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The Basics of The Basics of Special EducationSpecial Education

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 1.Step 1. Child is identified as possibly needing special education and related services

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 1.Step 1. Child is identified as possibly needing special education and related services

Step 2.Step 2. Child is evaluated

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 3.Step 3. Eligibility is decided

Parents are part of the group that decides eligibility

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 3.Step 3. Eligibility is decided

Step 4.Step 4. Child is found eligible for services

Yes

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 5.Step 5. IEP meeting is scheduled

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 6.Step 6. IEP meeting is held, and the IEP is written

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 7.Step 7. Services are provided

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 8.Step 8. Progress is measured and reported to parents

Steps:Steps:The Basics of Special The Basics of Special

Education Process under Education Process under IDEAIDEA

Step 9.Step 9. IEP is reviewed Step 10.Step 10. Child is reevaluated

Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

Guess what 5 acronyms are so important, they made this list

Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

IIndividuals with ndividuals with DDisabilities isabilities EEducation ducation AActct

Our nation’s special education lawOur nation’s special education law

IDEAIDEA

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FFree ree AAppropriate ppropriate PPublic ublic EEducationducation

What States must make available What States must make available to all eligible children with disabilitiesto all eligible children with disabilities

FAPEFAPE

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FFreeree

Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

AAppropriateppropriate

Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

PPublicublic

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Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

IIndividualized ndividualized EEducation ducation PProgramrogram

Every public school child with disabilities Every public school child with disabilities receiving IDEA-funded special education receiving IDEA-funded special education

must have onemust have one

IEPIEP

Basics about the Basics about the IEPIEP

Individualized

Written plan for a child’s education

Written by parents and school staff together

Lists the special education the child will receive, and more

Is both a document and a process

Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

LLeast east RRestrictive estrictive EEnvironmentnvironment

LRELRE

Children with disabilities are to be educated Children with disabilities are to be educated

with children who do not have disabilities, with children who do not have disabilities, to the maximum extent appropriateto the maximum extent appropriate

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TTechnical echnical AAssistance ssistance

& & DDissemination Networkissemination Network

Need help? This is where you can go to find Need help? This is where you can go to find it!it!

TA&DTA&D

Acronyms DefinedAcronyms Defined

CChildhild with a with a DisabilityDisability

Definition Definition

(a) General. (1) Child with a disability means a child evaluated in accordance with §§300.304 through 300.311 as having mental retardation, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this part as ‘‘emotional disturbance’’), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.

(2)(i) Subject to paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section, if it is determined, through an appropriate evaluation under §§300.304 through 300.311, that a child has one of the disabilities identified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability under this part.

(ii) If, consistent with §300.39(a)(2), the related service required by the child is considered special education rather than a related service under State standards, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability under paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

(a) General. (1) Child with a disability means a child evaluated in accordance with §§300.304 through 300.311 as having mental retardation, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this part as ‘‘emotional disturbance’’), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.

(2)(i) Subject to paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section, if it is determined, through an appropriate evaluation under §§300.304 through 300.311, that a child has one of the disabilities identified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability under this part.

(ii) If, consistent with §300.39(a)(2), the related service required by the child is considered special education rather than a related service under State standards, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability under paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

(1) Child with a disability means a child evaluated in accordance with §§300.304 through 300.311 as having…

…and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.

autism deaf-blindnessdeafnessemotional disturbance hearing impairmentmental retardation multiple disabilitiesorthopedic impairment other health impairment specific learning disability speech or language impairmenttraumatic brain injury orvisual impairment (including blindness)

SSpecial Educationpecial Education Definition Definition

…specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability…”

…specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability…”

This includes:

“(A) instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and

“(B) instruction in physical education”

This includes:

“(A) instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and

“(B) instruction in physical education”

RRelated Serviceselated Services Definition Definition

§ 300.34 Related services.

(a) General. Related services means transportation and such developmental,corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with adisability to benefit from special education, and includes speech-languagepathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, early identification and assessment of disabilities in children, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes. Related services also include schoolhealth services and school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training.

