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Special Education and Children with Attachment Trauma:
IEP or 504?
Julie Beem, Executive Director,
Attachment & Trauma Network
And
Melissa Sadin, Co-Lead Trauma
Sensitive Schools Think Tank,
Attachment & Trauma Network
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& Trauma
Network, Inc.
Road Map for Today
Child struggling at School
Identifying Areas of Concern
504 / ADA
IDEA –IEP –
Special Education
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My Child is Struggling in School
• Identify the problem. Be specific.
• Collect Data –
Notes at meetings
All Communication with the school.
Tests, quizzes, homework, discipline reports
As per…emails
• Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS) or
Response to Intervention (RTI).
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& Trauma
Network, Inc.
Tips for Meetings at the School
• Write down date and who attended.
• What do we know?
• How do we know it?
• What can we do about it?
• Who will be responsible?
• How will we know it is effective?
• When we will meet to review intervention?
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504 / Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA)
What Is It?
• General Education Initiative – Funding from
local school budget.
• Disability Impedes one of the listed life
functions (walking, eating, working, learning,
reading, thinking)
• Typically in place for one school year.
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504 / Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA)
What Can it do for My Child??
• Removes barriers to life functions.
• Provides minor modifications to WHERE, WHEN, or HOW instruction is delivered.
Classroom seating, homework modifications, use of a computer, prompting
Behavior plans
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504 / Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA)
How do I get One?
• Request can come from school or parent.
• Make request to the principal or designee. (In
writing for your records)
• A Diagnosis is helpful and in some cases
required – MD, Psychiatrist, Psychologist
• Have evidence of area of need.
• Meet with the 504 team – teacher,
administrator, counselor, others appropriate to
your child’s struggles. (Remember our tips for
meetings at school)
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Guidelines for accessing 504 services
Parent is notified of
teacher concerns or
vice versa.
Implement classroom
strategies
Complete I&RS Process
Parents obtain outside
diagnosis of disability or
medical condition.
Teacher or parent
requests consideration
for 504 services in
writing
Child is not meeting academic and/or behavioral
benchmarks
504 Team meet s wit h
parent s t o det ermine
eligibil it y and develop
plan.
Plan is
implement ed and
valid f or t he
remainder of
t he school year .
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504 / Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA)
Pros and Cons
Benefits Cautions
Can be put in place
immediately.
Few procedural safeguards.
Minimally invasive. Can be difficult to maintain
fidelity to the plan.
No Testing Required. No Testing Required.
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Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
What Is It?
• Special Education – born out of Brown vs. BOE
legislation. PL 940-142 – Education for all
Handicapped Students
• Funding provided through federal and state
grants.
• Eligibility determined by formative data and
results of three (or more) part testing –
Psychological, learning, social – speech, OT,
neuropsychological
• Reviewed every year.
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Individual Education Plan (IEP)
What can it do for my Child?
• Provides a change in program – class or
school. Range of services.
• Related Services – speech, OT
• More modified behavior plans.
• Modifications to the curriculum and instructional
strategies.
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Individual Education Plan (IEP)
How do I get One?
• Request for eligibility meeting can come from
school or parent.
• Parent request must be in writing - letter, not
email.
• In most states the request can be sent directly
to the director of Special Services.
• Written request must be followed by an
eligibility meeting in 20 days.
• Bring all of your data to the eligibility meeting.
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Guidelines for accessing IDEA services
Child is not meeting academic and/or behavioral
benchmarks
Parent is notified of
teacher concerns or
vice versa.
Implement classroom
strategies
Complete I&RS Process
CST meets with teachers and
parents to determine need
for evaluation.
Teacher or parent
requests Child Study
Team Evaluation in
writing
CST performs
Learning,
psychological, and
social evaluations.
Speech and OT may
also be
administered.
Child is found NOT eligible for
services
Generally in 60, but no later
than 90 days, the team meets
with teachers and parents to
review the test results.
Eligibility is determined.
Referred back to I&RS
Referred for Basic Skills
Referred for 504
I EP is developed.
Child’s academic
placement may
change.
Accommodat ions and
relat ed services are
provided.
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Individual Education Plan (IEP)
Pros and Cons
Benefits Cautions
Parents Rights Can take 60-90 days.
Procedural Safeguards Testing is required.
Easier to maintain fidelity to
the plan.
Temporary Label
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IDEA Classification Categories
1. autism;
2. deaf-blindness;
3. deafness;
4. emotional disturbance;
5. hearing impairment;
6. intellectual disability;
7. multiple disabilities;
8. orthopedic impairment;
9. other health impairment;
10. specific learning disability;
11. speech or language impairment;
12. traumatic brain injury; or
13. visual impairment (including blindness).
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Resources
• Attachment & Trauma Network –
www.attachmentandtraumanetwork.org
• www.wrightslaw.com
• Center for Parent Information Resources
• www.understood.org
• www2.ed.gov
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Questions
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