TeacherManual-BergenfieldPublicSchools.docVIP

Contents Teacher Manual 3 Law 3 Procedures 5 How to refer a student to the Child Study Team 5 Decision is to go for a referral so what happens next? 6 What happens after the evaluation plan is developed? 6 The evaluations are completed now what? 7 The IEP meeting 7 What happens after the IEP meeting? 9 What is an annual review, and what is my role prior to the annual review? 10 Annual Review meeting what is my role if I am invited? 10 Who do I see if I have any questions regarding the student? 11 Appendix A I RS Procedure 12 Appendix B Pre-Referral Interventions 26 Appendix C Classification Categories 31 Appendix D Key Terms 37 Appendix E Use of Power Web 40 Appendix F Sample PLAAFP 41 Teacher Manual Purpose This manual is designed to help you understand Special Education rules and regulations and your role in providing services to students with disabilities. Information on Intervention and Referral services is also provided. Law 1975 In 1975 the United States Congress passed a landmark bill PL 94-142. This bill afforded all children in the United States of America the right to a free and appropriate public education. Prior to this law many students were not allowed to attend school because they had special needs. There were only a handful of states that had laws that required all students to be educated. New Jersey was one of those states. The effect of this law was that many students who prior to the law did not receive an education now were entitled to one. The law also created a continuum of services from self-contained to mainstreamed programs. The thinking at that time was that Special Education students needed Special Education and so most students were taken out of the General Education setting and placed in Special Education settings. Students who were experiencing difficulties in the General Education program were classified and placed in Special Education programs. This created the expectation that students who were referred and classified wer