Procedures
State and Federal Laws
Components of an IEP
IEP Team Members
Awesome Acronyms
100
A parent of a child, a school district, a public agency, other persons knowledgeable about the child may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the student is eligible for special education.
What is a referral?
100
Students' rights to a free appropriate public education.
What is FAPE
100

This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.

What is the Present Level of Academic Performance?

100

This person must be present on the committee when considering the initial or continued placement of the child in a Career and Technical Education class and may not be any other member.

Who is the CTE teacher?

100
IEP
What is Individual Education Program?
200

These statements must be given in any ARD meeting.

What are the confidentiality and assurance statements?

200
To the maximum extent appropriate in the general education environment with students who are nondisabled
What is Least Restrictive Enviornment
200
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)?
200

In the initial evaluation, this IEP team member will complete cognitive and academic testing, then report it to the ARDC.

Who is the Educational Diagnostician?

200

PLAAFP

What is Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance?

300
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is Present Levels of Academic Performance?
300
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)?
300

The statement that describes the impact the child's disability has on the child's progress in the classroom.

What is the impact statement?

300
Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.
Who is the Parent or Guardian?
300

SLD

What is Specific Learning Disability?

400
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
400
A form that is used to tell parents to expect a discussion on modifying services, typically given before the IEP meeting.
What is Prior Written Notice?
400

In Texas, this form must be completed prior to the student's turning 14.

What is a Transition Plan?

400
Of the mandatory team members of an IEP meeting, this participant's role is to make financial decisions on behalf of the school/district.
Who is the Administrator or Admin Designee
400

FERPA

What is Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?

500

This form must be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school prior to conducting any formal evaluation of the student. The date this is signed starts the timeline.

The consent for evaluation

500
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?
500
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 Educational Benefit?
500

If the student receiving special education services is also an English Learner, who must be part of the ARD committee? 

What is an LPAC representative?

500
ID
What is Intellectual Disability?
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