IDEA 2004 - What Does It Mean To You?
Identifying Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
- Schools must not rely solely upon aptitude/achievement discrepancies.
- One single test does not qualify a student for special education.
- Students are NOT ELIGIBLE for special education if they have not had solid instruction in the basic elements of reading.
??? How does YOUR district identify students for SLD?
Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Universal screening of all students.
- Early general education interventions to help struggling learners
- Several tiers of intervention
- Structured interventions must be tried before considering special education.
- Interventions must take place first in general ed classes
- Extensive data must be taken to document student reaction
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Does YOUR school use a variety of general education techniques or is special ed the only avenue for students who struggle?
Elimination of Short Term Objectives
- NOT APPLICABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS
- Continue your practice of writing short term objectives for all students on IEPs
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