the special education process hassan elementary school
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The Special Education
Process
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Hassan Elementary School
PURPOSE
What is Special Education?
What are the most common disability areas?
What is the process for identifying students with disabilities?
Why does it take so long to get them into Special Education Service?
What is Special Education (SpEd)?
Stems from federal law called: The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
Says kids with disabilities are entitled to a free and appropriate education
These students may benefit from additional educational services that include: Different approaches to teaching (e.g. Touch
point Math) Use of technology (e.g. hearing aid or AAC
device) Specifically adapted teaching areas (e.g. a
resource room for sensory breaks or quiet testing)
• Overall purpose is to help the student become more successful and self-sufficient as a kid in school and, eventually, as an adult in the community
Most Common Disability Areas: Alphabet Soup
Include challenges with: Learning (LD), e.g. reading/writing
Communication (SLP), e.g. language/ articulation/ stuttering/voice
Emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD): anxiety
Physical Impairment (PI), e.g. wheel chair
Developmental disabilities (DD, DCD, ASD), e.g. cognitive/social impairments
Less frequent: DHH, VI, TBI, OHI
What is the Process for Identifying a Student with a Disability?
1. Interventions
2. Referral
3. Assessment
4. Individual Education Programming (IEP)
1. Intervention
First step in deciding whether a student is in need of special education assessment or simply needs assistance/modification within the general education environment
Studies indicate approximately 25% of school age students have
academic or behavioral problems; however, approximately 10 % qualify for special education
2. Referral
Request for assessment of a student with suspected special education needs.
A parent, teacher, or student themselves can make a referral
It should include a description of the modifications and supports to the general education environment and rationale for assessment.
3. Assessment
Formalized process of gathering and interpreting information about a student to determine whether he/she demonstrates a disability
An initial assessment MUST be completed before any special education services are offered to a student
The school must pay for the cost of assessment!
The assessment plan must document the reasons for the evaluation, areas to be evaluated, and people doing the assessment
4. Individual Education Plan (IEP)
Written plan for the education of a school-age child who has been determined to have a disability
Must contain amount of service, where service is to be provided, current performance level, goals and objectives and method of measuring, accommodations/modifications The IEP is a legal document and
serves as the district’s written commitment to services it will provide
Why Does it Take So Long to Get a Student into Special Education Service?
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Evaluation Result Meeting
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Ideas and Materials to Help
• Handout on for Special Education Process
Pre-Referral Interventions for selected areas like speech/language
Referral Form List of students in class
receiving SpEd IEP Information sheet for each
student w/ accommodations listed
Team Referral Form w/benchmarks
PURPOSE
What is Special Education?
What are the most common disability areas?
What is the process for identifying students with disabilities?
Why does it take so long to get them into Special Education Service?
