FOCUS
on Results Supports Special Education Stakeholders with Technical
Assistance, Guidance, and Advice
 The
Michigan Department of Education,
Office
of Special Education and Early Intervention Services (MDE,OSE/EIS)
is committed to improving the performance of students with disabilities.
The need for accurate and timely information among special education
stakeholders has never been greater. The Center
for Educational Networking (CEN) has been addressing this
communication need for the past several years with valuable publications
including Newsline
and Investing
in Our Students, a Web site for electronic resources and
publications, and many other documents. CEN is no longer publishing
Newsline and Investing in Our Students; however,
two new communication efforts will help the MDE, OSE/EIS continue
to share information with a broad base of special education stakeholders:
Guidance and Technical Assistance documents called FOCUS on
Results will be available several times a year to keep stakeholders
up-to-date on current changes in rules and regulations, dispute
resolution, individualized education programs (IEPs), assessment,
quality assurance, and other valuable topics. Former Newsline
subscribers will automatically receive FOCUS on Results.
Other interested subscribers can visit www.cenmi.org
to subscribe electronically or contact: CEN, Eaton Intermediate
School District, 1790 E. Packard Hwy., Charlotte, MI 48813, (800)
593-9146, fax 541-1351, info@cenmi.org.
The Center for Educational Networking (CEN) maintains the www.cenmi.org
Web site, formerly known as the web site of the Michigan State
Improvement Grant (SIG). This site presents information about
subscribing to publications online and continues to maintain updated
information, personnel development resources including learning
opportunities for parents, paraprofessionals, related service
providers, and administrators, among others. Visitors to the site
can view a calendar and listing of workshops, conferences, and
other personnel development events and possible links to documents,
products, registrations, and other web sites related to the events.
In addition, CEN has archived past issues of Newsline and
Investing in our Students in electronic format and they
are available in the Products section of the Web site. If you
are not a Web user, you can contact CEN at the address above for
more information about print versions of these publications.
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