TAcommunities

Welcome to the TAcommunities website

TAcommunities is one place for stakeholders to learn, share, and coalesce around issues using the Communities of Practice (CoP) approach that is supported by the Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network (TA&D) and the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

TAcommunities also provide resources and support to states on issues that impact students and children with disabilities, and their families.  The CoP approach can also be used to extend TA (technical assistance) to states through collaboration on topics like the SPP/APR process. 

The purpose of the TA&D Network is

• to provide technical assistance, disseminate useful information,
• implement activities that are supported by scientifically-based research, and
• to promote academic achievement and improve results for children with disabilities.
• to find more information go to: TA&D Network
  

Another place to find CoP work within the TA&D Network is at the SharedWork site at http://www.sharedwork.org, part of the IDEA Partnership.

Click on the blue tab (second one in the upper left corner) to see our Communities.  Click here for a brief web tour of this web site and click here for a copy of our mission.