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MSRRC Activities

• Alternative Identification & Reporting
• Capacity in Natural Environments. Research & Guide/Marketing
• Closing the GAP – AYP & Special Education
• Continuous Improvement Infrastrastructure - SC SEA
• Continuous Improvement Infrastrastructure - TN Part C
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Center Overview

The purpose of this project is to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities, birth through 21 years, and their families, through TA to state agencies in the Mid-South Region. Efforts will be structured around two results-oriented goals that encompass the nine activities of the RRC scope of work: (a) enhance decision-making systems that support continuous improvement, and (b) improve results in identified priority areas under IDEA.

Methods

The foundation for providing TA involves: the UK team modeling data-based decision making for its state clients; careful assessment of instate resources and the potential resources of the full array of national OSEP-funded specialty centers; and service delivery that ranges from access to information through the RRC network, to intense collaborative TA provided in concert with other TA providers. Based upon the results from a needs assessment survey with state directors and Part C coordinators, TA will be provided in the following areas: (a) performance measurement, data analysis, improvement planning and system evaluation; (b) developing meaningful performance indicators, data system enhancement, and effective reporting; (c) effective strategies for assessing state performance, evaluating improvement, and planning strategic interventions to improve performance; (d) preparing APRs and submitting eligibility documents; (e) best practices in focused monitoring and complaint, mediation, and due process management; (f) Child Find/identification, early intervention services in natural environments, early childhood transition, and increasing family capacity and parent involvement; (g) provision of FAPE in the LRE; and (h) secondary transition. Some of the strategies to be used in implementing TA include: national, regional, and state-specific trainings; information dissemination and collaboration with other TA&D partners, specialty TA centers, the Region 2 RPTAC, and Communities of Practice; tele-, video-, and live conferences; RRFC Network info/Web sites; and individual state-specific consultations, state forums, a listserv, and e-mail news.