Procedures
This is an initial evaluation request made by a parent, a school district, a public agency, or other knowledgeable persons in order to determine if a child is eligible for special education.
What is a referral?
This states that students with disabilities have the same right to a K-12 public education that students without disabilities have.
What is a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
In order to qualify for special education, IDEA provides this number of categories for identification with a disability.
What are 13 categories?
This IEP team member is responsible for affirming and attesting the IEP.
Who is the LEA Representative?
ESY
What is Extended School Year?
Each child’s educational placement shall be based on his/her individualized education program (IEP) and shall be reviewed this often.
What is annually?
This states that children with disabilities should be educated in general classes to the “maximum extent appropriate”.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
This is defined as an alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks.
What is an accommodation?
In the event of eligibility, this IEP team member will compile reports into a Diagnostic Summary.
Who is the case manager?
SLD
What is a Specific Learning Disability?
This meeting is held when it is necessary to determine if a student's behavior is related to a student's disability.
What is a manifestation meeting?
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)?
These change “what” is learned and therefore change the content of the grade -specific curriculum.
What are modifications?
Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.
Who is the parent or guardian?
OHI
What is an Other Health Impairment?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
WSD policy mandates that instructional materials in accessible format will be supplied to children with disabilities at this time.
What is at the same time that non-disabled children receive their instructional materials.
To determine eligibility for special education, the IEP team must meet at least this frequently.
What is every three years?
Of the mandatory team members of an IEP meeting, this participant's role is to provide input of current classroom performance.
Who is the classroom teacher?
FOL
What is Foundations of Learning?
Foundations of Learning is a specialized year-long course for students where they receive direct instruction, remediation, and are able to work on their IEP goals. Students may earn .5 credits per semester.
According to the WSD Special Education Plan, who may refer a child to the IEP team?
What is any person?
For reasons including but not limited to the following:
a. Failing to pass a hearing or vision screening;
b. Unsatisfactory performance on group achievement test or accountability measures;
c. Receiving multiple academic and/or behavioral warnings or suspensions/expulsions from a child care or after school program; and
d. Repeatedly failing one or more subjects.
e. Inability to progress or participate in developmentally appropriate preschool activities; and
f. Receiving services from family centered early supports and services.
This state handbook provides parents and others with information about their special education rights.
What is the Procedural Safeguards?
These services are required to remedy any educational deficit that results when a student with a disability does not receive the support to which they are entitled.
What are compensatory services?
This IEP team member will be responsible for completing FBAs and creating BIPs.
Who is the board certified behavior analyst?
ALE
What is the Alternative Learning Environment?