Awesome Acronyms
IEP
What is Individualized Education Plan?
Collaboration with parents in the development and delivery of their child's special education program
What is Parental Participation or Parent Input?
Students who qualify for special education services must be between these ages in order to qualify for special education services.
What are the ages 3-21?
Vital member(s) of the IEP team to contribute with an expertise like NO ONE else. They know the child the best.
Who are the Parents?
Under IDEA, parents have the right to receive prior written notice from the school each time that the school proposes to take (or refuses to take) certain actions with respect to a child's initial assessment or re-evaluation.
What is a Prior Written Notice?
FAPE
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
Educate students with disabilities in the general education setting with support to the maximum extend appropriate, along with their nondisabled peers in the school they would attend if they were not disabled.
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
It is a federal law that makes available FAPE to eligible children with disabilities and ensures special education and related services to those children.
What is IDEA( Individual with Disabilities Education Act)?
This team member usually sees the student 5 school days a week. They know best how the student is doing in the general education setting.
Who is the general education teacher?
An individualized instructional program for eligible students with disabilities that are provided beyond the regular or academic school year.
What is Extended School Year?
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible students with disabilities.
What is Child Find?
A federal law that protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability.
What is Section 504 or ADA?
This person has a disability and can give input regarding their own education.
Who is the student?
A student receives Special education supports and services by special education personnel in a classroom setting outside of general education for 80% or more of the school day.
What is a Special Day class(SDC) /self-contained ?
LEA
What is Local Education Agency?
Protects the rights of students with disabilities and their parents.
What are Procedural Safeguards/Parent rights?
State law that provides guidance to ensure compliance with the federal law(the individuals with disabilities education act of 2004), and it’s regulations
What is California Education Code- Title 5 Special Education
This person is responsible for testing and evaluating the student's cognitive, social emotional, and adaptive skills.
Who is the school psychologist?
A student receives Special education supports and services by special education personnel in a classroom setting outside of general education for 20% or less of the school day.
What is a resource program?
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
Conduct an assessment to determine if the student has an IDEA related disability and if he/she needs special education services
What is an initial evaluation?
The amount of time the IEP team has to conduct the initial IEP after the parent's written consent.
What is 60 days?
This person is the case manager for the student.
Who is the special education teacher (education specialist, RSP, SDC teacher)?
A parent has the right to this evaluation at public expense if the parent disagrees with an evaluation of his/her child obtained by the public agency.
What is an Independent Education Evaluation(IEE)?