Module 3 Assignment: Interactive Timeline

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  • Referral

    Referral
    If a child is suspected of having a disability (or has a diagnosis) and needs special education, he/she should make a referral to the school or local education agency (LEA). In this referral you should clearly write out concerns, and explain why you believe the child may have an education disability.

  • Disposition of referral

    Disposition of referral
    In New Hampshire, within 15 calendar days (this counts weekends, holidays, school vacations, snow days) from the date a school recieves a referral for special education, they must pull together the Individual Education Program (IEP) Team and conduct a meeting.

  • Evaluation

    Evaluation
    Once the IEP team has your written consent to test your child, they have 45 calendar days to complete the evaluations, which are then used to determine your child's eligibility for special education.

  • Determining Eligibility Part 1

    Determining Eligibility Part 1
    Once the evaluations are complete, the IEP team develops a written summary of the test results. Then, the IEP, including the parents, meet to consider all available information to determine the child's educational standings.

  • Determining Eligibility Part 2

    Determining Eligibility Part 2
    Once your child is determined eligible for special education and under what category or code, the IEP team must present you with a WPN (written prior notice). The IEP team then has 30 days to begin writing your child's IEP.

  • IEP Development and Approval

    IEP Development and Approval
    Within 30 days of determining that your child is eligible the IEP team must meet to begin to draft an IEP. Sometimes this happens at the same meeting the team determines eligibilty and sometimes it's broken into two meetings. The IEP must be reviewed annually, and must be in effect by the start of each school year.

  • Placement

    Placement
    Once the IEP has been approved and signed by the school and parent, the IEP decides where the child's IEP needs can be met in the least restricitve environment (LRE).

  • References

    References
    https://nhspecialed.org/special-ed-process/disposition-of-referral/ Pierangelo, R. A.; Giuliani, G. (2017). Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.