School Based SLP

Question 1

Historical perspectives and modern day influences

Answer 1

IDEIA and other legal mandates
Elementary and secondary education act
Political social and demographic influences
Ethics and best practices

Question 2

Public school SLP services began in the early 1900s

Answer 2

1910 - Chicago IL offered school services in speech stuttering and voice
early 1900s - Detroit and NY offered services
1916 - Madison WI conducted a public school survey of children’s communication abilities
1922 - UW Madison awarded the first PhD in the country to Sara Stinchfield Hawk

Question 3

Current school based SLP responsibilities

Answer 3

Prevention
Identification
Assessment
Evaluation
IEP/IFSP
Eligibility determination
Caseload management
Intervention
Counseling
Re eval
Transition
Dismissal
Supervision
Accountability

Question 4

Major tenets of IDEIA

Answer 4

free appropriate public education (FAPE)
least restrictive environment (LRE)
due process
accountability and EBP
IEP plan and process
disability types specifically defined
qualified provider
paperwork reduction
early intervention
transitions
research
funding

Question 5

Equality –> Quality

Answer 5

Brown v Board of Education was the landmark court case that proclaimed separate but equal is not equal. Subsequent court cases continue to ensure quality special education and support services

Question 6

Recent court cases

Answer 6

Fry vs Napoleon Comm Sch District
the school refused to allow a child’s service dog to accompany her in school. the parents sued for damages under section 504 and the ADAA. supreme court issued a unanimous decision for child and parents

Endrew F v Douglas County Sch District
parents argued that their child with autism did not make measurable progress on his IEP goals and that the school failed to address his worsening behavior problems. the parents advocated for a heightened meaningful education benefit standard. supreme court unanimously rejected the de minimis standard

Phyllene W v Huntsville city bd of ed
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the decision of a Hearing
Officer and of a U. S. District Court and ruled in favor of the parent and child. The Court
explained that: “[T]he Board violated… IDEA by failing to evaluate M.W. when faced
with evidence that she suffered from a suspected hearing impairment. As a result of its failure to obtain necessary medical information regarding M.W.’s hearing, the Board further failed to provide her with a FAPE. The lack of medical information rendered the accomplishment of the IDEA’s goals impossible because no meaningful IEP was developed, and the IEPs put into place lacked necessary elements with respect to the
services that M.W. should have been provided. In short, the Board’s failure to evaluate M.W. with respect to her hearing loss deprived M.W. of the opportunity to benefit educationally from an appropriate IEP

Doug C vs Hawaii
The department of ed denied the student a free appropriate public education by holding the IEP meeting without the parent present. the parent did not refuse to attend. the parent actively sough to reschedule the meeting in order to participate.

Question 7

President’s commission on excellence in special ed

Answer 7

in 2001, the US president convened a commission that conducted public hearings across the US

The commission focused on finding the promises and pitfalls of IDEA

after the hearings were concluded, the commission published seven major findings, many still relevant today

Question 8

Seven Major Findings

Answer 8

IDEIA is providing basic legal safeguards and access for children with disabilities. however current system places process above results (complex regulations, excessive paperwork, administrative demands)

current system uses an antiquated model that waits for a child to fail instead of a model based on prevention and intervention

educators and policymakers think about 2 separate systems (special ed vs gen ed). children with disabilities are not often treated as children who are members of the general ed pop

when a child fails to make progress in special ed, parents don’t have adequate options and there are inadequate recourses

the culture of compliance has often developed from the pressures of litigations. much of a school’s energy and resources are diverted from the school’s first mission: educating children

many of the current methods of identifying children with disabilities lack validity

children with disabilities require highly qualified teachers and educators including school based SLPS