Categories of Elgibility
Essential Acronyms
MET/IEP Doc
Numbers are Us
100
A severe discrepancy between ability and achievement identified by norm-referenced psychometric testing following failure to respond to scientifically-based academic interventions.
What is Specific Learning Disability?
100
Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team
What is the MET ?
100
This section of the IEP describes the student's present levels of performance and current strengths and needs.
What is the PLAAFP ?
100
The number of calendar days to complete an initial assessment once the signed consent is received.
What is 60 days ?
200
Health Impairment that limits the strength, vitality, or alertness that is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, ADHD, diabetes, epilepsy and adversely affects the child's academic performance.
What is Other Health Impairment (OHI) ?
200
New Mexico Technical Evaluations and Assessment Manual
What is NM TEAM ?
200
1)How often the IEP team must meet formally to review and student's IEP. 2) How often the IEP team must meet to reevaluate a student's need for special education services.
What is yearly ? What is every three years ?
200
This is the number of days a notice must be sent to the parent prior to the IEP meeting?
What is 10 days?
300
Category for children age 3 to 9 who may be experiencing delays in one or more of the following developmental areas: physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional or adaptive.
What is Developmental Delay ?
300
Student Assistance Team
What is SAT?
300
Children who need additional support are provided assistance by layering supports and interventions in order to make progress in the general education curriculum(Tiers 2 and 3).
What is the Three-Tiered Model of Student Intervention ?
300
The number of questions to be answered to determine eligibility.
What is 2? Does the student 1) have a disability as defined by IDEA 2) Does the child demonstrate a need for special education services as a consequence of that disability ?
400
Significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and adversely affects the child's involvement and progress in the general curriculum.
What is Intellectual Disability?
400
Reevaluation of Existing Evaluation Data
What is the REED ?
400
Number of the Tier in RTI that falls under Special Education Services.
What is Tier 3.
500
Significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, and adversely affects performance in the educational environment. Characteristics can include repetitive and stereotypical movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routine and unusual responses to sensory experiences.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ?
500
Individuals with Disabilities and Education Act
What is IDEA ?
500
In order to develop a MET report for reevaluation, responses of yes or no required from Student, Parent, Sponsor Teacher, Subject Area Teacher, Service Provider from these participants for this document.
What is the Review of Existing Evaluation Data and Evaluation Plan (REED) ?
500
Age at which a student ages out of special education services
What is the day a 21 year old student turns 22 years of age.
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