Acronyms
Who's Who
Technology
Special Education Process
Misc.
100
During this type of meeting the team considers whether or not there is enough information to determine special education eligibility.
What is a RED?
100
The person that provides comprehensive oversight of a student’s special education services, related services, and accommodations, oversees progress monitoring and is the main point of contact for parents and all service providers.
Who is the case manager.
100
DOC
What is name of the district's IEP program?
100
The federal government mandates through IDEA that districts locate, identify and evaluate students with suspected disabilities from preschool to 12th grade residing within their attendance areas.
What is Child Find?
100
This area of eligibility requires verification by a doctor that certifies the child has limited strength, vitality or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, due to chronic or acute health problems which adversely affects educational performance.
What is Other Health Impairment (OHI)?
200
Provides a three-tiered response to students struggling with academics.
What is RTI (Response to Intervention)?
200
The director of special education in PUSD.
Who is Dawn Ratke?
200
This is located on the Special Education Portal but you dare not print it.
What is the Special Education Manual?
200
They must be measureable and SMART.
What are goals?
200
To achieve the highest standards of excellence for students with disabilities based upon their individual strengths and needs.
What is the Special Education Mission Statment?
300
It's a legal document that includes academic achievement, functional performance, goals, services and supports and is developed annually by a required team of participants.
What is an IEP (individualized Education Plan/Program)?
300
They can provide support with scheduling, instructional planning, accessing curriculum resources, classroom management and IEP writing but do not sit in on IEP meetings with advocates.
Who are the mentors?
300
Storage for all Special Education documents, announcements, forms, team sites, evaluation reports and Procedures Manual.
What is the Special Education Portal?
300
To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
300
A form must be completed, processed by the team, filed at the district office and reported to the governing board whenever either one of these events occur.
What is Seclusion or Restraint?
400
A team comprised of a district representative, evaluator, special education teacher/provier, general education teacher of the student and the parent that determines special education eligibility.
What is the MET (Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team)?
400
Bonnie Clifford and Patricia Gomez
Who really runs the special education department?
400
All staff will be using this "new" device this school year to assist with progress monitoring.
What are iPads?
400
Ten days for an IEP written within the state of Arizona and 30 days for an IEP written outside of Arizona.
When do you rewrite a transfer IEP?
400
Students who move into the district and have been identified as eligible for special education, through credible knowledge, can expect special education services to continue at the new school.
What is FAPE upon enrollment?
500
It houses the Special Education Department, Human Resources, and other administrative departments and staff.
What is the DAC (District Administrative Center)?
500
They provide special education support to assigned schools (staff and administration), professional development, monitor IEPs for compliance, brainstorm with school teams to meet student-specific needs and attend IEP meetings when an advocate will be in attendance.
Who are your friendly area specialists?
500
One can borrow high, mid, and low tech tools to trial with students who may need the support of assistive technology from this place.
What is the Frymet S. Hare Lending Library?
500
This requires affirmative responses to two questions; one regarding disability and the second regarding need.
What is special education eligibility?
500
Each campus has an established pre-referral process and or team to brainstorm the needs of struggling students
What is the Child Study Team?
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