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The IEP must be updated annually through a review process. Within the first two years, changes can occur. Every three years continued special education can be reviewed for dismissal if the student has shown that they do not need those services or are not eligible for special education.

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Once the guardians provide written consent, the services and and goals are implemented in the student's schedule. Further changes can be added if needed with guardian's consent

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After eligibility, the IEP will create a specific IEP for that student based on their special education needs. The IEP outlines the annual educational goals for that student as well specific services needed to further assist.

The IEP is created by a team with the help of the student's guardians, administration, and both gen. ed and special ed teachers

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After reviewing the material, the student was not eligible for special education services

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After reviewing the material, the student does qualify for special education needs

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Language Differences: a difference in language skills due to culture diversity. This is not due to neurodevelopment.

Learning Disability: Disabilities due to neurodevelopment issues causes an impact of student's processing and retention of material. This is not due to culture of differences in language.

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Can effect a child's form, function, and use of language. Examples of these are Dyslexia, language processing, Auditory processing, Dysgraphia, and more.

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Language skills are at different stages due to cultural or linguistic differences. This may present as a learning disorder, but it is not. The student may need more assistance in grammar, pronunciation, or sentence structure. The main reason for these differences are due to differences in language culture.

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The school requests written approval for evaluation and conducts an investigation into a tailored evaluation for the student. Includes observations, interviews, and grades.

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The school receives the referral and evaluates the data to assess the needs. The school then decided whether additional evaluations are needed.

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Step 1: Identifying a Student with possible special needs

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Step 1: Identifying a Student with possible special needs

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There are 2 ways to identify students with special needs. The first is that the state can go out and evaluate students with parent's permission. The second way, and more common way, is a referral. A teacher can refer to a school professional and that professional can send in a referral to evaluate a student. These referrals come from challenges the student faces in a general classroom.