Lecture 3: School Based Therapy and IDEA

Question 1

IDEA: The individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA) is a federal law, with state education agency oversight, that supports the provision of public education for all children - regardless of the natural or severity of their disability

IDEA ensures that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropate public education that emphasizes special education and releated services designed to mett their unoque needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.

In 1997 the education for all handicapped childrens act became the individuals with disabilities education act. president clinton reauthoried IDEA with several key amendenments that emphasized provinding all students with access to the same curriculum

in 2004 congress amnded IDEA by calling for early intervention for students, greater acountability and improved educational outcomes, and raised the standards for instructors who teach special education classes

Question 2

before 1975 did the schools have a legal obligation to provide education if your child had a disability?

Answer 2

No

this is bad for non verbal kids that are perfectaly capaible of learning

Question 3

What is part C of IDEA considered
* where do services occur
* How often is it reviewed and updated?

Answer 3

this is early education Early education
* so this is infants and toddlers up to age 3, with disabilities and their families reciebe early intervention services under IDEA part C

Individualized family service plan (IFSB): plan for the family

Foundation for a familys involvement with early intervention services

Services occur in natural setting - aka in the childs home or basically anywhere but a PT clinic

Takes into account childs present level of functioning and needs

reviewed every 6 months and updated at least yearly

Question 4

What is part b of IDEA (individuals with disability education act)
* age
* what does it transfer from?
* part C comes with an individualzied family service plan, however, this plan transitions to a?

Answer 4

Special education and releated services under IDEA part B

Age 3-21

Part C to transition to B
* this transition starts 3 months before third birhday

Indiviidualized family service plan –> individual education plan

must occur before childs 3rd birthday

Coordinated by early intervention service providers.case manager in conjunction with district/school representative

Question 5

Evaluation and eligibility evaluation under IDEA part B (the school one)
* this means if your child has a physical disability, but has no need for educational adaption (think making straight A’s in school). They do not qualify for an IED (individualized education plan)
* Child must have a defined comphrensive disability categories AND a need for specially designed insutrction, or special education - they basically have to fail to get services

disability categories below

OHI = other help impairment

the day they turn 6 they no longer have developmental delay

Question 6

School is not required to except outside diagnosis by other medical providers. Meaning they won’t take outside paperwork lots of the time

Question 7

Individualized Education Program:

Provides special education and releated services to a student who is identified as having a disability that negatively impacts thie ability to reciebe academic instruction

A student who recieves special education services is entitled to modification of curriculum, Classroom accommodations, specialized instruction, and releated services such as occupational therapy, PT, speech therapy and/or counseling

You cannot have releated services of PT/OT/Speech / counsiling unless you have an IEP. Meaning if your child needs releated services for a phsyical disability but doesnt have a learning disability than they cant get it at the school and needs to go outside the school to recieve this.

Question 8

inclusion = in a regular education classrom

You can have an IEP and still get the same diploma

Question 9

If child does not need education disability but has other problems (think more physical) thats when they get the 504 plan
* these are very common
* think kids that have ADHD, or kids that have autism but are super smart, kids with medical needs (even things like type 1 diabetes)

Question 10

IEP Parts

Present levels of performance: Summary that describes current specific, measureable, objective baseline information for each area affected by the distability

Goals: Descriptions of what a student can reasonably be expected to accomplish within a 12 month period with the provision of special education services. Goals should be SMART: specific, measureable, achieveable results, time limited

Benchmark objects - think standrized tests
* benchmarks are major milestones that specify skill or performance levels a student needs to accomplish to reach his annual goal

objectives are measure, intermediate steps between a students PLP and the annual goals established for the student

Least restrictive environment: According to IDEA, IEPs should provide the greatest exposure to and interaction with general education students and person without disabilities

Assistive Technology: Every IEP must consider technology programs, services, or devices that a student must have to be successful

Description of special education services: Time, frequency, and any related services that student needs, and amounts of time these services will be provided. The amount of time and areas in which the student will be removed from genderal education setting identified.

it needs to be documented why they are pulled from regular classes

Question 11

IEP Team - everyone needs to be present for it to be a legal meeting

Parent or guardian

At least one of the students general education teachers

At least one of the students special education teachers

A school district representative

An expert who can interpret the students evaluation results

Student

Translator (if needed)

Anyone else parents wish is allowed

Question 12

Questions to ask - as the PT

Is the student able to safely access their educational environment - can work on this

Are additional supports and equipment required for a student to safely access and participate within their educational environment

Does the student have mobility deficits that impact his or her ability to access the educaational environment and genreal curriculum

What is the students performance in comparision to same age peers

Question 13

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Question 15

Dosage considerations:
* Participation restrictions
* Chronological age/readiness for skill acquisition
* impact of theapeutic intervention
* Support available at the school
* Tranisitions
* Expertise - is the teacher in the classroom going to be able to provide some of the services that are needed or does someone else need to be there
* Amount of Clinical Decision Making and Problem solving required
* Previous Therapy Health Condition
* Assitive Tech

but in releatly school decides dosage

Question 16

Question 17

Dosage options are similar to outpatient

Front loading - doing a lot of them at the start

Therapeutic blocks of time

Transitional services for students changing schools or placements

Short, intensive bursts of therapy for unique needs

Question 18

Transition Services on an IEP

Must be included in the first IEP that will be in effect when a student turns 16
- this is hard becuase you have no idea at 3 (when they transition into the school system) what they’re going to be like at this age
- however, they dont have to meet these goals

A coordinated set of activities that
* Improved academic and functional skills to facilitate movement from school to post-school activities
* Based on individual student’s needs, taking into account his or her strengths, preferences and interests
* Includes instruction, releated services, community experiences, development of employment and other post- school adult living objectives and, when appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills

Question 19

504 accommodation plan
* the difference is, an IEP gets direct services and interventions, while a 504 allows for accomodations
* think just needing extended, or someone to help them check blood sugar. Kind of smaller things

The rehabilitation act of 1973, section 504 addresses protections for students with disabilities

Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that recieve federal finaical assistance from the deperatment

Ensures that a student with a disability has access to accommodations that improve academic fucntioning

To qualify a student must have a diagnosis of physical or emotional disability or impairment that restricts one or more major life activities (attention, class participation)

Specific accommodations, supports, or services for the child

Not special education services accommodation page only. Updated yearly w/ 3 year re-evals

Question 20

Summary

IEP:
* Required by individuals with Disabilitites Act (IDEA - education law)
* provides special educaiton releated services to meet students needs, specialized insutrction
* Student needs to have 1 or more of 13 specified disabilities to obtain plan
* Main focus is on what the student is learning
* States recieve additional funding for eligable students
* Must have a written document and follow guidelines in students learning plan
* goal is to meet learning needs

504:
* Required by section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973
* Provides accommodations for a disability
* Main focus is on how the student is learning and what can be done to remove barriers, how can the student access learning
* Any disability can obtain a plan if it interferes with the ability to learn in general education
* Provides reasonable accomodations for students (ex, student in wheel chair has time build in shcedule to be able to travel to classes)
* Can be obtained even if student does not equalify for IEP

Overlap
* Parental involvement is needed, consent to evaluate student
* No cost to student or parent
* Goal is to meet students learning needs
* Stidents are yearly evaluated
* Federally mandated

these laws are only for public schools. Private schools are not required to follow the IEP