IDEA is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal law that assures students
with disabilities receive free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
Special education and related services are specifically designed instructional services developed to
support students with disabilities within the general curriculum. The intent of the support services is to
enable all students with disabilities to make progress in the general curriculum, to
participate in extracurricular and nonacademic activities, and to be educated and participate
with disabled and non disabled peers in the public school system.
Contact information:
- Kim Otto 668-8923
- Becky Long, Diagnostician, 665- 7688
- Pam Petty, Special Education Director, 665-7688
Whenever you are concerned with your child's academic progress, please contact your child's teacher.
He/she can provide valuable insights and help.
Pre-referral - If your child is having academic difficulties in school, please contact
Kim Otto. A student support team will evaluate interventions that may help your child prior to a
special education referral. This team will also assess whether or not an educational need for special education services is present.
- Referral - The process of requesting that a student be evaluated for eligibility to
receive special education and related services.
- Make a request, to Kim Otto if you suspect your child has a
disability that is causing his/her learning problems.
- Notice and Consent
- Receive a copy of "Notice of Procedural Safeguards."
- Receive notice for a full and individual initial evaluation.
- Give written consent for the evaluation to be completed.
- Evaluation - The collection of information about a student's special
learning needs, strengths, and interest.
- Provide information for the evaluation process(e.g., medical, family, and educational history;
perceptions of the student's strengths and needs at home, at school, and in the community).
- Review evaluation data with school personnel.
- Provide input in determining if additional data are needed to complete the evaluation.
- Receive a copy of the evaluation report.
Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee
- Eligibility - The ARD committee determines if the student needs special education and/or
releated services.
- Receive "Notice of ARD Committee Meeting" and "Notice of Procedural Safeguards" five (5) school days prior to meeting.
- Ask questions abut the evaluation results.
- Share information about your child's strengths and educational needs.
- Share information to help determine eligibility and appropriate services.
- Individualized Education Program Development
- Share information about your child.
- Assist in the development of individualized education program goals, short-term objectives and benchmarks.
- Contribute to the determination of special education and related services to be provided, if appropriate.
- Contribute to the determination of appropriate educational placement.
- Give permission for your child to receive special education and related services (initial placement only).
Annual Review Meeting
- Recieve "Notice of the ARD Meeting" five (5) school days prior to meeting.
- Receive a copy of the "Notice of Proceduarl Safeguards."
- Review current IEP goals and objectives
- Assist in development of new IEP annual goals and short-term objectives and benchmarks
for the next school year.
- Help determine an appropriate educational placement based on the identified IEP goals and objectives.
General Information
Learning Disability
Speech/Communication Impairment
To read board policy about Special Education, click on the link Board Policy Online
at the bottom of this site. Under Search type in Special Education for a listing of
various links covering special education.
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