The Special Education Process by Michael Teachout by Michael Teachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw en-us 2022-11-06 06:01:57 UTC 2022-11-09 09:00:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Identify student at risk of struggling mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371475010 Signs of a struggling student: Takes a long time to or does not finish work. Easily Frustrated. Has difficulty understanding teachers. Makes errors consistently]]> 2022-11-06 06:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371475010 Test academic performance mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371476255 To determine if a child a struggling, we need to first check how the child scores using class wide or standardized testing and comparing their performance with their peers. Depending on your country or state, you may want to use a certain type of test. Here is a list of standardized tests in the USA. ]]> 2022-11-06 06:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371476255 If assessment result is poor : Test for disability affecting academics mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371484831 Advice parents or special education administrator of child who has the potential of exhibiting learning disability and test them using professionals. Do not move on with the process until having a proper report from the professional. 

Learning Disability can include
  • Autism
  • Deafness
  • Deaf-blindness
  • Developmental delay
  • Emotional disturbance
  • Hearing impairment
  • Intellectual disability
  • Multiple disabilities
  • Orthopedic impairment
  • Other health impairment
  • Specific learning disability
  • Speech or language impairment
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Visual impairment, including blindness.
]]> 2022-11-06 06:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371484831 If child is found to have academic disability: Schedule and Create an IEP for the student mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371488489 If your child is found eligible for special education services, schedule an individualized education plan meeting with your school's professionals and parents (sometimes the student) to create and IEP team. The IEP team will discuss the child's needs and steps needed to take for the child to fulfill realistic goals on bringing them back on track with the class.]]> 2022-11-06 06:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371488489 Measure the progress of the IEP mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371489980 After conducting the IEP meeting, be quick to use it in effect. School and parents must immediately follow the written steps of the IEP to provide timely intervention. Track behavior and progress (or lack of) from the student. Make short and long term goals as a benchmark on where we expect the student to be during the plan.]]> 2022-11-06 07:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371489980 Review and Revaluate IEP mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371490975 Determine a length of time to schedule a review meeting with the IEP team. It should be no less than once a year but should be alot more frequent. During the meeting the team will discuss and progress or lack thereof from the student, determining what the next goals should be from the IEP or even if there needs to be an IEP anymore. 

It is also suggested that once every three years, the team reevaluates the student to determine if they still exhibit effects (less or more) from the learning disability.]]> 2022-11-06 07:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371490975 Schedule meeting with student and/or parents mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371495358 If child does:
 a.) well during the academic assessment, or 
b).Does not test positive for an academic disability
 
Then, determine what is causing poor results in the classroom (ie Health, family, motivation. ) Schedule meeting with student and eventually parents to discover reasons for teacher concern]]> 2022-11-06 07:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371495358 Continue current IEP mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371497236

]]> 2022-11-06 07:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371497236 Create new IEP mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371497548 Depending on results of the review day, we may need to create a new IEP to create adjusted goals that will encourage student to make progress]]> 2022-11-06 07:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371497548 Dissolve IEP mteachout https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371498144 If student has reached all of the goals of the IEP and is experiencing lessened or no effects from the disabilty, it is a viable option to dissolve the IEP team due to success in bringing the student up to par with the standards and expectations of the class.]]> 2022-11-06 07:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2371498144 Thank you for inviting us to collaborate with you here! catherinek10 https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2376456577 Catherine]]> 2022-11-09 09:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mteachout/8fhftxu3ngleukhw/wish/2376456577