Special
Education
Policies
and Procedures
July 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Definitions.................................................................................................................................. 2
Full Educational
Free Appropriate Public Education................................................................................... 17
General
Hearing Aids and External Components of Surgically Implanted
Devices
Physical Education
Assistive Technology
Extended School Year
Participation in Assessments
Methods of Ensuring a Free Appropriate Public Education
Public Information.................................................................................................................. 20
Child Find................................................................................................................................. 21
General
Referral
IEP Team................................................................................................................................... 22
Participants
IEP Team Attendance
Parent Participation in IEP Team Meetings
IEP Team Duties
Timeline
Evaluation................................................................................................................................ 26
General
Initial Evaluations
IEP Team Determination of Eligibility or
Continuing Eligibility (Initial and Reevaluation)
Reevaluation
Evaluation Report
Evaluation Safeguards
Additional Requirements for Specific Learning Disabilities
Determination of Eligibility .................................................................................................. 33
Areas of Impairment............................................................................................................... 34
Autism
Cognitive Disability
Emotional Behavioral Disability
Hearing Impairment
Specific Learning Disability
Orthopedic Impairment
Other Health Impairment
Significant Developmental Delay
Speech and Language Impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury
Visual Impairment
Developing, Reviewing and Revising an IEP.................................................................. 44
IEP in Effect
IEP Development.................................................................................................................... 45
IEP Review and Revision..................................................................................................... 46
Amendments to the IEP........................................................................................................ 46
IEP Content.............................................................................................................................. 47
Placement................................................................................................................................. 48
Least Restrictive Environment
Notice of Placement
Consent for Placement
Related Services:
Physical and Occupational Therapy.............................................. 50
Physical Therapists’ Licensure and Service Requirements
School Physical Therapist Assistants’ Qualifications and
Supervision of Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapists’ Licensure and Service Requirements
Delegation and Supervision of Occupational Therapy
Responsibility of a School Occupational Therapist
School Occupational Therapy Assistants’ Qualifications and
Supervision
Transition from Birth to 3 Programs.................