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Can Excessive/chronic Absenteeism result in a special education referral?
In one word: maybe. Every school has a written attendance policy which can be found in the parents’ handbook or on the school’s website regarding rules and regulations. Regardless of each school’s policy, there is a process by which students’ attendance is...
Is Your Child Eligible for ESY (Extended School Year)?
Is your child eligible for ESY? The IEP team is responsible for making this determination. On the IEP, this page is listed as Special Education Determinations. “Determine whether the student needs an extended school year (ESY) program. An extended school...
What is ESY (Extended School Year)?
New Jersey’s definition of ESY “Extended school year services” follows the federal wording exactly: “special education and related services that are provided to a student with a disability beyond the normal school year in accordance with the student’s IEP at no cost...
Attendance at the IEP Meeting
First off, you should be aware that the state has posted a 184-page document entitled N.J.A.C. 6A:14 Special Education and a 54-page document, Parental Rights in Special Education. They can be located on the nj.gov website under education. While all states develop...
Annual IEP Meeting–What Parents Must Do Before the Meeting
As a required part of the annual IEP development process, parents are sent a form which asks for their input regarding their child. This section is extremely important and critical to the team's developing an appropriate and effective IEP for a child. What you as a...
RTI…how it should work
Basically, RTI requires schools to provide high-quality instruction and intervention specific to a student and maintain progress data regarding the student’s performance so that informed educational decisions can be made.
Memorizing times tables
Just thinking of all the IEPs I reviewed with a math goal for a student to learn his/her times tables… For example, a child had the same goal in his/her IEP for years…especially true in elementary school through middle school. Meanwhile, each year the syllabus required him/her to be learning concepts.
Effective goals
I’ve often seen goals written that are not “measurable.” For example, “Student will write a complete sentence by October 31 (end of first quarter marking period); Student will write a paragraph by January 31 (end of second quarter marking period.)” This goal does not include the level of skill expected (50%? 70%?).
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