CASA - Stalking Awareness Month

Abby's House in conjunction with The Campus Against Sexual Assault (CASA) Project will hold two presentations on stalking and ways to deal with it during February.

The CASA Project, which operates out of the Teaching Research Institute, is a part of a US Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women grant. The project works to provide a safe, respectful campus environment for all students, staff, and faculty. Two major components of the grant are to expand victim assistance services and resources and to increase awareness and understanding about rape myths, sexual assault on college campuses, and domestic violence issues.

For information about Abby's House and upcoming events, visit the Events Page on their website.

Education Evaluation Center - 50 Years

The Education Evaluation Center (EEC) will be celebrating 50 years of service providing comprehensive educational assessments for individual's school age through adulthood for the purpose of identifying strengths and weaknesses, functional skills levels, and/or disabilities that impact their academic performance in school, in the work environment, or activities of daily living. Staff are credentialed and experienced in providing assessments to meet state and federal guidelines for public school and college age students in the areas of Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, ADHD, Post-Secondary Transition, Autism/Aspergers, and Bilingual Psychological Assessment for second language learners. More.

From the TRI Blog

Dec 14 An Update from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

Nov 2 Eleven future teachers leaders selected from across the nation to participate in Helen Keller Fellows program at TRI

Oct 13 Welcome!

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Ensuring High Quality Child Care and Preschools in Oregon

The Center on Inclusion at the Teaching Research Institute has been working with the Oregon Child Care Division to develop and test a set of standards as part of a quality rating improvement system (QRIS) for child care and education programs in Oregon. This effort reflects Oregon's commitment to ensuring that all children have access to high quality child care and preschool. A QRIS will provide families with information about early learning standards of quality and help them make early learning decisions. It also aims to improve the facilities providing child care, both family and center-based programs.

Efforts over the past two years focused on developing, piloting and field testing a set of quality standards for child care programs. Programs meeting these standards were awarded the designation of Oregon Program of Quality. We are pleased to announce that 21 child care and education programs have achieved the designation. Ten (10) of these programs are certified center-based programs and 11 are certified family child care programs. The programs are to be congratulated for their hard work and dedication to this rigorous process leading to the achievement of the research-based standards of the OPQ.

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2011 Staff Presentations

Dr. Ken Kosko from the Education Evaluation Center (EEC) presents on the impact of learning disorders and the work of the EEC.
Click below to view a video of the presentation.

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Dr. Ann Glang from the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training gave a presentation to the Ohio Department of Education on January 20, 2012. She presented: School Transition and re-Entry Program (STEP).

Children Who are Deaf-Blind with Cochlear Implants project has been busy this past year presenting across the country on a variety of topics including:

• "Cochlear Implant Intervention Strategies for Children with Deaf-Blindness," Chapel Hill, NC.
• "Communication Outcomes for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind With Cochlear Implants" for the American Speech & Hearing Association in San Diego, CA.
• "Outcomes and Influencing Factors for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind with Cochlear Implants," at the 2011 TASH Conference in Atlanta, GA.

The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness will be giving a presentation in Texas during January, 2012.

Meeting Transition Needs of Students with Visual Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorders

January 27, 2012

Region 3 ESD, Austin, TX

Featured Resources

The Role of the Emotional Brain
presented by Perkins School for the Blind.

Webcast featuring Dr. Jan van Dijk as he presents his research and ideas related to the brain, the limbic system and the impact on teaching and learning for students who are blind with additional disabilities including deafblindness.

The chapters in this webcast are: 1. Introduction, 2. Limbic System, 3. Stress, 4. Mirror Neurons, 5. Challenging Behavior, 6. Evidence Based Practice.

offers evidence-based information and resources for educators, parents, and professionals who work with students who have a traumatic brain injury.

Deaf-Blind (DB) 101 is designed to introduce you to children who are deaf-blind. These brief tutorials provide information about the nature of deaf-blindness, the impact of combined vision and hearing loss on communication and social interactions, and the importance of individualized educational strategies and supports.