Discipline
Before disciplining beyond 10 days, this must happen.
What is an MDR?
Services listed in the IEP must be provided with this level of consistency.
What is as written (100%)?
The best way co-teaching can benefit students and count as a service.
What is both teachers actively instructing?
Students with IEPs must be educated in this least restrictive environment to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is the general education setting?
The team delays an evaluation despite clear data showing significant academic or behavioral concerns.
What is failure of Child Find?
This must occur if a behavior IS a manifestation of a student's disability.
What is write an FBA/BIP or review existing BIP and student returns to placement?
This is required to be considered if IEP services are missed.
What is compensatory services?
This should be happening and documented to show co-teaching is intentional.
What is shared planning or co-planning?
This should only happen from a trained staff when a student is harming self or others.
What is physical restraint?
The IEP specifies “specially designed instruction,” but instruction is identical to general education with no adaptations.
What is lack of specially designed instruction (SDI)?
This is an example of an informal removal of a student for behavioral reasons.
What is ISS with no SPED services provided, having a child sit in the principal's office all day, agreeing to virtual services outside the IEP team?
This staff member is legally responsible for ensuring services are provided even if they aren’t the one delivering all services.
Who is the case manager?
This is not an effective co-teaching model as the only model used.
What is gen ed teacher teaching and co-teacher providing assistance only?
This must happen the day a physical restraint of a student with a disability occurs.
What is written documentation and parent notification?
The IEP includes accommodations, but there is no evidence they are used during instruction or assessments.
What is failure to implement the IEP accommodations?
These are counted towards total removal days.
What are informal removals?
Common mistake: copying a student's IEP goal to the next IEP every year does not ensure____
What is an INDIVIDUALIZED IEP?
Issue: A student is supposed to receive co-taught services but the co-teacher is a coach and misses class frequently.
What is failure to implement the IEP as written?
A major violation: using restraint for this reason.
What is noncompliance or minor behavior?
A student is suspended multiple times for behavior that is later found to be linked to an unaddressed IEP need.
What is denial of FAPE due to failure to address known needs?
Common mistake: treating this meeting like a punishment meeting instead of a legal requirement.
What is an MDR meeting?
The root issue behind most compliance failures in special education.
What is failure to consistently implement what is already written?
Progress reports are completed, but the data is copied from previous progress reports or no data is provided.
What is lack of meaningful progress monitoring?
Deciding eligibility, placement or services before the IEP meeting begins.
What is predetermination?
This must match between the IEP document and what actually happens in the classroom and is on their IC schedule.
What are service minutes and frequency?