AREA COOPERATIVE FOR

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

February 2016

ACES Mission
ACES is
committed to
providing a full
continuum of
special education
and
at-risk services
for
students in
member districts
from
pre-school
through 12th
grade, as well as,
to build the
capacity of the
educators and
school systems in
addressing the
issues that
interfere with
educational
outcomes.

ACES Vision
ACES will strive to
be a
comprehensive
program of
services for
students whose
behavioral
difficulties and
academic issues
interfere with
their educational
performance. The

Important Upcoming Monthly

Due Dates Trainings To Do List

Due 03/01/2016:

Submit request to
Release Proportionate
Share Carryover funds, if
applicable

DESE Due Dates can be found

here:
http://k12reports.dese.mo.gov/Da
ta_acquisition_calendar/

Paraprofessional Training
February 25, 2016

New Special Education

Teacher Cohort Meetings
(NWMSU CIE Building):
March 15th, 2016

LASE Meetings
(Maryville Administration
Building):
March 10th, 2016-Autism

Due 04/01/2016: Cohort 1:

Begin working to clear
CAPs
Due: 05/15/2016: Cohort
2: Initial Evaluations & C to
B Transitions in IMACS
Winter Assessment Window
Open: Check for specific
dates here
http://dese.mo.gov/collegecareerreadiness/assessment
Begin collecting data for
your Graduate Follow-Up
Report for SPP Indicator 14.

Tiered Monitoring Cohort

CAP
Cohort 1
Albany
Fairfax
King City
Nodaway Holt
Pattonsburg
Stanberry
West Nodaway

2015-2016
Self-Assessment
Cohort 2
Jefferson
Maryville
North Nodaway
South Holt
Tarkio
Union Star
Worth County

Maintain
Cohort 3
Avenue City
Craig
Mound City
North Andrew
Northeast Nodaway
Rock Port
South Nodaway

Directors Desk
Several months ago I stumbled upon an article that struck me in a great way. The title was The Secret to Team
Building in Your School. Here is an excerpt:
Susan Butcher won the Iditarod race in Alaska in which dogsled teams race from Anchorage to Nome. Not only
did she win it, she won the race in four of five consecutive years. Reporters questioning her about her success
pointed out that the Iditarod is considered by many to be the most grueling competition in all of sports. They
also remarked that the competitors were mostly men. Not only did she compete on their level, she had beaten
them repeatedly. The reporters asked her to share the secret of her success. How was she and her team of dogs
able to win so consistently against all odds?
According to the story, Susan Butcher shrugged, and said that there wasnt any secret. She said it was simple:
She had figured out long ago that you just have to make sure that all of their noses are pointed in the same
direction.
That was it! The essential ingredient that makes a team!
One direction. A unified sense of purpose. A shared sense of mission. The pursuit of a common objective. Thats
what makes a team. Commitment to a common goal by every member of the team. All of the noses pointed in
the same direction!
Over the next several months, the ACES Vision Committee hopes to achieve just what this article describes as we
explore future options and plans for our cooperative. If you have input you would like give, or if you would like to

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ACES Board
Meeting
Schedule

April 7th, 2016

Area Cooperative for

Educational SupportACES

ACES

1212A S. Main
Street
Maryville, MO
64468
660.582.3768
Director
Tamara Lynn

ACES Monthly
Data Report
February Statistics

Diagnostic Assessments: 38

School Psychologist Behavior Visits: 10

School Social Worker Visits: 48

Social Worker Trainings Conducted: 3

Director Visits: 8

Director Trainings Conducted: 4

Compliance
Corner
Parent Requests
What procedural requirements exist when a
public agency does not agree with a specific
request from the parent (e.g., including a
specific goal or service in the IEP)?
State and federal regulations require that a
prior written notice must be given to the parents of a
child with a disability a reasonable time before the
public agency proposes or refuses to initiate or
change the identification, evaluation, or educational
placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the
child.
If the parent makes a request to have
something included in the childs IEP that involves
FAPE (i.e., a specific goal, service, accommodation,
modification, etc.) and the team concludes that the
item requested is not appropriate or necessary for
the current IEP, then the agency must provide the
parent with a prior written notice refusing the
parents request. The Notice of Action Refused
affords the parent the option of challenging the
teams decision through the Due Process Hearing
system.

Good schools,
like good societies and good families,
celebrate and cherish diversity.
-Deborah Meier

In The News

lynnt@maryville.k12.mo.us

A New Font May Help Students with Dyslexia Reduce

Letter Reversals When Reading

Office Manager
Heather Griffith

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/09/04/dyslexia-online-font593/

griffith@maryville.k12.mo.us

Educational
Diagnostician
Jodie Kurtz
kurtjod@maryville.k12.mo.us

Social Workers
Lisa Christmas
lisachristmas@maryville.k12.
mo.us
660.254.6136

Debbie Griffith-Fujinami
dfujinami@maryville.k12.mo.
us
660.254.6133

Donna Hurt

Fidgeting Helps Children With ADHD Learn, Study

Suggests
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/24567/20150417/
fidgeting-helps-children-with-adhd-learn-study-suggests.htm

Mental Health Tidbits

Studies now show that nearly every school has children who have been
exposed to overwhelming experiences, such as witnessing violence
between their caretakers, being the direct targets of abuse, and other kinds
of adversity. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study found
higher levels of traumatic experiences in the general population than
previously imagined. Among the approximately 17,000 adults surveyed,
just over 50% reported having experienced at least one form of childhood
adversity. These included physical, emotional or sexual abuse; witnessing
their mother treated violently; having a parent with substance abuse or
mental health issues; or, living in a household with an adult who had spent
time in prison.