Professional Development Topic/
Presenter(s)

 Number of Participants

Activity/ Location/Date

INKS / KLIPP 2007 Summer Workshop in Functional Special Education:
Managing Learners; Complex Health Care Needs in a School Setting
Dr. Donna Lehr (Boston University) and Stephanie Porter (Univ. of Mass.-Boston)

26

Workshop
Wichita
June 29-30, 2007

INKS / KLIPP 2007 Summer Workshop in Functional Special Education:
Assistive Technology for Learners Who Have Significant Support Needs
Kelly Fonner, AT Consultant
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

43

Workshop
Hays
June 8-9, 2007

Scoring the Alternate Assessment—Two half-day workshops conducted via IDL (Debbie Matthews and Susan Bashinski)

292

IDL Workshops
8 sites
February 27, 2007

Families Together Annual Conference: Inclusion of Learners with Severe Disabilities in General Ed. Classrooms
(Kerri Anderson and Shirley Wilson)

30

Invited Presentation
Lenexa
February 17, 2007

Effective Classroom Management Strategies for Learners with Significant Support Needs—Benton Elementary (Shirley Wilson)

15

In-service
Wichita USD 259
February, 2007

Strategies for Supporting Vision Needs of Learners Who are Deaf or Significantly Hard of Hearing—Part Two (Susan Bashinski and Rebecca Obold Geary)

10

In-service
Kansas School for the Deaf—Olathe
January 23, 2007

Strategies for Supporting Vision Needs of Learners Who are Deaf or Significantly Hard of Hearing—Part One (Susan Bashinski and Rebecca Obold Geary)

12

In-service
Kansas School for the Deaf—Olathe
January 11, 2007

Developing & Implementing Individual PBS for Elementary Students with Significant Support Needs—two half-day sessions (Shirley Wilson)

45

In-service
Wichita USD 259
January 3, 2007

Functional Methods with Learners with Severe Disabilities and Significant Support Needs (Shirley Wilson)

4

WSU SPED Course—Wichita
November 7, 2006

Functional Adaptations for Learners with Severe Disabilities—Para-educator Training (Ellen Vogts)

51

In-service--Spring Hill USD 230
November 1, 2006

How To’s of the Kansas Alternate Assessment—A series of three, full-day workshops conducted via IDL (Debbie Matthews and Susan Bashinski)

367

IDL Workshops
10 sites—
Oct. 27, Nov. 8 & 15, 2007

Focus on Learners with Significant Support Needs: Individual PBS (Part 1) and Oral-Motor Techniques (Part 2)—District-wide In-service (Shirley Wilson)

16

In-service
Wichita USD 259
October 16, 2006

Communication Strategies for Learners with Severe Disabilities & Significant Support Needs—Para-educator Training (Susan Bashinski)

76

In-service
Turner USD 202
Kansas City, KS
Sept. 22, 2006

Inclusion for Students with Severe Disabilities & Significant Support Needs (Janet Bates and Pam Shanks, invited presenters)

23

KU SPED Grad Course--Lawrence
Late August, 2006

INKS / KLIPP 2006 Summer Workshop in Functional Special Education:
Assistive Technology from A to Z:  Applications for Students with Severe Disabilities (Kelly Fonner)

41

Workshop
Hays
August 4-5, 2006

INKS / KLIPP 2006 Summer Workshop in Functional Special Education:
Inclusion of Students with Severe Disabilities in General Education (Ellen Vogts, Jennifer Tillberg, and Shirley Wilson)

38

Workshop
Wichita
July 21-22, 2006