Webinar participants will hear how schools have redesigned programs, adopted new practices, and implemented research-based strategies to become highly successful in preventing students with disabilities from dropping out of school.
Click on the attachments to access the Webinar flyer, the presentation powerpoint and accompanying handouts.
As an ASPIRE consultant, Colleen Lambert, encourages students to take a more active role in their Individual Education Program (IEP). Through the collaboration between the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Developmental Disabilities Council, school personnel and families are working together to build self advocacy skills in students with disabilities.
Dennis Medders, Principal of Manchester High School, discusses how C.A.F.E.'s have encouraged collaboration between students, families, and communities to bring about successful relationships and improved achievement in Manchester High School.
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Graduation/Dropout Prevention Project is a major component of a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
The GraduateFIRST project partners include The National Dropout Prevention Center- Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD), The United States Department of Education- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP),The Georgia Learning Resource Systems (GLRS), and other divisions of The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE).
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