Project TransTeam

03/30/2021

Barton Research Lab discusses how DEC Recommended Practices promote making environments accessible to all physically, socially, and instructionally. Great work. Check it out! 👏👏👏

03/18/2021

Thank you, Learn the Signs. Act Early. Virginia. ❤

02/16/2021

Remember this always: Special Education is a noun! It is a service. It is not a place. It is not a child. ❤

Special education is services and supports, it's specially designed instruction, it's access to a free and appropriate public education.

It's not an adjective to describe a student, a room, or a curriculum. IDEA, in it's original design, was a civil rights law, an anti-discrimination law. The line from Brown v Board to IDEA is straight as "separate but not equal" logically applied to students with disabilities as well. Yet, in practice, it's been an uphill battle for equity and belonging.

The widely held misconception that there is delineation between general education and special education - that there are two different educational tracks/curricula - is relentlessly harmful. Special education entitles a student to the supports and services they need to access the general education curriculum. A small percentage of students have more intensive support needs and, potentially a modified curriculum, but that still doesn't make them a "special education student."

Shifting our language to be more precise is essential in combating ableism and destigmatizing disability. Remember, IDEA exists because schools will not educate students with various support needs without a legal obligation. We contribute to deficit narratives and ableist views when we refer to students as "special education students."

If you're engaged in anti-racist, anti-bias work, special education must be included. Much of the worst impacts of racism and bias in our school system manifests in special education. We have to change our language in order to focus on systems of support and/or oppression rather than labeling students themselves.

Instead of "special ed students" (or worse, sped students), we can say students with supports or students receiving services. What words do you use/prefer?
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#abar #inclusion #ungrading #quaranteaching #SelfRegulation #TeachingIsIntellectual #TeachersOfInstagram #AntiRacistEducation #WeTeach #AntiBiasEducation #TheIsTeacherPrep #TraumaInformedEducation #TraumaInformedCare #InclusiveEducation #RadicalEducation #RadicalEducator #BehaviorIsCommunication #SocialEmotionalLearning #FundPublicEducation #PandemicPedagogy

02/10/2021

This. ❤

Thank you Toyota USA for featuring Jessica Long in your Super Bowl ad. It means everything! ❤

I showed Myah the Toyota USA super bowl ad this morning featuring Jessica Long and and her face lit up and she said “that girl has crutches like me.” She then crawled over, grabbed her crutches, stood up and said “I want to be like that girl.” For Myah to see someone “like her” means so much more than people realize and on such a huge platform...unbelievable! Aaron and I were so impressed that Toyota used their super bowl ad to feature someone with a disability...amazing and with such an awesome message! Not many companies would do that.
Thank you so, so much Toyota and Jessica Long!

#L2Myelomeningocele #fetalsurgery #spinabifida #Myelomeningocele #spinabeautiful #wonderwoman #micropreemie #spinabifidaawarenessmonth #hydrocephalus #hailtothelittlevictor #toyotausa #jessicalong #iwanttobelikethatgirltoo

02/10/2021

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UAB School of Health Professions UAB School of Education UAB Department of Occupational Therapy

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UAB School of Health Professions UAB School of Education UAB Department of Occupational Therapy

01/28/2021

Check it out! A great resource for setting up student papers!

Students: Have you seen this guide? It shows how to set up the major sections of an APA Style student paper: the title page or cover page, the text and headings, tables and figures, and the reference list.
https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/student-paper-setup-guide.pdf?utm_campaign=apa_publishing&utm_medium=display_social_media&utm_source=books&utm_content=student_paper_setup_guide&utm_term=fb_tw

#APAStyle #7thEdition #APA7 #APA7th #APAformat

01/26/2021

Big news! The Family Behavior Support App (FBSApp) is available for FREE on the Apple Store!! Please share!

Big congratulations, Barton Research Lab! 👏👏👏

We are SO excited to announce that FBSApp is available for FREE on the Apple Store!!
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Link to download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/family-behavioral-support/id1475544488#?platform=iphone
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As always, if you have questions or need support using the app please reach out to us at [email protected]!

01/15/2021

UAB United: Robin's Story

Check it out! Our ECSE students have the invaluable opportunity to learn from Dr. Robin Ennis! She's amazing!

Pandemic forces us to balance home life and work

In the classroom, Associate Professor Robin Ennis, Ph.D., encourages her education students to take time for self-care activities to sustain their well-being — something this mother of triplet boys has to do as she juggles between classroom and remote teaching and home-schooling. "It's good to be a part of the united spirit to support one another during these times," she said. ❤️

UAB is united in the fight against COVID-19. Robin Ennis, Ph.D., shares her story as an associate professor in UAB's School of Education.SUBSCRIBE: https://...

