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Children must meet two criteria in order to receive special education: (1) the child must have one or more of the disabilities listed below, and (2) he or she must require special education and related services. Not all children who have a disability require special education; many are able to and should attend school without any program modifications. Following are the disabilities included in the definition.
I help to process manage meeting for children who qualify for special education services. A parent can request that the child be tested, the the child is having difficulties in reading, writing, math or have other deficits, such speech/language difficulties.
Request from the person that takes care of the special education process and request meeting to find out if testing is necessary. Remember if the team does not suspect a disability then testing/special education services Will not be given. It is a case by case decision. The parent should take any medical documentation, counselors notes, etc. to assist the team with making a decision.
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The first step in obtaining special education services is for your child to be evaluated. The evaluation can be done when your child is first suspected of having a disability (pre-placement evaluation) or when your child's level of functioning changes in one or more areas (re-evaluation). There are two ways in which a child can be evaluated under the regulations of IDEA:
*The parent can request an evaluation by calling or writing the director of special education or the principal of the child's school. If you call, also put your request in writing, keeping a copy for yourself. This should be part of your routine communication with anyone concerning your child's education. Follow-up all telephone calls with a letter summarizing the conversation. This way, the other party has the opportunity to make corrections to any misunderstood information, and you have a paper trail in case of a disagreement with the school system.
*The school system may also determine an evaluation is necessary. If so, they must receive written permission from the parent before the evaluation can be conducted.
An evaluation should be conducted by a multidisciplinary team or group of persons, which must include at least one teacher or other specialist with specific knowledge in the area of suspected disability. IDEA requires that no single procedure be used as the sole criterion for determining an appropriate education program for a child. The law also requires that the child be assessed in all areas related to the suspected disability, including but not limited to, health, vision, hearing, communication abilities, motor skills, and social and/or emotional status.
If the parents disagree with the results of the evaluation, they may choose to obtain an independent evaluation at public or private expense. A list of professionals that meet state requirements may be requested from your school, or you can choose one on your own. If the professional chosen meets appropriate criteria set up by the state, then the school must consider their evaluation in developing an IEP.
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