Curriculum & Instruction Flashcards
Students must be placed at a school…
closest to their home or the school they would have attended if not disabled.
What is Full Inclusion?
SWD have an absolute right to placement in a general education classroom.
Feasibility Test
Determines whether services make a specialized placement superior.
When does a change of placement constitute an IEP meeting and parental approval?
If services in student’s IEP cannot be implemented in the new setting.
No IEP if change to a comparable class/school.
How to make legally correct placement decisions?
Base off of student’s specific IEP data, not a philosophical argument about inclusion.
5 Failures of an IEP
- Failure to complete an assessment prior.
- Failure to create a PLAAFP statement.
- Failure to create meaningful and measurable goals.
- Failure to provide comprehensive, evidence based services.
- Failure to progress monitor.
Who is provided Transition services?
Students under IDEA
Student under Section 504
When does transition planning begin?
16
Who must be included in transition planning?
Who could be included in transition planning?
The student over 16.
Guidance counselors, college counselors, vocational educators.
Transition of mild/mod students
May not need adult services. Accommodations and support are provided through their post secondary institution.
Transition of Mod/Severe Students
Transitional planning focuses on supported employment, community involvement, and supported living placements.
Transitional services are designed to facilitate move to… (5)
- post-secondary education
- vocational training
- employment
- Independent living
- community involvement
Failure to create a transition plan results in…
A denial of FAPE
5 step Transition planning protocol
- Assess the students interests and long term desires across multiple domains.
- Identify and explore placements
- Instruct skills which will be necessary for their goals.
- Coordinate with services and organizations
- Provide planning follow-ups
When a student graduates or ages out parents/students must be provided…
Summary of Performance which outlines the students academic achievement and functional performance upon graduation.
Graduates with disabilities are more like to be employed if…
they received extensive vocational training during HS and graduated with secured employment.
Who is part of the Federal Partners in Transition
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration
United States Department of Labor
Local education agencies
Coordinate to provide support for students transitioning out of HS.
To provide FAPE a school must follow the following sequence.
- Identify a child in need of SPED
- Provide an assessment
- Create an IEP
- Determine instructional placement that constitutes LRE
What is in an IEP (Broad)
- A child’s educational needs.
- Stipulates the goals that will serve to assess whether needs are being met.
- SPED and related services the district will provide.
IEP include (8 parts)
- Present Levels
- Annuals goals
- A means to monitor progress
- Services that will be provided
- Instructional placement
- Testing accommodations or alternative testing.
- Initiation date for services
- transition plan for students over 16
For students whose behaviors impede learning, an IEP must consider
Functional behavioral analysis (FBA) and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS).
In court, the burden of persuasion rest in…
The accusatory party. If a part claims denial of FAPE they have the burden of providing proof to the hearing officer.
