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When including the general education minutes do you include lunches and passing periods as General Education minutes?

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If you have 2 people at a conference and the parent is

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Just because a student has a diagnosis of autism, does that mean they are required to be given special ed or speech therapy services to address pragmatics automatically

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What is considered "timely" when considering the length it takes for an educator to return calls/emails?

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What is considered "timely" when considering the length it takes for an educator to return calls/emails?

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Depends on the situation.

Does your district have a policy or practice?

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Can the SPED teacher sign as the SPED teacher, LEA rep, and person to interpret evaluations?

Possibly, ask your district special ed supervisor. Does the sped teacher have the authority to allocate funding, and/or trained in the assessments to be discussed?

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Can a student receiving special services(indirect) be eliminated from high school ranking because he receives sped services( indirect only)? enrolled in AP classes...autistic

No

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Dismissal from speech therapy services is recommended for a student based on the Arkansas Criterial for dismissal....impairment is a characteristic of the student's disability, goals may be attained within the general classroom settings(language/CBI). Parent is adamant that the child continue to receive service because the student has always had therapy. What actions can be taken to best service this student?

TEAM decisions are made based on data and documented.

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Is the annual review to be held in parallel to their EDR/Referral date or within the 364 days of the last annual review?
Ex : annual review date is different then the EDR conference date should the annual review date be moved as close as possible to the EDR date?

The iep must be written within 364 days. That is a district decision.

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Top 5 I thought about included:  provide co-teaching model for Sped and Gen Ed teachers, schedule co-teaching classrooms, provide planning time for co-teacher classrooms, and provide elective inclusion classes for CBI students (Art, Music, PE)

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Top 5 I thought about included:  provide co-teaching model for Sped and Gen Ed teachers, schedule co-teaching classrooms, provide planning time for co-teacher classrooms, and provide elective inclusion classes for CBI students (Art, Music, PE)

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If you are part of the team and you make the responsibility teacher aware of the upcoming reevaluation data but that person refuses to plan the conference, what should be done?

District personnel issue. Discuss with appropriate supervisor.

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Can there be a time limit set for conferences?

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Can there be a time limit set for conferences?

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Create an agenda. Prepare. Make sure parent is active participant and feels heard.

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What form should be used to document a team member's disagreement?

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What form should be used to document a team member's disagreement?

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NOA

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A student was tested in the third grade. A review was done in the sixth grade, with no additional testing. The student is now in the ninth grade. A review is done and the team recommends additional testing but the examiner refuses to assess the student, despite the team requesting additional data.  How should the team continue the process?

ONE person on the team cannot hold up the process.
District personnel issue. Discuss with appropriate supervisor.

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When students are coming in from other states are they placed on a Temp. IEP until a meeting can be held To develop a new IEP?

No, meeting held within 30 days to determine if accepting IEP as written or revising.

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Is it necessary to hold an in person meeting to obtain signature or consent to test or can consent be obttained by phone conference or Home visit?

Signature required

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Once we obtain permission to assess for re-evals if the student becomes unavailable due to attendance  what is the procedure to follow?

Documentation.
District truancy or other policies.

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Please clarify whose responsibility it is to assist parents in following thru w/vision clearance (i.e. Contacting Burlsworth Fdtn, etc.), & if no follow thru from parents, will proceeding w/the rival invalidate the results & also result in denials from Medicaid?

District decision on responsibilities.

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There is also a timeline for the nurses assessment 30-60 days.  Are you saying that we proceed with the referral conference and test even if glasses are needed?

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During the referral conference, if majority of the team decides that an evaluation is not warranted, but the parent wants testing anyway, is the district obligated to go forward with the testing?

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During the referral conference, if majority of the team decides that an evaluation is not warranted, but the parent wants testing anyway, is the district obligated to go forward with the testing?

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What does LRSD do if referral is in the summer when everyone is off?

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What does LRSD do if referral is in the summer when everyone is off?

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Every effort should be made by district to complete these evaluations; however absence or failure should not delay process.

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Is the RTI process skipped if there is a request in writing from the parent?

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Is the RTI process skipped if there is a request in writing from the parent?

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The RTI process cannot delay referral.

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If the parent does not attend the referral conference, do we still hold the conference?  

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If the parent does not attend the referral conference, do we still hold the conference?  

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Assuming all efforts to contact and schedule were made and documented on the contact log, the meeting is held. District cannot evaluate without signed informed consent. District may pursue informed consent through due process procedures.

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Some schools require that teachers go through the SBIT team and then they decide whether to do a referral. Is this process legal/correct?

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Some schools require that teachers go through the SBIT team and then they decide whether to do a referral. Is this process legal/correct?

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Who is responsible for home school students?

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Who is responsible for home school students?

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The District in which they reside.

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How is a home-schooled child "identified" for Child Find?  Is it the parent or physician who contacts the LEA?  

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How is a home-schooled child "identified" for Child Find?  Is it the parent or physician who contacts the LEA?  

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Anyone who has knowledge of the child. Public awareness is the district responsibility

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Is diagnostic testing valid as related to identifying a student with disabilities if the students are in a confined setting such as a student incarcerated ? Would their scores be valid in qualifying for services?

No one assessment is used to qualify. Assessment/s are valid if administered with validity according to the test protocol.

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Users on a Chromebook can not access the Pilot Paperwork Webinar-- it is blocked by the LRSD network.  I have alerted support personnel. 

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Users on a Chromebook can not access the Pilot Paperwork Webinar-- it is blocked by the LRSD network.  I have alerted support personnel. 

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One Tab Link for all of the Links on the 101 Resource Guide

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One Tab Link for all of the Links on the 101 Resource Guide

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https://www.one-tab.com/page/NyZ3i85JTaevtXnpCsFQSg

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Can the District share with the schools what we are doing as it relates to child find?

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Can the District share with the schools what we are doing as it relates to child find?

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FAPE is Free and Appropriate Public Education

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FAPE is Free and Appropriate Public Education

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Are students incarcerated within county jails not in the juvenile setting eligible for child find or are services only allowed to be rendered to students already identified?

EVERY child, birth to 21, is eligible.

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Will the Annual Review Decision Form be put back into the due process forms we can use?

No. Decisions will be documented on the IEP and the Notice of Action