of direct support professionals (DSPs), the people who support …
Published: 2019
Considerations for Monitoring Accommodations on the Alternate Assessment
This presentation described considerations for monitoring accommodations on the alternate assessment. It was presented at the 2019 National Conference on Student Assessment (NCSA) annual conference…
Published: 2019-06-24
Direct Support Worker Survey 2019 Final Report
The final report from a statewide survey of direct support workers in Minnesota to better understand wages, benefits, size, and scope of the direct support workforce.
Published: 6/23/2019
Minnesota Direct Support Workforce 2018 Final Report
The final report of results from a statewide survey of direct support organizations in Minnesota to better understand wages, benefits, size, and scope of the direct support workforce.
Published: 06/23/2019
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: June 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The June 2019 issue includes three feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, new …
Published: June 2019
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Education Week Features NCEO Report on English-Learners with Disabilities
Published: Wed Jun 19 2019
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Self-Advocacy Online Adds Videos on Friends, Fitness, and Finding Competitive Work
Published: Mon Jun 17 2019
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ICI Supports Community-Based Employment of Youth with Disabilities in Bhutan
Published: Sun Jun 16 2019
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MNLEND Fellows Complete “a Truly Transformative Year”
Published: Sat Jun 15 2019
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Indicator 14 Postschool Follow-Up Survey [Archived]
Gathers information on youth with disabilities who are no longer in secondary school and had an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in place at the time of leaving school. The survey will assess …
Supporting English Language Learners Through Improved Accessibility Decision Making
These online professional development modules on accessible instruction and assessment were designed for distinct audiences of elementary teachers and secondary teachers. The modules use a collabor…
Published: 2019-06-01
NCEO Reports: Students with Disabilities in Educational Policy, Practice, and Professional Judgment: What Should We Expect? (#413)
This report provides a cross-disciplinary look at educational policy, practice, and law related to expectations for students with disabilities. It addresses three questions critical to a discussion…
Published: May 2019
NCEO Brief: Revisiting Expectations for Students with Disabilities (#17)
The purpose of this brief is to summarize some of the past exclusionary practices that resulted from low expectations for students with disabilities, and how those were addressed in policies …
Published: May 2019
NCEO Data Analytics: Percent of ELs with Disabilities from 2013-14 to 2016-17 (#9)
This interactive report presents information on the percent of students with disabilities ages 6-17 who are also English learners (ELs), and the proportion of these students by category for school …
Published: May 2019
Be a change agent: Tools and techniques to support organizational and individual transformation
Background: More people with disabilities are living and working in the community than ever before, including many who receive support from provider organizations and state agencies. These organiza…
Published: 2019-05-20
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: May 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The May 2019 edition includes five feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, a new …
Published: May 2019
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MNLEND Fellow Speaks at Hollywood Fundraiser with Conan O’Brien
Published: Wed May 15 2019
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ICI Co-sponsors Two Major Twin Cities Conferences in June
Published: Tue May 14 2019
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Strengthening Inclusive Education in Ukraine
Published: Mon May 13 2019
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Check & Connect Introduces Online Training, Online Student Engagement, and Hosts Conference this Summer
Published: Sun May 12 2019
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Fellow Visits ICI from Kenya to Learn American Inclusive Employment Practices
Published: Sat May 11 2019
NCEO Reports: Guidance Manuals for Educators of English Learners with Disabilities: Ideas and Lessons from the Field (#410)
This report describes ideas and lessons learned from leaders who developed state education agency guidance manuals for identifying, assessing and referring English learners (ELs) to special …
Published: April 2019
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Understanding, Developing, and Supporting Meaningful Work for Youth with Disabilities in Bhutan: Networks, Communities, and Transitions
Supported the inclusive community employment of youth and young adults with disabilities in Bhutan, a mountainous kingdom in south central Asia. This research and development program collaborated …
NCEO Newsletter: June 2019 issue
In this issue, we highlight sessions in which NCEO will participate during the upcoming National Conference on Student Assessment in Orlando, Florida. We also highlight recent NCEO reports, …
Published: June 2019
Additional Educators’ Perspectives on Classroom Implementation of Accessibility Features and Accommodations
A second report from the DIAMOND project on phone interviews conducted with educators to highlight effective practices being used to implement accessibility features and accommodations in their …
Published: April 2019
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Alumna Who Started the Walker's Sensory Friendly Sunday Program is Going to Harvard
Published: Tue Apr 23 2019
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: April 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The April 2019 edition includes two feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, a new …
Published: April 2019
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Podcast Series to Assist Families with Autism
Published: Tue Apr 16 2019
Inclusive Education Strategies: A Toolkit for Armenia
This toolkit was designed by faculty and staff from the University of Minnesota and Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) in the Republic of Armenia to help educators to include students …
Published: 2019
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Developing Leadership Capacity in Inclusive Education: A U.S.-Ukrainian Partnership
Built capacity in inclusive education practices at the university and public school levels in six regions of Ukraine through lectures, a train-the-trainer model, and mentoring by U.S. experts. …
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New Toolkit Helps Educators Include Students with Disabilities
Published: Mon Apr 15 2019
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NARIC features ICI's New Impact
Published: Wed Apr 10 2019
Person and Family-Centered Approaches in Mental Health and Co-Occurring Disorders Training Project: Final Report
A report describing Developing and Engaging Training on Person-Centered and Family-Centered Approaches in Mental Health and Co-occurring Disorders , a training project that ICI performed for the …
Published: 2019
Challenges Teachers Experience in Making Decisions about Accessibility Options in Instruction and Assessment
This presentation addressed challenges teachers experience in making decisions about accessibility options in instruction and assessment. It was presented at the 2019 American Education Research …
Published: 2019-04-07
Trends in Participation, Performance, and Accommodations Received by Special Education Students
