Appropriate Education for students with disabilities

2 Appropriate Education: A Process Child Find Protection in Evaluation Procedural Safeguards IEP process Meaningful Goals Placement in the LRE Parental involvement Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved

3 Appropriate Education: A Process Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Child Find An institutionalized process by which a district attempts to identify, locate, and evaluate children who may be need of special education services. Outreach through preschools and pediatricians, medical clinics, public awareness programs, mailings to parents, media advertisements.

4 Appropriate Education: A Process Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Protection in Evaluation Culturally and linguistically appropriate evaluation. Appropriate evaluation based on the apparent strengths and needs of the students

5 Appropriate Education: A Process Procedural Safeguards Four components  general safeguards  independent educational evaluation  appointment of surrogate parents  dispute resolution Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved

6 Appropriate Education: A Process IEP process  Providing notice to parent  Adhere to State mandated timelines  Involving student’s parents in educational decision making  Conducting complete and individualized evaluations  Ensure all IEP members attend IEP meetings  Include appropriate content in IEP  Ensure IEP is implemented as written Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved

7 Appropriate Education: A Process Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Meaningful Goals  Measurable  Educational and Functional  For 16 + year olds, post-secondary goals based on age appropriate assessments of transition needs

8 Appropriate Education: A Process Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Placement in LRE To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with other children who are not disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature of severity of their disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.

9 Appropriate Education: A Process Yell / The Law and Special Education, Second Edition Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Parental involvement  Evaluation  IEP meetings  Placement decisions  Progress reports