Procedures
A parent of a child or a school district may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the student is eligible for special education.
What is a referral?
Students' rights to a free appropriate public education.
What is FAPE?
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is the Present Level of Academic Performance?
This IEP team member is responsible for drafting the IEP present levels of performance and goals, as well as leading IEP meetings.
Who is the case manager?
IEP
What is Individual Education Program?
60 Calendar Days
How long is the assessment period?
To the maximum extent appropriate in the general education environment with students who are nondisabled
What is Least Restrictive Enviornment?
Once a child has been determined eligible for special education services, the goal of the IEP is to address the needs of the child in this setting.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
In the event of Initial Eligibility, these team members will often test the student.
Who are the School Psychologist and the Special Education teacher?
ASD
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is Present Levels of Academic and Functional Performance?
The Education for all Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975, amended in 1990, 1997, and 2004, and is now known as this...
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA-04)?
When describing services in the offer of FAPE, name 3 of the 6 things that must be documented.
What is the amount of time, frequency, service provider, type of service, beginning date and ending date?
Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.
Who is the Parent or Guardian?
ABA
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
A form given to parents after every special education IEP or eligibility meeting. It reviews the results of the meeting and any changes in an IEP's settings or identification
What is Prior Written Notice?
This form must be completed prior the student's turning 16.
What is a Transition Plan?
Of the mandatory team members of an IEP meeting, this participant's role is to make decisions on behalf of the school/district.
Who is the Local Education Agency?
ADD
What is Attention Deficit Disorder?
This form must be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school prior to conducting any formal evaluation of the student.
What is permission to conduct evaluations?
The acronym I.D.E.A., which describes the law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation, stands for this.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
The purpose of the IEP team when reviewing present levels, developing goals from said levels and then creating services to meet those goals.
What is Developing the Education Plan or IEP?
These IEP team members are referred to as "Related Service Providers".
Who is the Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and Physical Therapist?
ID
What is Intellectual Disability?