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FACTS

Fostering
Achievement,
Creating Community,
Together for All Our
Students

FACTS (Fostering Achievement, Creating Community, Together for all our Students) was the web-based newsletter of LEARNS and LEARNS Early Childhood Project, a partnership between the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and the Maine Department of Education.

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Volume 8, Spring 2005

Introduction to Spring 2005 Volume 8

Index to articles (with annotation)

Articles

• Children with High Anxiety
• An Autism Spectrum Disorder Experience
• Autism, Treatment Approaches & Young Children: What do We Need to Know?
• Smarter Assessments, Better Outcomes
• New Resources for Exploring Intervention Options
• New Early Childhood Education Resource
• Developmental Approaches for Young Children on the Autism Spectrum

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Volume 7, Spring 2004

Introduction to Spring 2004 Volume 7

Index to articles (with annotation)

Articles

• A Student Led IEP in Action
• What is DIR/Floortime?
• A LEARNS Interview with Dr. Stanley Greenspan
• Early Literacy Learning: Individualizing Instruction for Every Child
• Kudos and Resources for Hard Working Maine Educators
• Accessibility? Who Needs it?
• An Inclusive Model for Supporting Students with Challenging Behavior

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Volume 6 No. 2, Spring 2003

Index to articles (with annotation) in Spring 2003

Articles

• Young Children and Sensory Integration: Planning for Success
• Field Testing Version 3 of the Screening & Planning Guide for Inclusive Early Care and Education
• New Employment Opportunities and Resources for Transitioning Youth and Educators
• Helping Students with Attachment Disorder: A Complex Situation for Families and Teachers
• Participation in the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) for Students With Disabilities
• Technology Training with SEED

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Volume 6, Winter 2002

Index to articles (with annotation) in Winter 2002

Universal Design Overviews

• More Than Promising: Universal Design for Learning, Technology, and Brain Research Raise Hopes for Engaging All Learners
• Universal Design for Learning: From the Start
• Introductory Facts About the Brain

Technology

• Technology Resources for the Universally Designed Classroom
• Quality Indicators for Consideration of Assistive Technology Needs
• Digital Text: Holding Promise for Diverse Learners
• The University of Maine’s “Universal Access for the Web” Help Site

Challenging Behavior

• Challenging Behavior: Supporting Students′ Curricular and Social Participation in General Education Classrooms

Assessment

• Universal Design Makes Assessments Fairer and More Accurate
• Universal Design and Maine’s Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP)

Additional Resources

• Access More Information About Technology and Universal Design Online!!

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Volume 5, Spring 2002

Index to articles (with annotation) in Spring 2002

• Qualities and Beliefs of Restructured, Inclusive Schools
• Maine’s Portfolio: Collecting Evidence of Our Students’ Learning
• Alternate Assessment Component of the MEA
• New Inclusive Education Coordinator
• Early Childhood Updates
• Universal Design for Learning: Accommodating Differences in the Classroom to Maximize Progress
• Questions and Answers on AAC
• Recommendations for Developing Child Care Health Policies
• Witnessing Violence
• Training for Job Coaches and Employment Specialists
• Update on the Principals’ Project
• Surrogate Parent Volunteers Needed
• Quality Services Survey
• Our Favorite Links
• YouthSpeak CD Available
• TASH is Coming to Boston!

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Volume 4, No. 2 Summer 2001

• Looking Back, Moving Forward: What a Difference a Decade Makes!
• History of Inclusive Education, Our Work in Perspective
• The Mountain Story
• Welcoming All Kids
• A Changing System of Assessment for All Students
• How Might We Assess Student Learning in the Classroom
• Three Purposes of Maine’s Assessment System
• Assessment: A Cautionary Tale
• Keeping Community Alive in an Era of Accountability: A LEARNS 2-day seminar
• Resources to Support Assessment Work
• LEARNS Early Childhood 1999 - 2000: Year in Review
• Maine Commission of Secondary Education: Promising Futures
• High School: Yesterday, Today, and a Promising Future
• YouthSpeak - Learning From Youth: Effecting Change in Our Schools
• What a Difference a Year Makes!
• A History of Support
• New Staff Join Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
• Graduate Coursework in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education
• Maine Division for Early Childhood

FACTS 4.2 Full Issue 4.2 in PDF format (can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher)

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Volume 4, No. 1 Winter 2001

• Welcome to FACTS!
• Alternate Assessment in Maine
• On the Web
• Assessing All Maine Students
• Teamwork for Kids: A Catalyst for Change
• What’s Happening and How Can We Assist?
• An Assessment Strategy: The Child, The Program
• Spotlight on Practice
• Rethinking Functional Behavior Assessment
• The Year in Review
• Bringing It Into the Classroom: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
• How I Spent My Summer!
• Third Annual Eastern Maine Child Care Symposium a Big Success!
• Teaming and Collaboration: Critically Reflective Work Groups
• When We Agree to Agree: A Portrait of Groupthink
• Graduate Coursework in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Education

FACTS 4.1 Full Issue 4.1 in PDF format (can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher)

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Volume 3, No. 2 Summer 2000

• Could This Classroom Be Yours?
• Creating Safe Schools
• Maximizing Accommodations
• Workshops for PET Process and IEP Development
• EC Monograph Provides Positive Experience
• FACToidS
• It’s All About Opportunity!
• A New Vision of Standard-Based Mathematics Education
• Successful Inclusive Practices
• Revisiting the Three R’s
• Maine DEC Chapter Plants Seeds
• Look on the Web
• Access to the General Education Curriculum
• The Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten
• MAPS Provide Direction
• MAPS, Frequently Asked Questions
• Calendar of Events
• Alternate Assessments
• About CCI, Workshops, Publications, Adaptive Equipment, & more

FACTS 3.2 Full Issue 3.2 in PDF format (can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher)

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Volume 3, No. 1 Winter 2000

• Welcome
• Achieving All A’s
• CCI’s Work Expands into the Infant-Toddler Area
• Think College Day
• Friendships: Building Bridges and Removing Barriers
• How We Became the Inclusion Team
• A New Look at Life Skills
• Family Support, Self Determination, and Disability
• Lu Zeph Goes to Washington
• The Value of Firsthand Accounts in Autism
• Management vs. Guidance
• Events Calendar
• Giving Students the Power to Make a Difference
• Book Reviews
• LEARNS and LEARNS Early Childhood

FACTS 3.1 Full Issue 3.1 in PDF format (can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher)

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Volume 2, No. 2 Spring 1999

• Maine’s Statewide Systems Change Project: Essential Factors for Quality Inclusive Systemic Change
• Speech and Language Modeling Strategies in the Early Childhood Classroom
• Including Students with Complex Healthcare Needs
• MDI High School’s Student Leaders Make a Difference
• Governor’s Academy for Language and Culture
• How to Create a Safe and Healthy School
• Meeting the Literacy Needs of Students with Severe Speech and Physical Impairments
• Lessons Learned: Creating Inclusive Schools in Maine
• Advances in Facilitated Communication Highlighted
• Expanding Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities in Maine and Massachusetts

FACTS 2.2 Full Issue 2.2 in PDF format (can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher)

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Volume 2, No. 1 Winter 1999

• Welcome to FACTS
• Recreating Education: New Realities in Maine Schools
• Classroom Assessments for All in a Standards-Based System
• Including Students Who are Deaf-Blind
• Educating Calvin
• Opportunity to Completion
• Learning Environments for All
• Maine Adolescent Transition Partnership (MATP)
• Staff Favorites
• LEARNS: Our Commitment

FACTS 2.1 Full Issue 2.1 in PDF format (can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher)

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