Referral Process
This notification shall be published in the school district handbook, district web site, and other media
What is the Annual Public Notice
Number of calendar days the LEA must respond when a parent orally requests an evaluation
What is 10
This federal law requires states to ensure that all eligible children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
This individual is always part of the evaluation team
Who are the parents
OR
Who is a person qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations such as a School Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Vision teacher, or Hearing Teacher
This required team member is typically holds the role of Special Education Supervisor or Principal
What is the LEA representative
A system each district must have in place to locate and identify children thought to be eligible for special education
What is Child Find?
The LEA must hold the IEP meeting after the completion of an Evaluation Report (ER) or Revaluation Report (RR) in this time frame?
What is 30 calendar days?
Adaptations that allow students with disabilities to reach different goals than students without disabilities
The curriculum IS altered
What are modifications?
If a student is found eligible for special education services, this program document is developed after the Evaluation Report (ER) meeting
What is the Individualized Education Program (IEP)
A requirement in federal law that students with disabilities receive their education to the maximum extent appropriate, with nondisabled peers and that special education sutdents are not removed from regular classes unless even with supplemental aids and services, education in regular classes cannot be achieved satisfactorily
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Parents, a hearing officer, and these individuals can initiate a referral
Who are professional personnel emplyed by the LEA?
This number of calendar days is the time the LEA must complete the initial evaluation and a copy of the evaluation report presented to the parent, after the LEA receives written parental consent.
What is 60?
As defined by IDEA this refers to adapting as appropriate to the needs of an eligible child, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction
What is specially designed instruction?
In determining eligibility, the evaluation team must apply this test that answers the questions:
Does the child have a disability? and Does the child need specially designed instruction?
What is the two-pronged test?
This section of the IEP is completed for transition age students
What is section III (Transition Services)
This notice is issued to the parent for the Initial Evaluation process to begin.
What is Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form?
Students with Intellectual Disabilities must be reevaluated this often
What is evey 2 years? (cannot be waived)
This form needs to be signed by a parent for a student to initially receive special education services
What is A Notice of Recommended Educational Placement (NOREP)
This number represents the amount of disability categories identified in the federal regulations
What is 13?
Section V of the IEP contain one or more of these to be worked on to show progress or mastered within the IEP duration.
What are goals / objectives?
During the screening and pre-referral process, the LEA must conduct screenings at reasonable intervals to determine whether all students are performing based on grade-appropriate standards in core academic subjects and conduct screenings in these 2 areas
What is hearing and vision screenings?
The maximun length of placement in an interim alternative educational setting for special circumstance (weapon, drugs, serious bodily injury)
Not more than 45 school days
This notice includes a full explanation of all of the rights available to parents of a child with a disability ages 3-21 when their child has been referred for or is receiving special education services
What is Procedural Safeguards Notice
This statistical measurement is the range from the mean score and is used in determining if a student has a disability based on test performance or rating scales
What is a standard deviation?
These adaptations allow students with disabilities to reach different goals than students without disabilities.
What are modifications?