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Special Education. NEGOTIATING the ARC: WORKING in COLLABORATION TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN Leslie A. Jones September 13, 2007. Objectives. To provide an overview of special education under IDEA and 504 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Special Education
NEGOTIATING the ARC: WORKING in COLLABORATION TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN
Leslie A. Jones
September 13, 2007
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Objectives
• To provide an overview of special education under IDEA and 504
• To provide information on transitioning children from the First Steps program to Pre-K, Headstart, kindergarten and first grade, highlighting differences
• To provide information on collaboration efforts and provide examples of how collaboration benefits children
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Agenda
• IDEA 2004
• Section 504
• Collaboration
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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IDEA 2004
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
• Signed Dec. 3, 2004
• Effective July 1, 2005
• Congress worked on IDEA ’04 for 3 years
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Roles–Schools
• Locate children who may need services
• Provide services to eligible children
• Offer assistance to families
• Listen to parents
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More on FAPE
• Two part test– Were procedures followed?– Was the plan calculated to allow
educational benefit
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Members of the Team
• Parents• Regular education teacher• Special education teacher• District representative• Someone to interpret evaluation results• Child, when appropriate• Others with special knowledge or
expertise• Related services personnel
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“Parent”—IDEA ‘04
• Natural, adoptive or foster parent
• Guardian
• Surrogate
• Individual acting as a parent with whom child lives– Grandparent– Stepparent– Other relative
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“Parent”—KY proposed regulation
• Biological or adoptive parent
• Guardian
• Surrogate
• Person acting in parent’s place with whom child lives or who is legally responsible
• Foster parent only if biological parent’s rights extinguished and long term relationship
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Parent Tips
• Ask for and review evaluation data and reports before the IEP meeting
• Know who will attend, and who you will bring
• Gather information to share, including medical and other assessments
• Write down your questions• Write down your priorities
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An IEP has 4 basic parts
1. Present Levels of Performance (PLPs)
2. Annual Goals
3. Supports and Service
4. Placement
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Placement Options
Hospital or Institution
Home Instruction
Special School`
Special Class
Regular Class
←Most restrictive
←Least Restrictive
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Section 504of the Rehabilitation Act
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Safeguards
• Parent consent• Prior written notice• Access to records• Independent evaluation• Procedures for placement changes• State Complaints• Mediation• Due Process hearings
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Resolving Disputes
IDEA ’04• Mediation
• KDE Complaint
• Due Process Hearing
• Court Actions
Section 504• Mediation
• Grievance
• OCR Complaint
• Court Actions
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Special Circumstances
• School may send student to an Alternative Placement– If, on school premises or at a school function,
the student• Has a weapon• Knowingly possesses or uses illegal drugs or sells
or solicits their sale• Has inflicted serious bodily injury on someone
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Special Circumstances
• School may send student to an Alternative Placement– For up to 45 school days– Without regard to whether the child’s behavior
is a manifestation of her disability
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Discipline for Students not yet IDEA-eligible
• School had knowledge that child had disability before the behavior occurred: – Parent expressed concern in writing to
teacher, supervisor, administrator– Parent requested an evaluation– Teacher expressed specific concern to DoSE
or other supervisor
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Transitioning to the School Setting
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Selected Scene from Negotiating the ARC
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Do you see differences in an ARC meeting compared to a
IFSP meeting?
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Lack of collaborationAdversarial approach
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IDEA/504• Educators tend to guide the process based
on their perceptions of the student’s needs
• Parents can experience limited input
• Local school districts tend to be conservative with resources
• District implement IDEA/504 differently
• All services that are available to a student may not be mentioned during an ARC or 504 meeting
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IDEA/504
• Child my need an assessment
• Education - academic & social - total educational experience
• First Steps - developmental & medical
• Parents may not be told that they may bring professionals, friends, or advocates to an ARC or 504 meeting
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Selected Scene from Negotiating the ARC
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Preparation for Transitioning
• Educate yourself about IDEA/504• What services does the child need to be
successful in a school setting• What are the child’s strengths and
weaknesses• Contact the district’s director of special
education for information • Contact an advocacy group for information
and assistance
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Preparation for Transitioning
• Education yourself about related services: OT, PT, communication, and transportation
• An Assistive Technology assessment may be necessary
• Local school districts have additional resources to call upon -educational cooperative, AT cooperative, and others
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Examples of Collaboration
• Mediation resulted in collaboration with parent, school, and educational cooperative
• Due Process proceeding resolved by collaboration with parents, district personnel, and outside professionals of district and parent, which resulted in program improvement
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Examples of Collaboration
• Restraint and seclusion of student stopped with development of behavior plan with behavior specialist
• Other professionals invited to ARC, such as Impact, Impact Plus, doctors, therapist, advocates, independent evaluators
• Court personnel with parents and school
• First Steps and school
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Resources
• Your local school district
• Kentucky Department of Education
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• Protection & Advocacy
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