Referrals
If a parent requests SPED testing, what is the 1st form that should be completed?
Parent Referral for Special Education
Which type of IEP goals require baseline data?
All goals
Which Tier is the primary focus for SST meetings?
Tier 2
A parent tells a teacher at parent-teacher conference that they would like their child tested for a disability. What should the teacher do?
Complete a Parent Request for SPED Services form
Where do all Child Find referrals go?
SST Meeting
How many days is allowed as a testing window to be in compliance for an initial evaluation?
45 school days
When a parent referral for SPED testing is made, what 2 options/forms must the SST team consider/use?
1) Permission to Test
OR
2) Refusal to Take Action
Timmy was referred by his parent for SPED testing. The SST determined that SPED testing was appropriate. Does Timmy remain in SST during the SPED testing? Why or Why Not?
Yes, Timmy remains in SST so that interventions by the general education teacher are implemented and data is collected.
Where do all parent referrals go?
SST Meeting
What is the testing deadline for a re-evaluation?
In time to meet the student's eligibility deadline
Who is responsible for overseeing implementation of interventions that are assigned by the SST
General Education Teachers or Principal
6th grader Janet was assigned an intervention last SST. Mr. Terry, Janet's teacher, is reporting at today's SST that he was only able to secure 4 data points. Can the SST make a determination about whether SPED testing should occur?
It depends
What step should be taken when a parent requests SPED testing and the SST determines SPED testing is not appropriate?
Send the parent a completed Refusal to Take Action form
List 2 times when a parent receives/is offered the Procedural Safeguards
1) In conjunction with the Permission to Test form
2) During an IEP/ELG meeting
Out of the following student concerns, which one should NOT be brought to SST for Tier 2 consideration: Academic, social-emotional, behavioral, mental health?
All of them can be brought to SST
An SST decided to complete a Refusal to Take Action form for a parent referral for SPED testing. List at least 3 factors that the team must have considered to make this determination?
State testing progress: present and historical
Classroom performance: grades, progress
Teacher input
Attendance
When a student is referred by a teacher to the SST team, whose responsibility is it to inform the parent? BONUS: what form is used to inform the parent?
The general education teacher should use the Parent Contact Form (script) to inform parents when their child is being referred to SST.
List at least 3 activities that should be done prior to an IEP meeting
Send out Notice of Meeting to attendees
Collect baseline data
Collect present levels
Draft prospective goals
Draft IEP
When (and by whom) should classroom observations occur for new teacher referrals?
Classroom observations should occur by the principal (or someone appointed by the principal) PRIOR to the 1st SST meeting.
7th grader, Mitsy, is receiving SPED services for SLD. Her LA teacher was concerned about a journal classroom assignment where Mitsy disclosed some dark thoughts that alluded to self harm. Should Mitsy be referred to SST?
Yes, because it is through SST that mental health services are accessed.