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IEP
What is Individualized Education Progam?
100
Students who qualify for special education services must be between these ages in order to qualify for services.
What are the ages of 3 and 21?
100
This page of the IEP specifically denotes all services provided to the student by the district.
What is the service delivery grid?
100
This individual is the most important member of the IEP team. They are the chief expert regarding the student and their needs.
Who is the student?
100
Every 3 years
What is how often a student on an IEP must be reevaluated for special education eligibility?
200
FAPE
What is Free Appropriate Public Education?
200
Federal mandate to educate students with disabilities with their non disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
200
Special education supports and services provided in the general education classroom for 80% or more of the school day.
What is full inclusion?
200
This Team member is the hub of information regarding the student. They are responsible for facilitating communication between home and school, and are the "go to" staff members with questions or concerns about the student.
Who is the special education liaison/case manager?
200
This is how often parents of students on IEPs must receive reports updating them of their child's progress related to the goals and objectives on the IEP.
What is at least as often as the parents of non-disabled students receive written progress reports (report cards)?
300
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
300
Locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible students with disabilities.
What is Child Find law?
300
This one page document is used to guide decision making when determining a student's eligibility for special education.
What is the eligibility flowchart?
300
This must consist of the following: a special educator (or related service provider), a general educator, a parent or guardian, a student (if age 14+) and a district representative with the ability to commit district resources (typically the Team Chair).
What is the Team? (a school psychologist is also required for evaluation meetings, as well as any related service providers such as speech, OT, counseling, etc)
300
This is the number of days prior to the meeting the district must make the evaluation reports available for the parents to review.
What is 2 days?
400
This is a federal law designed to: (1) protect the privacy of student education records and (2) establish the right of students to inspect and review their education records.
What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)?
400
Districts are required to provide this document to parents of students on IEPs at least once each year. We typically offer it to them at every meeting in addition to mailing it out annually.
What is Notice of Procedural Safeguards/Parent's Rights?
400
There must exist data that demonstrates a student is at risk for substantial regression of skills over the summer in order to be eligible for this.
What are extended school year services (ESY)?
400
This person is responsible for psychoeducational testing.
Who is the School Psychologist?
400
The Team meets this often to review, rewrite and propose a new IEP.
What is annually?
500
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
500
This is the type of evaluation conducted by the District to determine if a student has a disability and if he/she requires special education services in order to make effective progress and access the curriculum.
What is an Initial Evaluation/Eligibility Determination?
500
In Massachusetts, a student with a learning disability who is educated in a this type of setting is nearly five times as likely to graduate on time as one who is educated in a substantially separate setting. source: DESE Guidebook for Inclusive Practice
What is a full inclusion setting?
500
Clue #1: they are not a high school student Clue #2: they know the student best
Who are the parents/guardians?
500
The Team must convene to determine eligibility for a student referred for a special education evaluation within this many school days of receiving consent to evaluate.
What is 45?
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