01/05/2021

FY2021 Funding Bill Includes $230 Million Increase for Federal Early Learning and Care Programs

Wonderful news! Increased early childhood funding for FY2021!

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressional leaders released the details of a federal spending bill to fund the government through the remainder of FY2021. The package includes important funding increases for core federal early childhood education programs, including the Child Care and Development Block Gra...

12/14/2020

Check out this important work from Barton Research Lab! ✔️

In this Dignity and Disability post, we highlight the advantages of labels for early identification and intervention and what we can do to mitigate perceived disadvantages of labels. Share with us how you respect individuals and encourage a positive identity at #bartonlabshares
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See the link in our bio for additional resources:https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-web/lab-wpcontent/sites/96/2020/06/14143818/DD_-Labels.pdf
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If you have any questions about this or supporting social emotional competence in young children, you can email us here: [email protected]. We will be regularly checking and responding to this email. @erinebarton

12/05/2020

Check it out!

NEW Service Coordination in Early Intervention Joint Position Statement. The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the IDEA Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA) collaborated on this joint position statement to acknowledge the importance of early intervention (EI) service coordination and recognize the expertise and needs of the professionals who provide this service.
 dec-sped.org/news

11/05/2020

Excellent new resource for using the Pyramid Model practices during virtual teaching! Check it out! 👏👏👏

New Resource!
#PyramidModel Practices for Virtual Learning Checklist!
This checklist provides teachers with guidance about using Pyramid Model practices within #VirtualLearning.

Download from our resource library: https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/resources/index.html

10/25/2020

Behavior Wheels: Resources to Help Parents and Caregivers

Check out the interactive tools on behavior from Zero to Three! ❤️❤️❤️ https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/2982-behavior-wheels-resources-to-help-parents-and-caregivers#chapter-2858

Empower the parents and caregivers in your programs with these indispensable and easy-to-use resources.

10/15/2020

Research & Resources | NCAEP | The National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice

Check it out! 👏👏👏

2020 NCAEP Evidence-Based Practices Report Our National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence & Practice team at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute has completed our NEW report on Evidence Based Practices (EBPs). The report includes literature published from 2012-2017 and the findings ar...

10/14/2020

Division for Early Childhood's 36th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families2.0

Please take advantage of this opportunity to attend the DEC Conference virtually! Discounts for everyone to register!

10/13/2020

Calling on families of young children to participate!

🌟Study opportunity!🌟
Barton Lab is recruiting participants for a study to test out a newly developed Family Behavior Support App (FBSApp). We are looking for families with children less than 6 years old who engage in challenging behavior. Participating families will receive access to the app and ongoing professional support to use the app. Families will receive $300 for completing the study.
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Contact (615)852-5893 or [email protected]l.com for more information.

09/28/2020

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Intelligent Teaching
"I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our concept of the richness in human capacity."
Sir Ken Robinson

The school system we have all been marinated in has left many of us with an interesting take on the nature of intelligence. Few of us are aware that there are many different aspects to human intelligence, and that the traditional education uses-tests-and-measures just a small fraction of the intelligence-potentialities each student is born with.

The cost of a system so ill suited to the biological reality of the human child is great, both to the child who comes to believe they are thick when they are not, and to society which has to find a way to rehabilitate students who leave schooling without having grown their particular set of intelligences.

#intelligenceistheabilitytomakeconnections #mulitipleintelligences #intelligentteaching #intelligenceiswhatyoudowhenyoudontknowwhattodo

09/24/2020

This! ✅

Welcome to Inclusion 101!

09/24/2020

Election Series | The Future of Special Education: Addressing the Root of Disproportionate Funding by Erica O. Lee – AJE Forum

Check out this article by Erica Lee, Project TransTeam alum and PhD candidate at UAB! So proud! 💚💛💚
UAB School of Education

September 22, 2020 Election Series | The Future of Special Education: Addressing the Root of Disproportionate Funding by Erica O. Lee Photo by Element5 Digital and Kelli Tungay on Unsplash This is the third contribution in the AJE Forum Election Issues series. Together, these pieces will introduce a...

09/22/2020

Missouri Awarded $18 Million Literacy Development Grant

Wow! Shout out to Project TransTeam alum, Dr. Candace Kuby, on this amazing grant award! Couldn't be prouder! ❤️

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) was one of 11 states to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) program. The $18 million grant will be distributed over five years, allowing the state to advance...

