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Special Education In-service for Substitute Teaching Assistants 2011-2012 Mat-Su Borough School District Student Support Services Welcome from Lucy Hope, Director

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Special Education In-service for Substitute Teaching Assistants . 2011-2012 Mat-Su Borough School District Student Support Services. Welcome from Lucy Hope, Director. Agenda. Overview of special education in Mat-Su Overview of special education law: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Special Education In-service for Substitute Teaching Assistants 2011-2012Mat-Su Borough School District Student Support ServicesWelcome from Lucy Hope, Director1AgendaOverview of special education in Mat-Su

Overview of special education law: IDEA; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Overview of disabilitiesWhos who.Introductions: Your name, Why are you subbing? School(s) you are working in Programs you have worked in

3Related ServicesSpeech Language PathologistsSchool PsychologistsOccupational TherapistsPhysical TherapistsAudiologistsVision and Hearing SpecialistsSign Language InterpretersAssistive Technology Specialists

CONFIDENTIALITYProtection of Records, Disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to children with disabilitiesParental Access to Educational RecordsParental Consent for Release of Records

5MSBSD Special Education Policies and ProceduresAre one and the same as

Alaska Special Education Handbook

DEFINITIONSSpecial Education:

Related Services

504 PlanAccommodationsModifications Is: specialized instruction, Is: required for a child to benefit from special education7The legal and political aspects of Special EducationSeries of federal public laws regarding childrens entitlement to a Free and Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment

1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act1987 Preschool Handicapped Act1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act1997 IDEA Amendments of 19972004: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act8BASIC CONCEPTSFAPE (free and and appropriate public education)Ages 3-21, suspended or expelled students, students in correctional facilities, private schools, home schools, charter schools, district and state correspondence schools.

LRE (least restrictive environment) to maximum extent appropriate

9IDEA DisabilityMust meet eligibility criteria as defined by law under fourteen disability categoriesMust adversely affect education performanceMust substantiate requirement for special education and related servicesIDEA Disability CategoriesSpecific Learning Disability (about half of all students with IEPs): 1174 studentsSpeech Impaired: 428 studentsEarly Childhood Developmentally Delayed: 301 studentsOther Health Impaired: 238 studentsEmotionally Disturbed: 154 studentsCognitively Impaired: 100 students

Other disability categories:Low incidence disabilities:Autism: 78 studentsMultiple disabilities: 52 studentsHard of Hearing/Deaf: 19 studentsVisually Impaired: 6 studentsDeaf Blind: 1 studentsTraumatic Brain Injury: 6 studentsOrthopedically Impaired: 12 studentsChildfind Early childhood, school age children enrolled in the district, school age children not enrolled in the district

InterventionsMust be attempted in regular education before a referral to special education is made. Commonly called RTI in our district (Response to Intervention)

13Referral and EvaluationMust be completed within 45 school days of the date parent signed consent to evaluate. ReevaluationsMust be conducted every three yearsExitOnly for reasons allowed by state regulations

14IEPIndividualized Education ProgramConsists of 13 sections, defined by state regulations.iPlan is our software, forms on iPlan come directly from Alaska Special Education Handbook.Developed by team15IEP Meeting: Required ParticipantsMust be invitedParent Student after age 14General Ed teacherSpecial ed providerDistrict representative Anyone knowledgeable about evaluation conductedMust attend: General Ed teacherSpecial Ed providerDistrict representativeIEP AlignmentFrom Evaluation to PLAFFP. to Goals & Objectives to Services. to Placement17Placement: based on IEP following its completionLRE (to what extent is the child being educated with typical same age peers???)Not where the child is educated, but with whom..Should be enrolled in their attendance area school or as close to home as possible. Team must consider continuum of options. Justification must be written if services are more restrictive than fulltime services in general education classroom. 18Implementation of IEPMust be implemented within 45 days of receipt of consent to evaluateUpon proposal of IEP, regardless of any disagreement. If consensus cannot be reached, district must provide Prior Written Notice of its proposed IEP.

Transition ServicesInto Preschool90 days prior to 3rd birthday, children in Infant Learning Program have Transition meeting in their homeProcess of evaluation beginsBy age 16Transition Plan required for every student, addressing the purpose of IDEIA: to prepare for employment and independent livingMSBSD Programs Early Childhood (ages 3-5)ItinerantHeadstartCenter Based preschool (2 or 4 days)

Elementary (grades k-5)Itinerant ResourceIntensive resourceRegional programs for ED and Deaf students, and ABA programs21MSBSD ProgramsMiddle School (grades 6-8)ItinerantResourceIntensive resourceSelf contained

High School (grades 9-12) Itinerant Resource Intensive resource Self Contained Next Step Transition K-12 Special Day School22Houston High SchoolSu Valley Junior/Senior High SchoolWasilla High SchoolColony High SchoolPalmer High SchoolGlacier View SchoolAlternative SchoolsCorrespondence SchoolCharter SchoolsNo Child Left Behind (NCLB)AYP: Adequate Yearly Progressmeasured by annual Standards Based Assessments District is at Level 4Schools are at different levels

For more info go to www.eed.state.ak.us

SWD: Students with Disabilities

A subgroup, specified in NCLBPerformance of this subgroup includes all students in district with IEPs, grades 3-10. 32All are decisions Made by IEP teamAlaska Statewide Assessment Grades 3-10Terra Nova (NRT)Standards Based Assessments (CRT)

Grade 10High School Graduation Qualifying Exam (CRT) SWD MUST take assessments: without accommodations, orwith accommodations, orParticipate in an Alternate Assessment33Alaska Statewide AssessmentsAll accommodations specified in the IEP must be administered during the assessments. SSS Records Specialist, will work with case managers so you know which students have which accommodations.

34Alaska Statewide AssessmentAfter 10th grade administration of the HSGQE, if a SWD has failed a subsection, the IEP team may recommend a Modified HSGQENonstandardized HSGQEAll of these need to be approved by DEED.

Submission of these requests is coordinated by SSS, Records Specialist

Upon approval, info will be sent to case managers.35Extended School YearEligibility under three categories: Regression/Recoup-mentSelf-sufficiencyEmerging skills

IEP meetings annually determine eligibility for ESYIEP Amendment meetings must be held, to determine skills to be addressed in ESY

36Special Education AttendanceRequired to be taken dailyPaper/pencil, in addition to iCue attendance at your schoolMark each day you are scheduled to see a child (i.e. positive attendance)Submit at the end of each quarter to Records Specialist37Working FilesMust be lockedYou are responsible for confidentialityMust contain current iep, this years progress notes, and any other confidential information about that child that you want to keep38Thank you!Please enjoy the rest of your day.Please fill out questionnaire about future topics

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