The Career and Technical Special Populations Training and Resource Education Center (CTSP Center) is a collaborative effort between the Family Development and Resource Management (FDRM) unit of Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The CTSP Center received a one-year grant from TEA to provide CTE teachers and other educators with access to resources for improving their knowledge regarding the education of students with special needs enrolled in CTE programs.

CTSP Center’s Role

The primary role of the CTSP Center is to help CTE, general education, and special education teachers, educators, paraprofessionals, administrators, and parents who are concerned with serving students with special needs in Texas. The CTSP Center disseminates resources such as books, videos, curriculum guides, multimedia learning modules, and educational opportunities to the target groups. The CTSP Center staff answers questions or solicits the responses of external experts regarding several critical issues related to serving students with special needs.

The current funding from TEA envisions the center as a special populations clearing house. One of the main requirements of the grant for the year 200-2009 was to create multimedia training modules and support materials addressing principles and strategies of accommodating a broad range of special population student learning needs in CTE.

This website, training manual, toolbox and this website are the resulting products. This is third in a series of learning modules showcasing best practices for career and technical education teachers, counselors, educators and parents concerned with serving students with special needs. The modules are developed by the Career and Technical Special Populations Training and Education Resource Center (CTSP Center) in cooperation with Texas AgriLife Extension Service and an expert consultant from Texas A&M University. We hope that our audiences find that the information enhances the services that they provide to their students with special needs.

Module Description:

This module will showcase best practices for CTE teachers planning and preparing to attend ARD meetings.  CTE teachers will learn how to participate in the IEP process and develop IEP goals through collaboration with special education and CTE colleagues. The module will also demonstrate effective accommodations and modifications appropriate for students who have learning disabilities and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

OBJECTIVES:

• Describe roles and responsibilities of CTE teachers at an ARD meeting.
• Learn about developing IEP goals related to CTE programs of study.
• Explain and demonstrate accommodations and modifications.
• Outline the differences between traditional and non-traditional CTE instructional settings.