SPECIAL EDUCATION

DODDS-EUROPE• Bavaria• Isles• Kaiserslautern• Mediterranean

Information for Administrators

Compliance Monitoring

Administrators are responsible for compliance

Formal Monitoring Office of Special Needs (DOD) DoDEA HQ and/or DoDDS-Europe, District Desk Reviews

Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Based on monitoring findings Area, district and schools develop and

implement plansSustainability Plan

Compliance Monitoring

Area 1: Identification/Child FindArea 2: Assessment, Evaluation, EligibilityArea 3: Individualized Education ProgramArea 4: Placement: Least Restrictive

EnvironmentArea 5: Procedural SafeguardsArea 6: Personnel DevelopmentArea 7: Program Compliance and

Administration

7 Areas and 17 Standards

Compliance Monitoring

DoDDS-E “TOP TEN” Areas for Improvement

#1 Child Find#2 Pre-referral#3 Evaluations#4 Triennial Reviews#5 Eligibility#6 IEP content includes all required components#7 IEP- Transition plans#8 IEP implementation#9 Service delivery based on educational need#10 Security of PII

Compliance-Administrator Responsibilities:

Safeguard Confidentiality

Oversee professional development

Attend and guide CSC meetings

Review status of special education

Match schedules to IEP services

Ensure evidence of data collection

Staffing Standards

Special Education Staffing Caseload Range

Speech-language Pathologist 40 30-50

Learning Impaired Mild/Moderate 20 16-24

Learning Impaired Moderate/Severe 8 6-10

PSCD 8Per

session

6-10 per session

PSCD Moderate/Severe 5Per

session

4-7 per session

Emotionally Impaired (self-contained) 10 8-12

Emotionally Impaired Itinerant 24 22-26

Aspen SPED

All districts in DoDDS-Europe received training and are using Aspen SPED as of September 2013.

Exceptional Family Member Program

Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) Screening

Military Civilian

Assignment concernsSchool-level Responsibilities- Complete

2792.1District Responsibilities- Work with local

EFM Area Responsibilities- Overseas screenings

Special Education Resources

District and Area Special Education ISS

Assistive Technology ISS District Lending Library

Autism ISS Autism Teacher-Leaders in Level 3 Autism Complexes ReThink

Special Education Contacts

Katharine Heath 338-7208

Supervisory Special Education ISS

Rhonda Roddam-Duke 338-7798

Special Education ISS