Training Materials Teach Parents and Staff About the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The National Information Center for children and Youth with Disabilities, formerly NICHCY. offers a variety of products designed to be used in training sessions on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). For example, The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Online Training Package on IDEA focuses on some of the legal requirements and provisions. The package contains more than 500 pages of background information and resources, handouts, and training scripts on the law, as well as a series of 145 overhead transparencies (available in both English and Spanish).

Visit www.nichcy.org/ideapubs.asp to access these online documents in text or PDF formats.

For the latest information on the IDEA reauthorization—in detail—visit
www.nichcy.org/reauth/scoop.htm or:

• The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/about.html
• The IDEA Partnership www.ideainfo.org

Did You Know?

• Nine out of in ten principals (89 percent) say their school is welcoming to parents. But only six out of ten parents (61 percent) describe their school in this way.
• Nine out of ten principals (91 percent) say their school has open communication, and parents (58 percent) say this about their school.
• Nine out of ten principals (93 percent) are satisfied with their relationship with students? parents, but only 64 percent of parents report this level of satisfaction. Teachers? and parents? assessments are similar. Seventy-eight percent of parents and seventy-three percent of teachers are satisfied with their relationships with each other.