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FDLRS Human Resource Development

Welcome to FDLRS Sunrise! Serving Polk and Hardee Counties

FDLRS mission is to :

Identifies and helps meet individual personnel development needs within the service area. Staff needs assessment link (Coming Soon)
Provides information about training, resources, and promising practices that respond to personnel development needs. FDLRS Professional Learning Opportunities Brochure
Provides multi-level training designed to meet the specific needs of individual school districts. Administrator tool to plan in service.
Makes available information, training, equipment, and other resources that support the attainment of state and school district goals.
Publishes newsletter for stakeholders Fall 2009 Insert
Assists in the development and delivery of educational services to support the initiatives of the Florida Department of Education's Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services.

Professional Development:

Florida Diagnostic Learning Resources System (FDLRS), in collaboration with Exceptional Student Education (ESE), and Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD) is offering a series of free workshops for families and educators of students with disabilities. The Positive Behavior Support workshops can be attended separately; however, the information builds with each session. The trainings: Strategies for Class/Homework and Social Skills, and Transitioning from School Age to Adulthood are stand alone trainings.

CARD Workshops

Need endorsement, recertification or out-of-field credit?

Instructional Strategies Professional Development Opportunities for Fall 2009

Online Opportunities

Professional Development Alternatives for Exceptional Student Educators (PDA-ESE)
PDA ESE Online Courses

Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum Online Content Review Module
http://FDLRSHRD.NEFEC.org/IC/

Virtual ESE Distance Learning Program
http://virtualese.nefec.org

Elementary K-6 Online Content Review Module
http://fdlrshrd.nefec.org/elemk6

Strategic Instructional Model
http://fdlrshrd.nefec.org/SIM.aspx

Resources

Web Links

Literacy, Math & Science Resources
http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/resources/ese/resources.htm
Response to Intervention
http://www.rtitlc.ucf.edu/
FDLRS State Unit
www.fdlrs.org
Tiered Lessons
Indiana Supporting Student Success

Agencies and Organizations

American Association on Mental Retardation www.aamr.org
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) www.asha.org
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH) www.tash.org
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) www.ascd.org
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) www.add.org
Autism Society of America (ASA) www.autism-society.org
Autism of America (Florida Chapter) www.autismfl.com
Brain Injury Association www.biausa.org
Bureau of Exceptional Education & Student Services (BEESS) www.firn.edu/doe/commhome
Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) www.ucf-card.org
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) www.chadd.org
Children’s Medical Services www.cms-kids.com
Clearinghouse Information Center www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/clerhome.htm
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) www.cec.sped.org
Division for Communicative Disabilities & Deafness (DCDD) http://education.gsu.edu/dcdd
Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL) www.cec.sped.org/dv/ddel
Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) www.teachingld.org
Division for Physical and Health Disabilities (DPHD) www.cec.sped.org/dv/dphd
Division on Developmental Disabilities (DDD) www.dddcec.org
Division on Visual Impairments (DVI) www.ed.arizona.edu/dvi
ets. Educational Testing Service www.ets.org
Family Network on Disabilities (FND) www.fndfl.org
Florida Department of Education www.fldoe.org
Florida Developmental Disabilities Council www.fddc.org
Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) www.fdlrs.com
Florida Inclusion Network (FIN) www.floridainclusionnetwork.com
Florida ’s Central Directory www.centraldirectory.org
Florida ’s Transition Project www.floridatransitionproject.com
Information Center on Disabilities and Gifted Education www.ericec.org
International Dyslexia Association www.interdys.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America www.ldanatl.org
Multi-Agency Network for Students with Emotional Disabilities (SEDNET) www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/sedhome.htm
National Alliance for Autism Research www.autism.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) www.nami.org
National Association for Gifted Children www.nagc.org
National Association for the Education for Young Children (NAEYC) www.naeyc.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities www.kidsource.com/NICHCY
Special Olympics Florida www.sofl.org
Student Support Services http://sss.usf.edu
TASH (formerly The Association for the Severely Disabled) www.tash.org
Technical Assistance and Training System (TATS) www.tats.ucf.edu/index.php
The Association for the Gifted (TAG) www.cectag.org
Tourette Syndrome Association http://www.tsa-usa.org
United Cerebral Palsy Association (UCP) www.ucpa.org
For More links go to the Transition Link

Selected State Performance Plan Indicators

Newsletter Archives

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The Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System is funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Division of Public Schools and Community Education, Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services, through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Part B; IDEA Part B, Preschool; and State General Revenue Funds.

Polk County Public Schools, Staff

Quick Links

FDLRS Professional Development Opportunities