Educational Resources
Descriptions, Web sites, and contact information are provided below for nine projects or organizations that provide secondary transition resources to special education teachers, juvenile justice programs, and regional transition representatives. Contact information is also provided for the program liaison at the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services in the Florida Department of Education.
FDLRS Multidisciplinary Educational Service Centers
This network of five regional Multidisciplinary Educational Services
Centers provide multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluations for pre-school and
school-aged children with complex academic, medical, emotional and/or
behavioral need. The Centers also provide technical assistance and consultation
services to families, school and community agencies and pre-service and
in-service training.
Bureau Liaison: Kathy Burton, Kathy.Burton@fldoe.org
Contacts: http://www.fldoe.org/ese/pdf/managers.pdf
Websites:
FDLRS FSU – http://mdc.fsu.edu
FDLRS UofM coming soon
FDLRS UF – http://www.peds.ufl.edu/mdtp/
FDLRS UF @ Jacksonville –
http://www.hscj.ufl.edu/pediatrics/diagnostic-and-learning-resources/
FDLRS USF coming soon
FDLRS Technology State Loan Library (FDLRS TSLL)
Florida Diagnostic and Learning System provides support services to
exceptional student education programs and families of students with
exceptionalities statewide.
Bureau Liaison: Anne Glass, Anne.Glass@fldoe.org
Contact Person: Phyllis
Neal-Wilson, Phyllis_Neal-Wilson@scps.k12.fl.us
Contacts: http://www.fldoe.org/ese/pdf/managers.pdf
Website: http://www.fdlrs-tsll.scps.k12.fl.us/
Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired
(FIMC-VI)
FIMC-VI is a statewide resource center designed to assist schools in
obtaining specialized materials for students with visual impairments as well as
providing professional development to teachers and other professionals who
provide services to students who are visually impaired. In addition to housing
a professional resource library, they are also the state’s Authorized User for
the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS).
Bureau Liaison: Leanne Grillot, Leanne.Grillot@fldoe.org
Contact Person: Suzanne Dalton, sdalton@fimcvi.org
Website: http://www.fimcvi.org/
Outreach Services for the Blind/Visually impaired and the
Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
Outreach Services provides support services to school district
personnel, parents and families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, or
blind or visually impaired. Available support services include training,
information, referral services, and student assessments.
Bureau Liaison: Leanne Grillot, Leanne.Grillot@fldoe.org
Contact Person: Shelley Ardis, ardiss@fsdb.k12.fl.us
Website: http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/outreach/small-and-rural-district-support/
Project 10: Transition Education Network
The mission of Project 10: Transition Education Network, hereinafter
referred to as "Project 10," is to assist Florida school districts
and relevant stakeholders in building capacity to provide secondary transition
services to students with disabilities in order to improve their academic
success and post-school outcomes.
Bureau Liaison: Judith White, Judith.White@fldoe.org
Contact Persons: Dr. Lori Garcia, lorigarcia@usfsp.edu
Dr. Mary Podmostko, maryp@usfsp.edu
Website: www.project10.info
Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (RMTC-D/HH)
The Resource Materials & Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing is a specialized FDLRS center serving teachers of students who are deaf
and hard of hearing throughout the state of Florida.
Bureau Liaison: Leanne Grillot, Leanne.Grillot@fldoe.org
Contact Person: Shelley Ardis, ardiss@fsdb.k12.fl.us
Website: http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/outreach/rmtc/
Student Support Services Project
Student Support Services staff are charged with facilitating the
development of critical support services programs so that observable and
measurable indicators of success are achieved. This is accomplished through the
provision of technical assistance, training, research, resource development,
and policy development and interpretation to local and state educators and
parents.
Bureau Liaison: Michele Polland, Michele.Polland@fldoe.org
Contact Person: Bettye Hyle, bhyle@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Website: http://sss.usf.edu/
VSA Florida
VSA is a statewide support network responsible for the implementation of
arts programs to ensure inclusion, learning and success through the arts for
students with disabilities.
Bureau Liaison: Kathy Burton, Kathy.Burton@fldoe.org
Contact Person: Marian Winters, mwinters@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Website: http://www.vsafl.org/