(b) Exception; services that apply to children with surgically implanted devices, including cochlear implants. (1) Related services do not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, the optimization of that device’s functioning (e.g., mapping), maintenance of that device, or the replacement of that device…

§ 300.34 Related services.

(a) General. Related services means transportation and such developmental,corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with adisability to benefit from special education, and includes speech-languagepathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, early identification and assessment of disabilities in children, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes. Related services also include schoolhealth services and school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training.

(b) Exception; services that apply to children with surgically implanted devices, including cochlear implants. (1) Related services do not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, the optimization of that device’s functioning (e.g., mapping), maintenance of that device, or the replacement of that device…

RRelated Serviceselated Services Definition Definition

Related services means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services…

Related services means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services…

…as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education…

…as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education…

RRelated Serviceselated Services Definition Definition

…and includes—

…and includes—

• speech-language pathology and audiology services

• interpreting services• psychological services• physical and occupational therapy• recreation, including therapeutic recreation• early identification and assessment of

disabilities in children• counseling services, including rehabilitation

counseling• orientation and mobility services • medical services for diagnostic or evaluation

purposes• school health services and school nurse

services• social work services in schools• parent counseling and training

• speech-language pathology and audiology services

• interpreting services• psychological services• physical and occupational therapy• recreation, including therapeutic recreation• early identification and assessment of

disabilities in children• counseling services, including rehabilitation

counseling• orientation and mobility services • medical services for diagnostic or evaluation

purposes• school health services and school nurse

services• social work services in schools• parent counseling and training

SSupplementary Aids and upplementary Aids and

SServiceservices

DefinitioDefinition n

Supplementary aids and services means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, and in extracurricular and nonacademic settings, to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate in accordance with §§300.114 through 300.116…

Supplementary aids and services means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, and in extracurricular and nonacademic settings, to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate in accordance with §§300.114 through 300.116…

TTransition ransition SServiceservices DefinitioDefinition n

(a) Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child’s movement from school to post-school activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment), continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community participation;

(2) Is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests; and includes—

(i) Instruction;(ii) Related services;(iii) Community experiences;(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living

objectives; and(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional

vocational evaluation.

(b) Transition services for children with disabilities may be special education, if provided as specially designed instruction, or a related service, if required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education.

(a) Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child’s movement from school to post-school activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment), continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community participation;

(2) Is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests; and includes—

(i) Instruction;(ii) Related services;(iii) Community experiences;(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living

objectives; and(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional

vocational evaluation.

(b) Transition services for children with disabilities may be special education, if provided as specially designed instruction, or a related service, if required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education.

Transition services are intended to help youth with disabilities make the transition from the world of secondary school to the world of adulthood

Transition services are intended to help youth with disabilities make the transition from the world of secondary school to the world of adulthood

TTransition ransition SServiceservices DefinitioDefinition n

(a) Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child’s movement from school to post-school activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment), continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community participation;

(2) Is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests; and includes—

(i) Instruction;(ii) Related services;(iii)Community experiences;(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living

objectives; and(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional

vocational evaluation.

(a) Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child’s movement from school to post-school activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including supported employment), continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community participation;

(2) Is based on the individual child’s needs, taking into account the child’s strengths, preferences, and interests; and includes—

(i) Instruction;(ii) Related services;(iii)Community experiences;(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living

objectives; and(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional

vocational evaluation.

TTransition ransition SServiceservices DefinitioDefinition n

(a) Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process…

(2) Is based on the individual child’s needs…

…and includes—

(i) Instruction;

(ii) Related services;

(iii) Community experiences;

(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives; and

(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional vocational evaluation.

(a) Transition services means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—

(1) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process…

(2) Is based on the individual child’s needs…

…and includes—

(i) Instruction;

(ii) Related services;

(iii) Community experiences;

(iv) The development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives; and

(v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional vocational evaluation.

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