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How to Identify & Help :silhouette: struggling students :silhouette…

- - - - Teachers: Special Ed and General Ed
      - Parents/Guardians
      - Administrator
      - Nurse
      - Guidance counselor
    - - High quality instruction and tiered intervention strategies aligned with the needs of the student
      - Frequent monitoring of student progress
      - a systematic pre-referral process designed to address the needs of all children through a continuum of services
      - Academic and behavioral decisions based on student progress
      - Application of child response data to all important educational decisions (i.e., placement, intervention, curriculum)‏
    - - Develop
      - Implement alternative education strategies for the student before a formal referral to special education
      - Identify
    - - 4. Special Education Evaluation
        
        documentation
        
        Behavior
        
        Disability-specific evaluations
        
        Achievement
        
        Medical evaluations
        
        Intelligence
        
        Team
        
        Special educators
        
        General educators
        
        Educational diagnosticians
        
        Parents
        
        Medical professionals
        
        5. Eligibility
        
        6. IEP Process
        
        Development
        
        Parents may request access to the proposed IEP prior to the IEP meeting.
        
        A pre-meeting may be held to go over the proposed IEP.
        
        If the student is eligible for Special Education services, IEP Team members meet to develop the formal plan of services, the student’s individualized IEP.
        
        Team
        
        A representative of the local educational agency (LEA)‏
        
        An individual who can interpret the instructional implications of the evaluations
        
        At least one special education teacher
        
        The student, when appropriate
        
        At least one general education teacher
        
        Other involved individuals (related service providers) and/or family members or family friends maintaining a close relationship with the student.
        
        The parents or legal guardians
        
        Basic Components
        
        A statement of frequency and method of progress reports.
        
        The signature page that provides a statement of least restrictive environment.
        
        A statement of opportunities to participate with nondisabled peers.
        
        Behavior Improvement Plan (BIP), if needed.
        
        A statement of transportation needs.
        
        Transition plans included in the IEP for students age 16 and over.
        
        A statement of special instructional factors that are to be addressed in the IEP.
        
        Benchmark pages for students taking alternative state assessments.
        
        The beginning dates of the program and its duration.
        
        A student profile with formal evaluations and academic achievement.
        
        Meeting
        
        At the IEP meeting, the IEP team discusses the proposed IEP.
        
        Once the parties reach consensus, the IEP will be adopted and all parties will sign the IEP document.
        
        7. IEP Implementation
        
        8. IEP Reevaluation
        
        Determine services needed for the next school year, including additional assessments.
        
        Determine (with the parental permission) if formal evaluations are needed every three years.
        
        Review student progress for the special education services provided.
        
        The team can request formal evaluations be conducted more frequently if needed.
        
        A good faith effort is being made to achieve mastery in all benchmarks and annual goals.
        
        The IEP is altered as necessary to meet student need
        
        Documentation of progress towards annual goals is taking place
        
        The IEP is being implemented
      - Once the referral is made, the school must obtain the consent of the parents to begin the evaluation phase of the process.
      - The official referral begins the formal process of determining eligibility for special education.
      - Federal Law requires evaluations to be completed within 60 days of the referral.