Name that Acronym
IDEA
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
How many special education categories are there in WI?
12
What is FAPE?
What is "every child with a disability is entitled to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)"?
How many days we have from initial referral to obtaining consent for assessment aka Review of Existing Data?
15 business days
When was IDEA originally developed?
1975
What does IEP stand for?
Individualized Education Plan
Define a Case Manager
The IEP team member that takes the lead in scheduling, organizing, and leading the IEP process.
Describe the evaluation timeline
Once a referral is received, the school has up to 15 business days to request consent for testing. After receipt of consent, the school has up to 60 calendar days to determine eligibility.
What is the time from receipt of consent to assess to the date eligibility is determined?
60 calendar days
When was the last time IDEA was revised?
2004
Define a 504 plan
What is an education plan that provides only accommodations, not interventions or services?
What does SDD stand for?
What is Significant Developmental Delay?
Describe an IEP
This document must include information regarding a student’s present levels of educational performance, annual goals and benchmarking objectives, services and supplementary aids to be received, and a detailed explanation of instances where a student is not participating in the general classroom and why.
What is the amount of time we have from eligibility determination to development of an IEP and placement determination?
30 calendar days
What is term used to describe inappropriate identification of specific groups in disability categories?
Disproportionality
What does LRE stand for?
What is Least Restrictive Environment?
What does SLI stand for?
What is Speech and Language Impairment? Typically the only category case managed by SLPs
Describe LRE
An IEP team must explore a number of alternatives for enabling a student to participate in the general education classroom. These may include: classroom modifications, supplemental aids and services, alternative instructional methods, etc. Identify the students Least Restrictive Environment.
How often must the IEP team gather to update an IEP?
Annually
What is a part of IDEA that mandates specific programs to identify students with disabilities?
Child Find
What is an LEA?
What is the Local Educational Agency - typically an administrative person on the IEP team who represents the school district.
What IDEA eligibility area can have both an educational and a medical label?
Describe Parent Participation
Parents have the right to equal participation in this process, and are entitled to notification of a planned evaluation, access to planning and evaluation materials, and involvement in all meetings regarding their child’s placement. Additionally, parents retain the right to refuse further evaluation of their child. Both students and parents must be invited to IEP meetings, and the IDEA explicitly establishes a role for the parent as equal participant and decision maker.
How often can an IEP be revised?
As needed by student progress of need dictate
What are "Equitable Services" under IDEA, which provides assessment services, ISP, procedural safeguards, among other services to private schools and homeschools?
IDEA in Private Schools & Homeschools
What does SPED stand for?
What is Special Education or specifically specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability?
What does OHI stand for?
What is Other Health Impairment?
Describe Procedural Safeguards
The primary purpose of this requirement is twofold: safeguards protect parental access to information pertaining to placement and transition planning; and procedures are put in place to resolve disagreements between parents and schools regarding the placement of a student.
Under the IDEA procedural safeguards, parents have a right to review all educational records pertaining to their child, receive notice prior to meetings about their child’s evaluation, placement, or identification, and to obtain an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) for consideration at such meetings.
How long has it been since IDEA was updated?
17 years
What does ISP stand for?
Individualized Service Plan