Evaluations
The Vineland 3 and ABAS 3 assess this area
What are acceptable measures for adaptive behavior
This is applicable only to SLD and this second one is applicable only to DD.
What are discrepancy criteria and standard deviations below the mean?
These cannot be refused and anyone who knows the student can do these
What is make a referral?
You are allowed 35 school days
What is the timeline for an initial evaluation?
This is a service designed to allowed the student to be with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is an SAS?
Explaining your process for your decision with evidence, formal assessment or a blend of these
A prior written notice for which you would not choose an initiation date
What is the prior written notice to notify parents that the district is seeking permission to complete an initial evaluation.
These should be done at least 24 hours before the meeting and contain all of the content that is not part of the decision made during the meeting.
What is a draft of the evaluation report?
You are allowed 25 school days.
What is the timeline for the referral process?
These can only be made during the meeting.
What are changes to the IEP?
Communication (often pragmatic), social skills, adaptive behavior
What are areas usually assessed or addressed during an evaluation that leads to autism eligibility?
What we write on the initiation date when the PWN is about an initial evaluation.
What is, for example, upon parental written consent or after receiving informed written consent?
You are allowed to do this only when it is NOT part of the decision-making process for a special education referral and the purpose is to inform on instruction.
What is screening? And, make sure you have written evidence that the parent understands the what, the why, the
purpose.
You must provide evidence of a discrepancy, albeit outside the normal evidence, to use this
What is professional judgment?
A general education teacher, a special education teacher, the parent, and a district representative.
Who are the “required” individuals for an IEP meeting? Please read this one at a later date to know that there are also knowledge requirements.
The law says you should hold them together when appropriate for re-evaluations and practice says you should rarely hold them together for initial evaluations
What are back-to-back meetings, IEP and Evaluation?
Only the people who did formal evaluation do this
Who are the people who are supposed to sign the evaluation report?
This is a service meant to help the student meet the unique needs of the student and ensure them access to the general education curriculum.
What is an SDI?
A parent must agree to this in writing and it must be done prior to the 35th school day (and, it does not change the 3-year-timeline)
What is an extension of an evaluation?
The word “required” has some caveats.
What are parents permission to proceed without them and reasonable attempts?
Only people who did a formal portion of an evaluation and others cannot (per se)
What is, who are the people legally allowed to provide a dissenting opinion?
These are not required, many teams still do them, and maybe should only be used when either the school or the parents are not onboard with the recommendation (in reference to initial evaluation processing).
What are referral meetings?
This is a required service to assist the student to benefit from an SDI
What is a related service?
To call something a related service, you must be able to do this
What is name the SDI that it is related to and the “why” of the relationship?
You can complete this without a formal meeting when the parents is in agreement.
What is an IEP amendment?