This presentation described trends in participation, performance, and accommodations received by special education students. It was presented at the 2019 National Council on Measurement in Educatio…
Published: 2019-04-04
Fiscal stewardship, choice, and control: The context of self-directed services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States
Self-directed home and community based services (HCBS) waiver services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have become a viable and widely used method of …
Published: 2019-04-01
Putting the pieces together: Perceptions of longitudinal wraparound, systems of care, and Positive Behavior Support implementation
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) was introduced to community-based providers in Kansas in 2012 in response to a federally funded initiative to reduce the placement of youth in psychiatric facilities…
Published: 2019-03-25
Impact: Feature Issue on Inclusive Education for K-8 Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
An issue in the Impact series that examines K-8 inclusive education. Historically, students with the most significant cognitive disabilities were often taught only functional skills in our K-12 …
Published: Winter 2018-19
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: March 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The March 2019 edition includes three feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, two …
Published: March 2019
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Six ICI Posters to be Featured at CEHD Research Day on March 26
Published: Mon Mar 18 2019
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Linking Nutrition and Disability
Published: Sun Mar 17 2019
NCEO Reports: Diploma Options, Graduation Requirements, and Exit Exams for Youth with Disabilities: 2017 National Study (#409)
This report presents the results of a study undertaken to update what is known about the status of graduation policies across the nation. Three research questions served as the focus of this …
Published: March 2019
Inclusive Education Strategies: A Textbook
This textbook is a resource for implementing inclusive education practices in Armenia, other post-Soviet countries, and countries on the path to a more inclusive education and society. The content …
Published: 2018
Using Online Modules to Learn about Accessibility Features and Accommodations
This presentation focused on using online modules to learn about accessibility features and accommodations. It was presented at the 2019 National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) annual …
Published: 2019-03-08
Trends in Accommodations and Accessibility Features English Learners Received on Statewide Assessments
This presentation addressed trends in accommodations and accessibility features received by English learners in statewide assessments. It was presented at the 2019 National Association for Bilingua…
Published: 2019-03-07
Active Support training, staff assistance, and engagement of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the United States: Randomized controlled trial
Two non-U.S. quasi-experimental studies reported Active Support training was associated with increased engagement in individuals with IDD, but no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exist. We …
Published: 2019-03-01
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Do IEP Meetings Relate Well to Students’ Goals for Adult Life?
Published: Thu Feb 28 2019
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MNLEND Fellows Past and Present Lead Multicultural Autism Action Network
Published: Thu Feb 28 2019
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Research in Partnership with People with Disabilities, Families, Professionals, and Policymakers
Published: Thu Feb 28 2019
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New Impact Issue Examines Inclusive K-8 Education
Published: Wed Feb 27 2019
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: February 2019
FYI Monthly is a monthly e-communication from the Institute on Community Integration. The February 2019 edition includes four feature stories, a leading ICI Facebook post from the past month, two …
Published: February 2019
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New Art for All Exhibit Starts March 6
Published: Sat Feb 16 2019
NCEO Data Analytics: Percent of Students with Disabilities by Disability Categories for 2005-06 to 2016-17 (#8)
This interactive report presents data on the number and percent of students receiving special education services by trends over time, category, and by state. The U.S. Department of Education …
Published: February 2019
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U of M Home Page Features ICI's Telehealth Lab
Published: Thu Feb 14 2019
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News-Sentinel Features Check & Connect in Juvenile Court
Published: Thu Feb 07 2019
Planning for Successfully Including and Accommodating Your Students in Assessments
This presentation addresses how to plan successfully to include and accommodate your students in assessments. It was presented at the 2019 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) annual conference.
Published: 2019-02-02
Meeting the Educational Needs of ELs with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
This presentation addressed how to meet the educational needs of English learners with significant cognitive disabilities. It was presented at the 2019 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) …
Published: 2019-02-01
Successfully Making Decisions about the Use of Scribing and Speech-to-Text
This presentation addressed how to successfully make decisions about using scribes and speech-to-text. It was presented at the 2019 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) annual conference.
Published: 2019-02-01
NCEO Newsletter: February 2019 issue
In this newsletter, we highlight several publications that have been released since our October, 2018 newsletter. They include a brief on approaches to examining district alternate assessment …
Published: February 2019
Psychotropic medication use for adults with autism spectrum disorder who receive services and supports through adult developmental disability services in the United States
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have higher rates of co-occurring diagnoses and use of psychotropic medication prescriptions than people with other developmental disabilities. Few …
Published: 2019-01-31
Accommodations Considerations in Pre-College and Postsecondary Assessments for Deaf Individuals
This presentation focused on accommodations considerations in pre-college and postsecondary assessments for deaf individuals. It was presented at the 2019 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) …
Published: 2019-01-30
Pros and Cons of Alternate Diplomas: Benefits for Student Transition Success?
This presentation describes the pros and cons of alternate diplomas, focusing on possible benefits for students to have successful transition experiences. It was presented at the 2019 Council for …
Published: 2019-01-30
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Disability Scoop Reports on Federal Monitoring of Autism Prevalence Among Children
Published: Mon Jan 28 2019
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Tampa Bay Times Quotes Thurlow on High School Diploma Alternatives
Published: Mon Jan 28 2019
NCEO Brief: Suggestions for Aligning Alternate Achievement Standards with WIOA (#16)
This Brief provides information on alternate achievement standards and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014, and makes several suggestions about ways to show that a student …
Published: January 2019
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Andrea Zuber Named CEO of The Arc Minnesota
Published: Wed Jan 23 2019

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