Special

Education
Special education provides
specialized instruction to meet
the needs of students with
disabilities. this instruction cost
nothing to the families as public
education must support each of
their students needs by federal
law. (Sec. 300.39 special
education, 2017)

Intellectual disability
Hearing impairments
Types of disabilities (including deafness)
that qualify as Speech or language
impairments
special education: Visual impairments
(including blindness)
(Purdue Online , What is special Serious emotional
education?)
disturbance
For a student to be eligible for Orthopedic impairments
special education services if Autism spectrum
there is an impact to the disorder
students learning and Traumatic brain injury
education. The services are Other health
provided to help students impairments
effectively participate in school. Specific learning
disabilities
(Purdue Online , What is special Developmental delay
education?)
As educators it is so important to
identify students early so they can
receive services and intervention as
soon as possible. The process for
getting a child an IEP or services takes
weeks to complete. The process
referred to as "response to
intervention" is used to help students.
There are multiple steps and process to
RTI
"As a parent your knowledge can help
the team develop an IEP that will work
best for your child...By being an active
IEP team member you can ensure that
your child’s IEP is developed with
thought given to long-term needs for a
successful adult life"
(Rebhorn, Developing your child's IEP)

The first step is, Tier 1, in classroom intervention where the general education
teacher provides additional support to the struggling student. The teacher
monitors whether or not the struggling student is making any progress. If
progress is being made no other further steps will be taken. However, if students
are not making progress or growth with the extra support from the general
education teacher than a specialist will begin working with said students a few
times a week outside of classroom instruction. During Tier 2 the specialist works
with the student they too collect data as to whether progress or growth is being
made. If the student is making progress then the student will no longer receive
outside services from a specialist. If no progress is made then student will be
referred for Tier 3 intervention which additional testing and to the child study
team to determine if the student qualifies for special education services
"A full evaluation for a learning disability includes the
Great Websites to Read about the IEP
following:
process
A medical exam, including a neurological exam, to rule
out other possible causes of the child’s difficulties. These
might include emotional disorders, intellectual and https://www.parentcenterhub.org/pa12/
developmental disabilities, and brain diseases.
Reviewing the child’s developmental, social, and school https://www.ldonline.org/ld-
performance topics/special-education/developing-
A discussion of family history your-childs-iep-iep-process
Academic and psychological testing"
(NICHD, How are learning disabilities diagnosed?)
References
NICHD. (n.d.). How are learning disabilities diagnosed?. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/learning/conditioninfo/diagnosed

Online , P. (n.d.). What is special education?. Purdue University Online.

https://online.purdue.edu/blog/education/what-is-special-ed

Rebhorn, T. (n.d.). Developing your child’s IEP. Center for Parent Information and
Resources. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/pa12/

Sec. 300.39 special education. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (2017, May
2). https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/b/a/300.39

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Miss DeRosa (General Education Teacher):

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Miss M (School Psychologist):

am@email.com

Mrs. M (School Counselor):

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