IEPs
Reconsiderations/Reevaluations
Coteaching
Compliance
Best Practices
100
If an IEP is due on 1/12/2022, what is the latest date that the IEP can be locked?
The latest the IEP can be locked is 1/11/2022. If you lock it on 1/12/2022 it is late.
100
Reconsideration meetings are conducted every ______ years.
Three
100
What type of class is a .9 class?
A cotaught class
100
If an IEP s late because of a parent, what should be done?
When an IEP is late because of a parent, it must be documented in IC, IEP minutes, and in the notifications section.
However, if the parent was given notice at least 10 days in advance with 3 attempted calls over the course of 10 days, you can proceed with the meeting.
100
How often should a case manager check their caseload grades and attendance?
Weekly
The case manager should also monitor the contact logs and notify the teachers if they have not reached out to the parent. Also, the case manager should notify the parent. The annual IEP meeting should not be the first time that you talk to the parent. If the parent can not be reached them a SWARM should be submitted.
200
What is wrong with the below section, if the student has a disability category of Other Health Impairment?
Medical Limitations should say "Yes" and a description of the student's medical condition and medication, if applicable, should be in the box below.
200
What assessment has to be completed prior to the reconsideration meeting?
Hearing and Vision screening
200
Which teacher in the coteaching model is responsible for teaching content?
Both teachers! (General and Special Education Teachers)
200
If come into a coteaching classroom and only assist with managing behavior, what part of the student's IEP are you violating?
Their services.
You are in the classroom as an instructor. You should be teaching and providing accommodations for every student that has an IEP.
200
True or false
The case manager should meet with each caseload student individually to develop their transition plan.
True!
The transition plan is one part of the IEP that requires input from the student.
300
What is wrong with this goal?
The goal is not personable! "STUDENT" is capitalized which indicates that it was supposed to be replaced with the actual student's name.
300
What is the difference between a reconsideration and a reevaluation meeting?
Reconsideration: The team meets to review data to determine if the student continues to meet the need for special education and if additional data is needed to develop an IEP or change the disability category.
Reevaluation: The team meets to review evaluation data to determine or continue the students' disability category and update the IEP.
300
The most common type of coteaching
One teach and one assist
Although this is a great coteaching model, it should not be the only model used in the classroom.
300
If you are assigned to a cotaught or special education classroom and are rarely there, what part of the IEP are you violating?
Their service hours
You are assigned to that class for a reason and must fulfill the allotted time in each of the special education student's IEPs.
300
What documents should you bring to an IEP meeting for a parent?
A printout of the parental rights, current grades, attendance, high school transcript, work samples, and draft IEP.
400
What is wrong with the goals below, if the student has a disability category of Mild Intellectual Disability or Moderate Intellectual Disability?
Students that are MID or MOID have a low IQ and cognitive ability. Therefore they have deficits in multiple areas.
Written Expression
Basic Reading
Reading Comprehension
Math Calculation
Math Reasoning
400
What subject areas should the case manager collect work samples and observations from?
In all of the student's deficit areas.
Example: If the student has deficits in math reasoning, math calculation, reading comprehension, and written expression, they should have at least one work sample from each area.
You can find the deficit area from the previous psychological.
Bonus: If teahcers are seeing a problem in an unidetified area, you should collect samples and observations in that area.
400
The most underused coteaching model
Team Teaching
This is a great model. It establishes both teachers as the main teacher in the classroom. It makes the Special Education students feel more comfortable because other students are not as aware of the Special Education teacher.
400
If you hold an IEP meeting without notifying the appropriate related service provider, what part of the IEP are you violating?
The entire IEP.
Services providers put information in almost every section of the IEP. They must be notified.
400
Scenario
Sylivia is a constant disruption in class and skips class as often as possible. Her teachers see her in the building but don't say anything to her. Are the teachers justified in ignoring the student?
No, the teachers should encourage the student to come to class and notify the parent. If the behavior does not change, the teacher should notify the administration, the SELTs, and Social Workers.
500
What is wrong with the accommodation below?
The accommodation is subjective. It leaves too much up to the teacher to decide.
Location: Academic Classes
Frequency: All extended reading, writing, and math assignments.
500
If a student's Eligibility to Reevaluation is due on 4/24/2023, what is the lasted date that a reconsideration meeting should be held?
12/25/2022 (120 days prior to the due date)
However, that falls during Christmas break. Therefore, the meeting should be held prior to the break.
500
A Special Education teacher repeatedly comes into the cotaught classroom empty-handed
What is "absolutely wrong"
At the least, you can come ready to collect data. As the accommodations expert, you should have lowered reading or math assignments, differentiated bellringers, sentence stems, note-taking outlines, SOMETHING!
500
If you open an IEP on 11/14/2022 and the IEP is due on 11/15/2022, what is the earliest date that you can put on the parent notification?
11/14/2022
500
How should the learning environment be for a Special Education Student?
Individualized!