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CONTRACT NO. HS97017002
August 1, 2001
Prepared by:
Lizanne DeStefano
Don Dailey
Keith Berman
Maurice McInerney
This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under contract number HS97017002. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
This report provides a summary of the deliberations of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Review and Dissemination Work Group meeting. The Work Group met in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2001. Both discussions among Work Group members, as well as their recommendations for consideration by OSEP policymakers, have been synthesized and documented.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Part D (IDEA-Part D: National Programs), administered by OSEP's Research to Practice Division (RTP), supports the development and use of products and practices to improve results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.
In an effort to promote local use of IDEA-Part D products and practices by practitioners, families, and policy makers, RTP policymakers charged a Work Group to examine the feasibility and utility of instituting a review and dissemination process at OSEP. The review and dissemination process would consist of both a mechanism for identifying effective products and practices that are associated with IDEA-Part D supported research, model demonstration and outreach programs, and a strategy for disseminating information about effective, IDEA-Part D products and practices, at the local level, to a target audience of practitioners, families, and policy makers.
In particular, members of the Review and Dissemination Work Group were asked by RTP to respond to the following questions:
RTP policymakers are considering the deliberations and the recommendations of this Work Group as part of the agency's strategic planning to support the widespread use of IDEA-Part D products and practices to improve results for children and families in states and localities across the country.
This report summarizes the process of the meeting and presents the Work Group members' responses to the policy questions posed by RTP. The next section describes the procedures involved in facilitating the meeting, including a list of participants, the meeting agenda, a description of the group process, and a listing of supporting materials reviewed by the group. The third section overviews the Work Group's discussion about the benefits and challenges of an OSEP-initiated review and dissemination process for IDEA-Part D products and practices. The concluding section presents a series of "next steps" or short-term activities recommended by the group for consideration, as appropriate, by RTP policymakers.
Funding for NRCLD is provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs. Award No. H324U010004. Opinions expressed herein are those of the National
Research Center on Learning Disabilities and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S.
Department of Education.
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