deciding when a need is a disability
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Deciding When a Need Is a Disability. Analyze unmet needs Communicate your observations Try your own interventions Obtain special services Consider student problems. Analyzing Unmet Needs. Specific examples Chronic pattern(s) that negatively impact learning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Deciding When a Need Is a Disability
• Analyze unmet needs• Communicate your observations• Try your own interventions• Obtain special services• Consider student problems
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Analyzing Unmet Needs
• Specific examples• Chronic pattern(s) that negatively impact
learning • Unmet needs that become more serious over
time• Behavior significantly different from peers• No pattern can be found
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Communicating Observations and Trying Interventions
• Contact parents• Contact colleagues• Try simple interventions• Document the unmet need
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The Decision-Making Process
for Special Education
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Referral through Placement Process
• Multidisciplinary team (MDT) activated• Parents notified, rights explained • Components of assessment are considered• Procedures for assessment are decided• RTI data assessed
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Decision Making for Special Services
• Team decision about student eligibility• Preparation of IEP with team decisions about
services needed• Team decision about the location in which
student will be educated (placement)
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Parent approval of IEP and other decisions made
Services delivered as plannedMonitoring via annual review of IEP
and re-evaluation every three years
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Eligibility v. Placement Decisions
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Monitoring and Review Process
• Annual reviews• Three-year reevaluations• Additional reviews (when progress not seen or
no new info available) • Due process and mediation
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Annual Review
• Progress toward goals is reviewed• IEP is changed or updated as needed• Check that student’s best interests are being
protected
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Three-Year Reevaluation
• IDEA permits existing information to be used• Does not require new assessments• With parent and team agreement, no new
assessment required• Parents must be informed about three-year
reevaluation but consent is not required
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Additional Reviews
• IDEA says an IEP must be reviewed when lack of progress is noted
• IDEA says parents of students with disabilities have the right to progress reports as often as other parents
• This means that formal communication about student learning progress often occurs after each grading period
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Due Process and Mediation
• Set of procedures to resolve disagreements between school and parents
• Both school and parents are entitled to protection
• IDEA requires mediation be provided at no cost
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• Mediation is not allowed to cause delay in a due process hearing
• If mediation is not successful a hearing is conducted
• Decision can be appealed