2008 Summer Institute Presentations Page
Name of Presenter		Strand Presented
Loujeania Bost, Ph.D.		- When They Skip School - Everybody Loses: Strategies to Improve School Attendance
		- Using Your Data to Identify Dropout Related Needs Within Your School
Sandra Covington-Smith, Ph.D.		- Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities: What the Research tells Us
		- Recommendations for Teachers: Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities
		- Recommendations for Teachers: Dropout Prevention Strategies to Promote Pro-Social Behavior: Primary, Secondary, and Teritary Prevention
		- Partnering with Parents in Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities
Jane Falls, MS		- The Top 10 Basics of Special Education - Part 1 ( the first 5 steps)
		- The Top 10 Basics of Special Education - Part II ( the final 5 steps)
		- Overview: Key Changes in IDEA 2004
		- The IEP Team: Who is a member?
		- Content of the IEP
		- Meetings of the IEP Team
		- Least Retrictive Environment: Decision Making
		- Putting it All Together: Secondary Transition
Marilyn Friend, Ph.D.		- Inclusive Practices and Co-Teaching: Creating Schools for ALL Learners
Lawrence Kortering, Ph.D.		- Improving High School: Is it really that important? Is there anything we can do?
		- Age Approriate Transition Assesment: Some insights and practical information
		- A new ERA of Transition Planning
		- Evidence-Based Practices in Secondary Transition
Evelyn Shaw, MS		- Overview of IDEA/SPP Early Childhood Transition Requirements