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State Agency Grant Product Award
CBIRT was awarded the Most Popular State Agency Grant Product Award at the Fourteenth Annual Health Resources and Services Administration Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Program Leadership Meeting held March 22-23, 2012 in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. The award was given for our Fact of the Matter Research Brief, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion: An Overview.
TRI Staff Awards
 Cindi Mafit from the TRI Grants Management Office has been awarded the Financial Management Certificate from the Society of Research Administrators after completing professional development on the financial management of sponsored program activity and financial and compliance management systems. The certificate provides an understanding of the regulatory foundation for the direct and indirect costing of sponsored program activity, financial management decision-making and system development.
Ingrid Amerson has been awarded the Director's Credential from the Oregon Center for Career Development and Childhood Care and Education at Portland State University. The credential meets NAEYC qualifications for a Program Administrator and certifies excellence in organizational management, financial management, human resources, facility management and communication.
TRI-Child Development Center Awarded Prestigious OPQ
The TRI-Child Development Center successfully completed the Oregon Program of Quality (OPQ). According to director Ingrid Amerson, "We are very proud and excited to have achieved OPQ Designation for our child care program."
The OPQ process enhances and recognizes the quality of child care programs, resulting in a state designation as a quality program.
More about OPQ. (Opens new window)
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Orientation for Community Colleges
The Center on Inclusion will welcome faculty from four Oregon Community Colleges to an orientation and planning meeting for the Paraprofessional Preparation for Improvement Program (PAPI) project. The orientation, which will be held at WOU this Spring will begin a process of enhancing or developing coursework to enable paraprofessionals currently working toward an Associate degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) to work with young children with disabilities.
Dr. Patti Blasco is the principal investigator and Tom Udell is project coordinator for this four year project. More on PAPI.
NCDB Welcomes New Employee
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Amy Parker in her appointment as the new Associate Director for the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB). Many at TRI may know Amy through her work with NTAC several years ago, as well as through other positions she's held over the years. Amy brings rich experiences and training to this position.
New Grant Award
CEPE is proud to announce Project SITE (Students Involved with Their Environment). As part of this two-year project, 20 to 30 rural, high-need middle and high schools in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington will submit proposals to carry out service learning projects in their communities that focus on climate change or protecting America's waters.
Dr. Bonnie Morihara is Director this two-year environmental education project funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Evaluation Research Group Office at TRI
Since its inception, ERGO has contracted with clients across a broad geographic and professional spectrum providing rigorous, client responsive evaluations and needs assessments generating information and evidence on which to make decisions. Key to this is intensive work with clients to clarify, focus, and finalize what it is they want to know and/or be able to do with findings.
"Evaluators are guilty until proven innocent."
- Michael Quinn Patton
"Being an evaluator is not easy. Telling someone you're an evaluator is like telling them that you're a cross between a proctologist and an IRS auditor."
- David Chavis
With these sentiments toward evaluation and evaluators, why would anyone willingly choose to be an evaluator? The reasons are many. Certainly the work has been infinitely varied and interesting, taking us from the smallest of rural Oregon towns to major urban areas, from early childhood education through adult education, and a host of different clients.
Clearly, observing the state of education and lives of educators and students at all levels, and the contexts in which they work and live makes for a fascinating professional life. From the humor, joy and interesting behaviors (ducking thrown chairs) seen through hundreds of observations in Head Start classrooms, to the anger and hostility seen in large urban focus groups (with grown adults standing on tables and shouting), to the dedication and professionalism seen in hundreds of observations and interviews of public school teachers, we have seen and learned much. From the long days of driving to places like Clatskanie, Astoria, Huntington, Nyssa, Tygh Valley, Charleston, Coquille, Madras, Medford, Ontario, Roseburg, Portland, and many places in between, we become attuned to the many cultures of Oregon and how to effectively work with people from every corner of the state.
On a deeper level, however, is the belief and knowledge that you can make a positive difference in the world by bringing an unbiased, critical lens to programs, practices, and policies for the purpose of improvement, and, when deemed prudent, to bring an end to wasteful, ineffective efforts. Evaluation and evaluators make a difference.
More about ERGO.
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Presentations & Workshops
Navigating the Oregon Diploma Options
Do you have questions about the Oregon Diploma for students with disabilities, the Modified Diploma, Extended Diploma, or Alternative Certificate? How do the Essential Skills Rules apply to other diploma options?
Jackie Burr and Sandra Gruhn will answer these questions and more at the 2012 COSA Annual Conference on June 20, 2012.
The session will address all of the diploma options, essential skills, timelines, consents, and recent changes to services for 18-21 year old students.
Training Opportunities Beginning in May, 2012
TRI is proud to announce the addition of two experienced educators and trainers in the fields of special education and transition to our training staff, Jackie Burr and Sandra Gruhn. With over 70 years of combined experience, these highly acclaimed professionals will work with your district or agency to plan professional development that will meet the individual needs of staff and administrators alike.
More information about training opportunities in the areas of Special Education and transition.
For more information contact Pattie Johnson at 503-838-8779.
Data Tools for Post-School Outcomes
Pattie Johnson and Brian Johnson presented at the Annual Capacity Building Institute held May 8-11, 2012 in Charlotte North Carolina. Their session was titled - Data Tools for Tying-In-school variables to Post-school Outcomes.
More information on Technology and Information Management Services
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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.
TBI Education offers evidence-based information and resources for educators, parents, and professionals who work with students who have a traumatic brain injury.
For more information on CBIRT projects
 Education Evaluation Center Director, Dr. Ken Kosko, presents on the impact of learning disorders and the work of the EEC.
Click above to view the presentation.
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.
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