The component is designed to provide quality support to the Special Education programs in Region 14 in a way that assures excellence in student achievement. Much of the training is designed for interdisciplinary teams from both regular and special education.
Training is based on the needs identified through an annual needs assessment.
Topics such as assistive devices, inclusion, instructional strategies, discipline and behavior management, developmentally appropriate curriculum, and handicapped specific strategies such as classroom modification for the visually impaired or strategies for teaching students with traumatic brain injury. Upon request from a local district, a specialist is provided for an individual in-depth assessment of a student.