Procedures
State and Federal Laws
Components of an IEP
IEP Team Members
Awesome Acronyms
100

A parent of a child or a school district may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the student is eligible for special education.

What is a referral?

100

Students' rights to a free appropriate public education.

What is FAPE?

100

This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.

What is the Present Level of Academic Performance?

100

This IEP team member is responsible for drafting  the IEP present levels of performance and goals, as well as leading IEP meetings.

Who is the case manager?

100

IEP

What is Individual Education Program?

200

60 Calendar Days

How long is the assessment period?

200

To the maximum extent appropriate in the general education environment with students who are nondisabled

What is Least Restrictive Enviornment?

200

Once a child has been determined eligible for special education services, the goal of the IEP is to address the needs of the child in this setting.

What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?

200

In the event of Initial Eligibility, these team members will often test the student.

Who are  the School Psychologist and the Special Education teacher?

200

ASD

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

300

This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.

What is Present Levels of Academic and Functional Performance?

300

The Education for all Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975, amended in 1990, 1997, and 2004, and is now known as this...

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA-04)?

300

When describing services in the offer of FAPE, name 3 of the 6 things that must be documented.

What is the amount of time, frequency, service provider, type of service, beginning date and ending date?

300

Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.

Who is the Parent or Guardian?

300

ABA

What is Applied Behavior Analysis?

400

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.

What is a student's right to confidentiality?

400

A form given to parents after every special education IEP or eligibility meeting.  It reviews the results of the meeting and any changes in an IEP's settings or identification

What is Prior Written Notice?

400

This form must be completed prior the student's turning 16.

What is a Transition Plan?

400

Of the mandatory team members of an IEP meeting, this participant's role is to make decisions on behalf of the school/district.

Who is the Local Education Agency?

400

ADD

What is Attention Deficit Disorder?

500

This form must be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school prior to conducting any formal evaluation of the student.

What is permission to conduct evaluations?

500

The acronym I.D.E.A., which describes the law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation, stands for this.

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?

500

The purpose of the IEP team when reviewing present levels, developing goals from said levels and then creating services to meet those goals.

What is Developing the Education Plan or IEP?

500

These IEP team members are referred to as "Related Service Providers".

Who is the Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and Physical Therapist?

500

ID

What is Intellectual Disability?