Previous Teleseminars and Web Events

Webcasts and teleseminars are two strategies the Center employs to provide Web-based technical assistance to SEAs, school districts, parents and other target audiences. These events, offered on a quarterly basis, focus on issues affecting dropout and/or effective programs and strategies to reduce dropout rates for students with disabilities. Researchers and/or content experts are the featured presenters for these events.

Teleseminars are 90 minutes in length, providing approximately 60 minutes of content and a 30-minute question-and-answer session. Following each teleseminar, an audio copy of the event is provided to each participant and the transcript from the event is posted online for extended conversation with the presenter for a 10-day period. Transcripts from the seminars are also archived on the Center's website to increase access to a wider audience.

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Teleseminars and Web Events

• Dr. Jose Blackorby

• Translating National Data into State and Local Practice

• Key Points (pdf)
• Transcript (pdf)
• Discussion Flyer (pdf)

• Audio

• Entire Seminar (mp3) - 15.2 MB, 1:28:33

• Dr. Brian Cobb

• Dropout Prevention and Youth with Disabilities: What the Research Says Really Works!

• Introduction (pdf)
• Characteristics (pdf)
• Research (pdf)
• SRW (pdf)
• Standards (pdf)
• Studies (pdf)
• Summary (pdf)
• Closing Remarks (pdf)
• Q&A (pdf)
• Discussion Flyer (pdf)
• Flyer (pdf)
• All (pdf)

• Video

• Introduction (mp4) - 3.3 MB, 1:13
• Characteristics (mp4) - 5.9 MB, 2:06
• Research (mp4) - 15.9 MB, 5:43
• SRW (mp4) - 7.4 MB, 2:47
• Standards (mp4) - 24.7 MB, 9:09
• Studies (mp4) - 36.1 MB, 13:02
• Summary (mp4) - 2.3 MB, 0:50
• Closing Remarks (mp4) - 1.8 MB, 0:56
• Q&A (mp4) - 1.8 MB, 0:56
• All (mp4) - 204.4 MB, 1:26:58

• Dr. Jim Knight

• The Big Four: A Framework for Improving Instruction That Leads to School Completion

• Introduction (pdf)
• Transcript (pdf)
• Materials (pdf)
• Presentation and Q & A (pdf)
• Closing Remarks (pdf)
• Flyer (pdf)

• Audio

• Introduction (mp4) - 3.3 MB, 3:27
• Presentation Q and A (mp4) - 73.3 MB, 1:16:55
• Closing Remarks (mp4) - 1.9 MB, 1:58
• Entire Seminar (mp4) - 78.6 MB, 1:22:35

• Dr. Larry Kortering

• Dropout Prevention: The (Ex) Students' Perspective

• Presentation (pdf)
• Transcript (pdf)
• Discussion Flyer (pdf)
• Flyer (doc)
• Web Board Directions (pdf)

• Dr. Camilla Lehr

• Key Points of Effective Approaches to Increasing Graduation Rates for All Students

• Transcript (pdf)
• Key Points (pdf)
• Slides (pdf)
• October - Dropout Flyer (pdf)
• Discussion Flyer (pdf)
• Biography (doc)

• Dr. María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel

• Increasing School Holding Power for All Students

• Transcript (pdf)
• Key Points (pdf)
• Discussion Flyer (pdf)
• Flyer (doc)

• Audio

• Overview of IDRA Research (mp3) - 19.0 MB, 20:47
• Five Characteristics of School Holding Power (mp3) - 1.2 MB, 1:21
• Overview of Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program (mp3) - 3.2 MB, 3:30
• Seven Lessons from Texas (mp3) - 12.6 MB, 13:45
• Quality Schools Action Framework (mp3) - 8.9 MB, 9:43
• Entire Seminar (mp3) - 15.1 MB, 1:28:09

• Dixie Jordan, Deborah Leuchovius, Aurelio Montemayor

• Partnering with Parents in Dropout Prevention: "The Need and the How"

• Introduction (pdf)
• Presenter Information (pdf)
• Transcript (pdf)
• Closing Remarks (pdf)
• Dixie Jordan, Deborah Leuchovius (pdf)
• Aurelio Montemayor (pdf)
• Parents Flyer (pdf)
• Parents Handout (pdf)

• Audio

• Introduction (mp4) - 1.6 MB, 7:21
• Jordan/Leuchovius Presentation (mp4) - 47.9 MB, 51:26
• Montemayor Presentation (mp4) - 22.8 MB, 24:26
• Closing Remarks (mp4) - 1.6 MB, 1:43
• Entire Seminar (mp4) - 77.4 MB, 1:23:10

Teleseminars and Web Events

Related Links

• Research Synthesis
  Syntheses of research examining effective practices in dropout prevention for students with disabilities
• Practice Guide
  Guides to help teachers and school staff put research-based practices into place to support students with disabilities
• SPP Toolkit Services
• Recommend an Evidence-Based Dropout-Prevention Program