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Wizdom Education is a division of Wizdom Systems, a Naperville,
Illinois based company that has been providing government and corporate clients
with business process reengineering, instructional design, training, and services
since 1986.
How We Began
We started our work in Special Education in 1999 after we won a grant from the
U.S. Department of Education. They asked us to apply the experience we gained in
automating private industry and government to fix the transition process, making
it more efficient. We achieved our goal!
Our research showed that despite all the good intentions, the transition process
itself is broken. Parents, students, and educators are not getting the results
they expect, and the costs are too high. Consider for example, that the overhead
cost of SE is 3 times that of Regular Education. Clearly, outcomes would be better
if the money were spent on the children, not on the system. The U.S. Education
Department agreed with our conclusions of the inadequecy of the transition
process.
Our initial installations show that we can take 25% of the cost out of
administration. The challenge we now have is not technology but getting the word
out.
Wizdom Education Today
We are proud to say that highly regarded school districts use our products to:
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Dramatically improve the processes they have in place today
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Collect and process all information - in real time
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Facilitate measurements leading to outcomes as recognized and anticipated
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Provide outcomes for every individual which are as good as those provided by
their best people
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Return the maximum Federal funds to the school district
Products and Services
Through hands-on experience, extensive research, and actively listening to the
concerns of SE providers, we've now developed (and continue to develop!) very
distinct products and services that can work separately or together to get the job
done:
Wizdom Transplanner!
web-based Individual Transition Plans (ITP).
TransPlanner bridges the gap between technology and student need. Via the Internet,
TransPlanner automatically develops Individual Transition Plans (ITP) for students
with disabilities at the completion of an easy-to-use survey.
Wizdom LiveIEP!
web-based Individual Individualized Education Program (IEP).
With LiveIEP!, case managers receive the benefits of accessing and working with
the most current IEP forms anywhere, anytime.
Wizdom LMSLive!
web-based Learning Management System (LMS).
LMSLive! is a simple, direct, economical web-based LMS designed to give the entire
workforce access to e-learning from a single point of access using only a web
browser.
IEP/ITP Continuing Professional Development Classes
Earn CEU's and CPDU's through Wizdom Education, an ISBE-approved professional
evelopment activity provider!
Wizdom LiveAid!
Special Education Portal for Special Education service providers.
Service providers keep track of and file Medicaid records via the Internet.
No more forms, no more clerical errors, and faster and more accurate payment!
Wizdom EducationLive!
A one-stop resource designed to help special education teachers, administrators,
parents, and students better manage and enjoy the day-to-day challenges of
getting the best possible education. Service providers enter their information
into the database, which is then accessible to school districts and teachers.
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