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Exploring the Future With Your SPED Student (STEP 1. Determining If A…
Exploring the Future With Your SPED Student
STEP 1. Determining If A Child May Have A Disability
You or a school professional notices that your child is struggling academically or behaviorally in school and suspects he or she may have a disability.
STEP 2. Meet With The School’s RTI Support Team
STEP 3. If Your Child Is Still Struggling Academically Or Behaviorally
If you do not think the RTI supports are meeting your child's needs, you can discuss this with the RTI Support team to request a special education evaluation for your child. Once you make this request or if the school decides that its strategies have been exhausted, you will be contacted by your school's special education point of contact
Contact your school to schedule a meeting to inform them of your concerns and discuss supports through Response to Intervention (RTI).
STEP 4. Your Child Is Evaluated
STEP 5. Eligibility Is Determined
STEP 6. If Your Child Is Found Eligible For Services
STEP 7. IEP Meeting Is Held And IEP Is Written
The IEP team (which includes you as the parent) talks about the child’s needs and creates the Initial IEP. Your child’s services and educational supports through an Individualized Education Program (IEP), will be put in place once you provide consent for the initial provision of special education services.
A meeting is held to develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for your child. This is done following the eligibility meeting.
If your child is found to be a child with a disability who will need special education and related services because of that disability, your child will be eligible for special education services. Once your child is found eligible for services, the IEP team will meet within 30 days to write an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for your child.
The IEP team meets to review the assessments, if any were done, and determines if your child is eligible for Special Education services.
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) team will meet with you to discuss your concerns and review the information from response to intervention. If the team has determined that your child should be evaluated, you will be asked to sign a consent for evaluation. Once you provide consent, your child will be evaluated and may receive specific tests to inform the team.
STEP 8. Services Begin
STEP 9. Progress Is Measured
At least once a year, the IEP team meets to review your child’s progress and update the goals and services laid out in the plan. Parents are part of the IEP team and are invited to participate in this meeting where they may make suggestions for changes to the IEP.
IEP progress reports are sent quarterly during the school year to inform parents of student progress on the goals outlined in the IEP.
STEP 10. Your Child Is Re-evaluated
Every three years, your child is reevaluated to determine if he or she still has a disability and continues to need special education and related services.
The IEP will be implemented at your child’s neighborhood school or the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) that can meet your child’s needs as outlined in the IEP.