Acronyms
FAPE
What is Free and Appropriate Public Education?
This meeting occurs when a student is first referred due to learning, behavioral, or social-emotional concerns.
What is an Initial Referral Meeting?
This person (or people) must always be included, as they have the greatest insight into the child’s needs and rights.
Who are the student’s parents or persons in parental relationship?
This component of a comprehensive evaluation measures a student’s general intelligence, instructional needs, learning strengths and deficits, and social-emotional dynamics.
What is an individual psychological evaluation?
This educational framework ensures that all students can access the curriculum by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression.
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
CSE
What is Committee on Special Education?
The main purpose of an Initial Referral Meeting is to decide whether a student qualifies for this type of plan.
What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
Which member provides information about how the student functions in the general education setting and accesses the curriculum?
Who is the general education teacher?
This component involves collecting information about a student’s developmental, social, and academic background through interviews with parents and, when appropriate, the student.
What is a social history?
This term from IDEA means adapting, as appropriate, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability.
What is Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)?
LRE
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
This meeting can be called at any time during the year to review a student’s current program or services.
What is a Program Review Meeting?
This CSE member conducts cognitive testing, interprets IQ scores and processing data, and administers behavioral rating scales such as the BASC or Conners to assess attention, emotions, and behavior.
Who is the school psychologist?
This evaluation ensures that issues such as hearing, vision, or health are not contributing to academic difficulties.
What is a physical examination?
UDL benefits every student, but SDI differs because it is required only for these students.
Who are students with IEPs?
CST / IST
What is Child Study Team / Instructional Support Team?
This meeting must occur at least once every three years for students receiving special education services.
What is a Reevaluation Meeting?
This participant joins the CSE meeting when appropriate, especially for transition planning beginning at age 15.
Who is the student?
This component provides a snapshot of the student’s functioning in their natural learning environment and is required as part of every evaluation.
What is a classroom observation?
From the date the district receives signed parental consent, the Committee on Special Education (CSE) has this many calendar days to complete evaluations, hold the meeting, and, if eligibility is determined, begin special education services.
What is 60 calendar days?
BIP
What is Behavior Intervention Plan?
This meeting type is held when a student with a disability faces disciplinary action such as suspension.
What is a Manifestation Determination Meeting?
This optional member is a parent of another student with a disability and may be requested by the parents of the child being discussed.
Who is the additional parent member?
This type of assessment focuses on the student’s academic achievement, including areas such as reading, math, and written language.
What is an educational evaluation?
These evaluations determine a student’s fine motor, gross motor, and sensory integration needs, often administered by specific related service providers.
What are occupational and/or physical therapy evaluations?