Program for Exceptional Children Handbook

1.       Purpose, Philosophy, Goals

2.       Teacher Responsibilities

3.       System Wide Established Procedures

4.       Confidentiality

5.       Class Size and Caseload Information

6.       Focused Monitoring ‘08

           a.   Report and CAP - Corrective Action Plan

           b.   LEA Implementation Plan Goal for SWD

7.       Areas of Exceptionality

           a.   Autism

           b.   Deaf-Blind

           c.   Emotional Behavior Disorder

           d.   Hearing Impaired

           e.   Intellectually Disabled

           f.    Orthopedically Impaired

           g.   Other Health Impaired

           h.   Significantly Developmentally Delayed

           i.    Specific Learning Disability

           j.    Speech

           k.   Traumatic Brain Injury

           l.    Visually Impaired

          m.  Psychoeducational Program (GNETS)

8.       Assistive Technology

           a.   General Information

           b.   AT Consideration Resource Guide

           c.   Procedures

           d.   Permission for Evaluation Form

           e.   Low -tech AT devices

9.       Adaptive Physical Education

10.     Psychological Services

           a.   Introduction

           b.   Evaluation Instruments

11.     Occupational and Physical Therapy  

            a.   OT and PT Permission for Services Form

            b.   Authorization to Release Information Form

            c.   OT Prescription Form

            d.   OT Annual Review Form

            e.    PT Prescription Form

            f.   PT Annual Review Form

12.      Transportation

            a.   General Information

            b.   Bus Request Form

13.      Extended School Year

            a.   General Information

            b.   IEP Extended School Year Form

            c.   ESY Referral Form

14.      Parental Rights

            a.   English Version

            b.   Spanish Version

            c.   Summary of Parent Rights - English Version

15.      Child Find

16.     Preschool Referrals

           a.   Preschool Referral Information

           b.   Preschool Referral Form

           c.   Preschool Consent to Evaluate

17.      Transfer Student Information

            a.   Authorization to Release Information

            b.   Transfer Student Flowchart

            c.   Checklist for Transfer

            d.   PEC / Power School Information Sheet

18.      Inclusion / Co-Teaching

            a.   General Information

            b.   Explanation of Co-Teaching Definitions

            c.   Models of Co-Teaching

            d.   Rubric for Co-Teaching

19.       IEP Meeting Information

             a.   Procedures for Conducting a Meeting

                       1.   Initial Placement

                       2.   Annual Review

                       3.   Parent Friendly Meetings

               b.   Initial Staffing

               c.   Procedures when Parents are not in Attendance

               d.   Progress Reports

               e.   Regular Classroom Accommodations

                      Notification Information

               f.    Strategies and Accommodations for the

                      General Education Classroom Setting

              g.   Testing Accommodations

                    1.   ITBS 2008

                    2.   CRCT 2009

20.       Sems-Net

21.       Destruction of Data

22.       Anecdotal Files

23.       Discipline

            a.   General Information

                  1.   Manifestation Meetings

                  2.   FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment

                  3.   FBA Tool

                  4.   BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan

           b.   Discipline Flowchart

           c.   Functions / Purposes of Behavior

           d.   ABC Observation Form

24.       Tier 2 Interventions

             a.   Checklist

             b.   Reading Interventions #21

             c.   Instructional Acceleration Strategies - Reading

            d.   Writing Interventions #22

            e.   Math Interventions #23

            f.    Instructional Acceleration Strategies - Math

            g.   Cross-Curricular Interventions #24

25.       Evaluations / Re-evaluations

            a.   Initial Evaluations

                  1.   Social History

                  2.   Student Observation Form

                  3.   Guidelines for Analyzing Work Samples

                        1.   Mathematics Calculation

                        2.   Mathematical Reasoning

                        3.   Basic Reading Skills

                        4.   Reading Comprehension

                        5.   Written Expression

                        6.   Oral Expression

                        7.   Listening Expression

             b.   Re-Evaluations

                        1.   Re-evaluation Checklist

                        2.   Re-evaluation Conference Form

26.       Definitions

27.       Information for Parents

             a.   Helping your child Build Intelligence

             b.   Ways to Help Your Child Communicate

             c.   Raising a Reader at Home

             d.   Parent Techniques for Motivating Children

             e.   Guidelines for living with a Child with

                    Attention Problems

28.       FORMS

             a.   Affirmation of Receipt of Handbook

             b.   Permission to be Photographed

             c.   Record of Access

            d.   Committee Meeting Minutes

            e.   Authorization to Release Information

            f.    IEP Checklist

            g.   Power School Report Form

            h.   FTE Form

            i.    Promotion / Retention Meeting Report

            j.    Termination of Services Form

            k.   Amendment of Current IEP Form

            l.    GNETS Referral Forms