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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 439 865 RC 022 337 AUTHOR Lemke, June, Ed. TITLE Capitalizing on Leadership in Rural Special Education: Making a Difference for Children and Families. Conference Proceedings (Alexandria, Virginia, March 16-18, 2000). INSTITUTION American Council on Rural Special Education. PUB DATE 2000-03-00 NOTE 310p.; Dedicated in memory of Dr. William Farley Young, a long-time member of ACRES. For selected individual papers, see RC 022 338-365. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Classroom Techniques; Disabilities; Distance Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Gifted; Higher Education; *Mainstreaming; Regular and Special Education Relationship; *Rural Education; *Special Education; Special Education Teachers; *Teacher Collaboration; *Teacher Education ABSTRACT This proceedings contains 57 presentations and presentation summaries concerned with rural special education. The papers are arranged in 11 sections: impacting governmental policy, at risk, collaborative education models, early childhood education, gifted, multicultural, parents and families, preservice and inservice teacher education, technology, transition, and other. Topics include agency cooperation related to Medicaid, statewide professional development systems, state advisory panel role, continuous program improvement, a peer-assisted self-management program, functional behavior data collection, rural school violence, teacher collaboration, Internet resources, use of assistive technology in early intervention, an gifted education course, rural gifted education, cultural influences, distance learning on American Indian reservations, Hispanic students with disabilities in rural settings, special education on the Navajo reservation, parent role, home programs, teacher education, professional development, training regular teachers for inclusion, strategies and classroom techniques for various disabilities, rural teacher shortages, distance learning, distance consultation, transition to work, and paraprofessionals. An author index is included. (SV) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 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BEST COPY MA RA= Edited by June Lemke Gonzaga University ACRES Program Co-Chair We would like to dedicate this 2000 Conference Proceedings to the memory of Dr. William Farley Young Glenn County School System Brunswick, Georgia Bill Young was a long-time member of ACRES. His career in education spanned 36 years and he served as a teacher, supervisorof principals, director of pupil personnel services, and finally as superintendent of Glynn County School District in Georgia. He received many honors throughout his career, including the ACRES National Exemplary Program Award for Interagency Collaboration in 1993. He served two terms on the ACRES Board of Directors and played a key role as a voice for collaboration and cooperation between the local, state, and national levels. Bill had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago; he went through extensive treatment, and thought he had beaten it. At Christmas this past year he found out the cancer had returned and was given one year to live. Unfortunately, he died January 13, 2000 at the age of 58. He is survived by his wife Verna,four grown children, five grandchildren, and his parents; all those whose lives he touched will miss him. A website was created in Bill's honor by his son-in-law. You are invited to visit it at: http://www.mindspring.com/--jtfleming/wfy.htm 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Impacting Governmental Policy Collaborative Working Relations with your State Medicaid Office: What's In It For You? Deborah Parker Wolfenden, Funding Research and Consulting, Durham, ME; and David Noble Stockford, Maine Department of Education, Augusta, ME 4 Leadership in Accountability for Professional Development Systems Harvey Rude, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; Judy Stockhouse, Centenial Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Longmont, CO; Jo Smith Read, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Steve Street, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and Karl Murray, NASDSE, Alexandria, VA 9 The State Advisory Panel Function: Leadership Issues in Rural Special Education Michael E. Sullivan, Marshall University Graduate College, South Charleston, WV 16 Using A Model of Continuous Program Improvement to Support Improvement of Services to Students with Disabilities and Increase Student Performance Harry T. Fogle, Carroll County Public Schools, Westminster, MD 24 At Risk A Classwide Peer-assisted Self-management Program All Teachers Can Use: Adaptations and Implications for Rural Educators Katherine Mitchem, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; Julieann Benyo, Garrett County Schools, Oakland, MD 28 Functional Behavior Data Collecting & Target Behaviors Rod Smith and Terri Peltier, Washoe County School District, Reno, NV 34 Increasing Caring and Reducing Violence in Rural Schools Gwen Schroth, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX; Mary Susan Fishbaugh, Montana State University-Billings, Billings, MT 37 Collaborative Education Models Collaboration and Role Release: Can Diverse Special Education Teachers & Regular Education Teachers Work Together to Serve Students with Visual Impairment or Learning Disabilities Brenda K. Jager, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Valarie Moser, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 46 Collaboration in a Rural Community: The University of West Alabama's Pathway to Responsibility Roben Lewis and Marion Madison, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL 52 4 The Effects of Peer-Delivered Self-Monitoring Strategies on the Participation of Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms Guy H. Gilberts, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE 54 Evaluating a Rural Teacher Preparation Program's Effectiveness through Qualitative Changes in Participants' Case Study Responses Billie L. Friedland, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; Kevin J. Miller and Wilfred D. Wienke, University of Central Florida College of Education, Orlando, FL 62 Internet Site Resources (for Rural Access) Dedicated to Affordable and Expeditious Preparation and Training of Classroom Aides, Necessary as a Result of Mandated Inclusion , Robert B. Overton, Kay S. Bull, and Tamara C. Overton, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 67 Leadership Academy: A Systemic Change System that Makes Educational Differences for Children Georgine Steinmiller and Robert Steinmiller, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR 71 Using the Internet and Interactive Hypermedia to Provide Inclusion Support for Regular Classroom Teachers Robert B. Overton, Kay S. Bull, and Tamara C. Overton Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74 Early Childhood A Qualitative Study of the Child, Family and Professional Factors that Influence the use of Assistive Technology in Early Intervention Erin Hider, Clarion University, Clarion, PA 80 Teaming in Rural Maine: Effective Services for Young Children and Their Families Mary Ann Demaree, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA 86 Gifted Designing an Online, Introductory Gifted Education Course Debra F. Hull, Kay S. Bull, Diane Montgomery, James R. May, and Robert Overton, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 90 Rural Gifted Education: Enhancing Service Delivery Joan D. Lewis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 96 Multicultural Consensus & Conflict Among Teachers in Relation to Multicultural Special Educational Needs in the Southwest Laurence Armand French, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM 102 Distance Learning on American Indian Reservations Lawrence C. Ingalls, University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso, TX 106 ii I.) Hispanic Deaf Students in Rural Education Settings: Complex Issues Sandy Bowen, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 108 Increasing Services to Children who are Deajblind in Southeast Arkansas: A Strategic Model for Identifying Cultural Influences Sherry Shaw, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 113 Taking a Leadership Role in Ensuring a Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Special Education in the Least Restrictive Environment, as Mandated by IDEA 1997 Everado Franco and Veronica Lopez, National Center for Latinos with Disabilities, Inc, Chicago, IL 120 Transition of the Navajo Special Education Students in a Rural Environment Virginia Bowsley, Audrelia Dugi, Pat Gonnie, Connie Heimbecker, Marianne Jennings, Catherine Medina, Heather Sorgnit, Carolyn Watt, and Greg Prater, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 121 Working with Navajo Special Education Students on the Reservation: Cultural Implications Carolyn Watt, Heather Sorgnit, Catherine Medina, Marianne Jennings, Connie Heimbecker, Pat Gonnie, Audrelia Dugi, Virginia