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NCAC: Research & Solutions: Related Themes & Issues

Related Themes & Issues

The NCAC staff and partners are approaching the problems and opportunities presented by the work in a variety of ways. We have begun to identify a number of critical topics that will provide opportunities for collaborative examination yet may not fall neatly within one of the existing project categories. Such topics include:

• School Reform Initiatives and Special Education
• Specific Disability Related Issues
• Promising Technology Developments
• The Neurosciences and Learning
• Building a Community of Learners

Capacity Building Institute: Access, Participation, and Progress in the General K-12 Curriculum

The Capacity Building Institute on Access, Participation, and Progress in the General K-12 Curriculum held on July 10, 2002, was co-sponsored by the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum (NCAC) and the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET). The goals of this Capacity Building Institute were to provide participants with an opportunity to engage in a dialogue on current views, build consensus on critical issues, and generate solutions. Overall, participants stated that they came away from the Capacity Building Institute with new knowledge and resources about transition and assessment.

Details: http://www.ncset.org/institutes/proceedings/2002_07.asp

Future Vision: Technology, Special Education and UDL

From What's New, TechIDEA’s That Work:

Sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the annual Project Director’s conference "Look to the Future: TechIDEA’s that Work for Learners with Disabilities" was held on January 31-February 2, 2001. This conference brought together Principal Investigators and staff from over 100 OSEP-funded projects that focus on technology to discuss predicted future trends for learners with disabilities.

Chuck Hitchcock, NCAC’s Project Director, participated in the panel presentation, "Future Trends in Technology and Education", where he presented his futures paper titled, "Balanced Instructional Support and Challenge in Universally Designed Learning Environments".

A modified version of this article has been published in a special futures issue of the Journal of Special Education Technology (JSET), Volume 16, Number 4, Fall 2001. The reorganized and enhanced version is available in print and on line at: http://jset.unlv.edu/16.4/issuemenu.html