2nd Tribal Gathering: Partnering for Success
Engaging Tribes, Communities, and State Agencies to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Young American Indian Children
December 4-5, 2008
Mole Lake, Wisconsin
Introduction: You are invited to view the following webcast sessions taken from the two-day gathering. The discussions focus on ways in which tribes, communities, and governmental agencies can work together to identify and serve the special education needs of American Indian Children in WI. The conversations are facilitated by Dr. Nicole Thompson (Mississippi State University) and Dr. Susan Faircloth (Penn State University). Nicole and Susan are tribal members, college faculty, and research fellows with the American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Research Center at the University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Thompson and Dr. Faircloth are committed to working collaboratively with tribes and communities to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services for young Native children.
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Session 1 - Wisconsin Story: Strengthening Relationships to Improve Services for Young Children (26 minutes). Presenter: Jill Haglund, Early Childhood Consultant, WI Department of Public Instruction. Description: This presentation was originally given by Elizabeth Burmaster, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction, during a Pre-K Now National Webinar in 2008 on Improving Pre-K for Native Americans. The purpose of this session is to share an understanding of the work that has been done in the last several years in Wisconsin, the collaborations between state pre-k, tribal governments, and Indian Head Starts and some important lessons learned along the way. If you are interested in listening to the entire webinar go to: http://www.preknow.org/advocate/confcalls/nativeamericans.cfm
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Session 2 - Overview of the Early Childhood Forum on American Indian and Alaska Native Early Learning (41 minutes). Presenter: Nicole Thompson, Mississippi State University, Early Childhood Institute. Description: Overview of the Proceedings of the Rural Early Childhood Forum on American Indian and Alaska Native Early Learning, July 28-29, 2005, Little Rock, AR. Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute. National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives.
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Session 3 - Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Special Education and Early Intervention Practices for use with American Indian Children (60 minutes) Presenter: Susan C. Faircloth, Pennsylvania State University. Description: Discussion of the complexities of providing Early Intervention (Birth to 3) and school-based Special Education (3-5 year olds) services in Native contexts, and ways in which to ensure Child Find, screenings, assessment and identification, and early intervention services are culturally responsive and appropriate for American Indian children and their families.
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Session 4 - Identifying Culturally and Linguistically Relevant & Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood (36 minutes). Presenter: Susan C. Faircloth, Pennsylvania State University. Description: Facilitated discussion on characteristics and examples of culturally relevant and appropriate educational practices used with children in tribal communities, school districts and counties.
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Session 5 - Discussion on Developing Interagency Agreements and Parent Report (34 minutes) Presenter: Nicole Thompson, Ph.D., (Menominee/Mohican), Mississippi State University. Description: Parent’s report on the challenges and solutions they face with raising and educating their child with special needs. Facilitated discussion on the process of developing Interagency Agreements.
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Session 6 - Strategies for Involving Tribal Partners in Part C (County) to Part B (School) Transition Process (6 minutes) Presenter: Carol Noddings Eichinger, Birth to 3 Program Supervisor & Part C Coordinator, WI Department of Health Services. Description: A brief summary of possibilities, challenges and strategies of involving the Tribal Nations in the transitioning of three year olds children between agencies.
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*Special thanks to webmaster Edward Rabotski, WI Department of Health Services, for his time and patience in the production and editing of these DHS mediasite presentations.
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