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What is the purpose of PWN?
Provides formal communication from the school district regarding decisions about their child's special education.
What is it called when a student is educated alongside their general education peers?
Least Restrictive Environment
IEP goals/objectives must align with the student’s present levels of performance.
Fact
What must be aligned with the present levels of performance?
The goals and objectives
A district cannot be found in violation of IDEA if the student makes academic progress.
False
What form must you fill out to enter a student in the Public School Information System?
PSIS
Name two things you should do before for a PPT.
Come prepared with data, collaborate with those attending, prepare the agenda, draft IEP goals/objectives, copies of triennial reevaluation, meet with the student, contact parents, send invitation 55 days prior, provide student with procedural safeguards...
Parents must provide consent before an initial evaluation occurs.
Parental consent is required for every reevaluation.
In addition to having a finalized IEP, what else must be finalized?
The summary
Best practice is that the PWN is provided when?
At the PPT meeting.
This should be created after and FBA.
BIP
Prior Written Notice must be provided before what type of action occurs?
Before the district implements the change
When something is proposed or refused
You are having difficulty finding the contact of a students last educational placement. What platform should you search?
EDSIGHT
Conduct an annual review is not a proposed action it is the purpose of the meeting. Proposed actions may be add a math goal, add an attendance goal, increase services hours, or implement IEP.
When a student arrives to your site, you should schedule and conduct the meeing as soon as possible. True/False
False, although scheudling the meeting in advance is appropriate conducting the meeting is not. Legally, the district must offer comparable services until we are able to collect enough data to support the present levels of performance/goals/objectives and recommendations of the IEP
If the PWN is provided with the IEP, how many days after the meeting is held should the IEP be implemented?
15
5 days to deliver the IEP with the PWN
10 days to review to proposed/refused actions post meeting.
Text to Speech was implemented across the district to benefit students that require additional support with reading. What is this called on the IEP?
Assistive Technology
A student wants to remain in school but does not want special education services. What is this called?
Revocation
When someone at your site requests records, where should it be documented?
Weekly Status Update Sheet
Parents must provide consent before an initial evaluation occurs.
Fact
Transition assessment section of the IEP states: PPT participation, informal student interview, and intake interview. Are these are appropriate/why or why not?
District recommends utilizing standardized forms, and assessments that are more formal in nature: PPT participation questionnaire, structured student interview, RIASEC/ONET.
A district may reduce services if a student is showing improvement.
Fact
(but must be based on data and team decision)
An under 18 year old student has been removed from class for a total of 10 school days. What must the district do?
Manifestation Determination
A student is 18 yrs old and wants to “drop out” of school. What forms must be filled out?
District Withdrawal Form
Upload CTSEDS
PSIS Form
Name one program review trend.
Transition assessments, weekly status update sheet, alignment of present levels of performance, parent input, PWN, CTSEDS log, scheduling close to drop dead dates.
You have a student that is not making academic progress nor is he meeting his goals and objectives. You held his PPT meeting 5 months ago. What should you do?
Conduct a PPT meeting to review and revise his IEP. Section 300.324 of IDEA.
A student is interested in school but does not want special education services. What is this called and what is the process?
Revocation: Fill out Intervention Form, upload to CTSEDS (if the student is already in there), submit PSIS form if previously entered in the PSIS system.
An 18 year old special education student withdrew from public education on the outside. What steps does the district take?
Procedural violations automatically result in denial of FAPE.
Myth
Name 3 transition assessments that can be used for an annual.
Onet
RIASEC
Structured student interview (standardized form)
Student Transition Questionnaire
PPT Questionnaire
Name two areas where the district has shown growth.
•Services are more individualized
•Increase and compliant transition planning sections of the IEP
•Increase of a minimum of 3 transition assessments annually
•Most procedural elements included in the summary of the IEPs
•Speech and Language services implemented across the district.
•OT and PT now available for students in need
•Training-Transition, comprehensive evaluation writing, amendments vs. technical edits, MAPS, DOJ mandates, Dyslexia, Reading Disabilities, BRS.
•Community Partnerships and Community Resource Events (York, NHCC, MYI)
•Finalization of the District Manual and MYI’s Handbook
•Full implementation of DOJ recommendations