TeleSPED - Special Education Development

The TeleSPED ECHO Program is a partnership of CCOSA, OSU Center for Health Sciences Project ECHO and OSU-Tulsa. This ECHO Program is uniquely designed to provide an appropriate and accessible means of support and professional development for Oklahoma administrators, educators, related service providers, as well as students that share educational responsibilities for students with disabilities.

Schedule

This ECHO is on hiatus.

Why TeleSPED?

• Studies indicate that 95% of students with disabilities are educated in general education classrooms for at least some portion of their school day and that 57% receive instruction and support in the general education classroom for most of the school day
• Oklahoma has over 510 school districts, with at least 55% being considered “rural”, and it is imperative that educational leaders promote practices to support the professional development of Oklahoma educators.
• A recent Schools and Staffing Survey indicated that nearly two-thirds of the public school teachers surveyed reported that they had not received professional development during the previous year focused on how to teach students with disabilities.

Who Should Join?

Administrators, educators, related service providers, as well as students that share educational responsibilities for students with disabilities.

Team

Andrea Kunkel, Facilitator
General Counsel
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration
Executive Director
Oklahoma Directors of Special Services

Jill Henderson, EdD, Superintendent
Cimarron Public Schools

Jacqueline Johns, NCSP
Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Collinsville Public Schools

Cade Brownell, NCSP
Training and Consulting Manager
OSU BRIDGE Center

Erika Olinger, PhD, BCBA-D
Assistant Professor/School Psychology Program Coordinator

Jessica L. Tucker
Clinical Coordinator
OSU Project ECHO

Tara Jackson
Project ECHO Director

Jade Goodson
Assistant Director

Jackie Johns
Director of Special Services
Nationally Certified School Psychologist

Submit a Case

To present a case at an upcoming TeleSPED ECHO, email Jessica.L.Tucker@okstate.eduto request an ECHO ID number. You will receive an ID and the case presentation form.