09/21/2020

We are grateful for Justice Ginsburg's lifetime of service to defend the rights of people with disabilities. Her influence and memory will be eternal. ❤️

As the author of the landmark Olmstead v. L.C. decision, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg freed Americans with disabilities from a life of segregation and isolation by affirming the right to live and receive services in the community of their choice. Her opinion also expanded the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act to people with mental health disabilities.

We thank Justice Ginsburg for her lifetime of service and hope she continues to inspire others to defend the rights of people with disabilities for decades to come.

For more information on Olmstead: https://www.olmsteadrights.org/

09/17/2020

Excellent visual! ❤️

"Who knew how helpful a bowl of M&Ms could be in helping to explain this important concept in early intervention?!"❤️

As an early intervention provider, my role is not to “fix” a child’s deficits.

My role is to empower parents with strategies to embed into their daily routines and interactions to support their child’s learning and development.

Spending only one hour per week with the child means that I cannot be the primary agent of change. Parents and caregivers are the primary agents of change in a young child’s life.

Most toddlers are awake an average of 12 hours per day, for a total of 84 hours per week.

I know what strategies are being focused on with the child during our one hour session per week; but I am most concerned about what happens the other 83 hours the child is awake in a week.

Using M&Ms as a visual tool, I can share this concept easily with parents. I put 83 M&Ms of one color into a bowl and explain that they represent the 83 hours the child is awake and NOT in my presence. Then I add one M&M of another color to represent the one hour I spend with the child each week.

The early intervention session is for coaching parents on specific strategies to embed into daily routines and interactions with the child. Life is when the child practices and masters new developmental skills.

In other words, learning for the parent/caregiver happens during the session; learning for the child happens between sessions.

Who knew how helpful a bowl of M&Ms could be in helping to explain this important concept in early intervention?!

If you are looking for more tips on coaching, be sure to check out my early intervention handouts that are available on my website.
https://www.cariebertseminars.com/store/c11/Early_Intervention_Handouts.html

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09/15/2020

Whether in person or zooming, anything is possible with this amazing team! 💚

Many thanks to the families who always are willing to teach us so much! 💚💛
#ProjectTransTeam UAB School of Health Professions UAB School of Education UAB Department of Occupational Therapy Jennifer L. Kilgo💛

09/10/2020

Remote Teaching Tips for Students With Disabilities

Check it out! Thanks for sharing, Division for Early Childhood (DEC)!❤️

Learn about ways to engage in thoughtful and holistic ways with your students that have special needs even while teaching remotely.

09/04/2020

Yes, we agree, RISE Center, Tuscaloosa! ❤️

"Friday, we've been looking for you!" ❤️

Could they be any cuter? Thanks for making us smile! ❤️

Friday, we've been looking for you!

09/02/2020

Project TransTeam's cover photo

09/02/2020

We enjoyed the first in-person class with our 2020-2021 Project TransTeam graduate students from physical therapy, occupational therapy, and early childhood special education.
We took temps, physically distanced, and followed the protocol! Many thanks to our colleagues in the UAB School of Health Professions! 😊 #safetyfirst #ProjectTransTeam

UAB School of Health Professions UAB Department of Occupational Therapy UAB School of Education UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham

09/01/2020

CEC Releases EI/ECSE Standards!

Woohoo! Our first stand alone standards in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE)! ❤️

The Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators (EI/ECSE) were approved by the CEC B

08/13/2020

6 Musts for Effective Tele-Intervention with Families of Young Children | Brookes Publishing Co.

For effective tele-intervention visits, try these six recommendations from Brookes Publishing Co.!❤️

6 Musts for Effective Tele-Intervention with Families of Young Children Home Newsletters Early Childhood newsletter 6 Musts for Effective Tele-Intervention with Families of Young Children Over the past few months, social distancing and public health guidelines have rapidly elevated tele-intervention...

08/03/2020

Thank you, Barton Research Lab, for this helpful resource! ❤️

As we fall back into school, children may have new routines and social norms such as wearing masks and having their temperatures checked. This post provides a variety of resources to help kids understand the importance of masks and temperature checks and tips for teachers and parents to support children with these new norms. Even if school will be virtual for your school or childcare center, these resources will be helpful anytime children must leave the house with a mask.
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Link to mask social story:https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/Wearing-Masks_Story.pdf
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Link to masks tip sheet:https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/Wearing-Masks_Tipsheet.pdf
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Link to supporting children in a pandemic tip sheet:https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/Pandemic_helping-your-child_tipsheet.pdf
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If you have any questions about this or supporting social emotional competence in young children, you can email us here: [email protected]. We will be regularly checking and responding to this email. @erinebarton