Law and Order: SPED Unit
This person is required to attend every ARD and must be:
- qualified to provide or supervise SDI
- knowledgeable about the general curriculum
- knowledgeable about district resources
What is an LEA / District Representative (Administrator)?
This person works with the registrar to identify new students who were previously identified.
Who is the sped clerk?
My only campus administrator has called in sick for the day, and I have two ARDs scheduled.
Who are Stacey Carroll or Kim Chesney
The committee must be convened within this many days of an evaluation being completed.
What is 30 CALENDAR days?
This acronym is used when a committee needs to consider if more testing is needed.
What is a REED?
This legal requirement obligates LEAs to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities.
What is Child Find?
This person provides the ARD committee with the PGP before the ARD meeting.
Who is the counselor / academic advisor?
I have a student scheduled for expulsion who is a student with an emotional / behavioral disability. I've scheduled the staffing with:
Chesney, Carroll, Hall, Administrator, and _____
Who is the School Psyc (or Hatch)?
Once consent is signed, the evaluation team must complete an FIIE within this many days.
What is 45 SCHOOL days?
This is a service for students who show regression during school breaks.
What is ESY?
This document must be provided at least once a year, upon referral, and at a disciplinary change of placement.
What are procedural safeguards?
This person writes the PLAAFPs and Goals for the ARD.
Who is the Special Education Teacher?
This is the person I contact when the student has an OHI and the school need documentation of that disability.
Who is the medical professional? (physician, doctor, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, psychiatrist)
This is the timeline for ARD meetings to be held when an evaluation is completed during the summer.
What is the 15th SCHOOL day?
This is what we consider FIRST when talking about a student's placement.
What is LRE?
This is needed before the LEA proposes or refuses changes to identification, placement, evaluation, FAPE, or ceases the provision of services.
What is the prior written notice?
This is where teachers can find the IEP documents.
What is Eduphoria?
This is who I invite to all ARD meetings of VI students.
Who is the CTVI and the O/M specialist?
This is the number of days before an ARD meeting is held that a parent must receive a copy of the FIIE.
What is 5 SCHOOL days?
If a student has a stroke and loses function of their left limbs, this is the eligibility the student would likely have.
What is OI? (TBI could also be accepted)
Prior written notice of the proposal to evaluate;
A copy of procedural safeguards;
the Overview of Special Education for Parents;
and the opportunity to give written consent
What 4 items must be provided to a parent upon an initial referral to special education?
This is how long an ARD Manager / Diagnostician has to close / lock the IEP in the special education management system.
What is 5 school days?
This is who I invite to all ARDs for students with Dyslexia.
Who is the person knowledgeable in standard dyslexia protocol instruction?
This is the number of days a student can be removed to an alternate placement before a change of placement MDR ARD is required.
What is 10 SCHOOL days?
This acronym is used as the evaluation conducted when the committee wants to consider a behavior plan.
What is an FBA?