Special Education Update
May 2016
Thank You!
With great respect,
Your Special Education Director Team
Updates
Case manager who have students with Personal Care supplements and a student who has a current SHARS and Medicaid should have been trained in April and May on the new Medicaid system. Please know that there are important updates on HOW to Complete PCS. There is an eDocs explaining the correct way to complete. Please understand that not all ALE or behavior student need or are eligible for PCS. A student must be significantly below the typically developing peers, in daily living skills, hygiene, transitioning etc. There will be extensive training August 11th and 12th. Sign up on Eduphoria.
All drafts will be deleted June 6th. If extenuating circumstances let Mary Mahoney know. If you are not returning next year, are changing campuses, or no longer teaching special education, please let Mary Mahoney know.
Parent Request to Review Records
If a parent requests access to their student’s education record before an ARD meeting, keep in mind that this access will need to occur before you can convene this ARD meeting. If the parent agrees to have the meeting without having seen the education record, then document this agreement in the deliberations of the ARD record. When providing the parent the opportunity to review the student's eligibility folder, a district certified staff member should be present throughout the review. If you have questions or need some guidance to this process, please contact your special education cluster program coordinator.
When Do We Need to Translate IEP Paperwork?
The district will need to provide a separate translation of a student’s ARD record to the parent/adult student whose first language is Spanish. The State of Texas mandated that this be provided either orally or in written format & provided in addition to the recording of the ARD meeting. North East ISD has chosen to provide the parent with the eSped ARD record in Spanish, accompanied by a recording that references the English portions that have been added & the translation of these passages to Spanish. This recording will include any English portions of the eSped Spanish form and the PWN. The deliberations are not subject to this translation recording. The deliberations will be reviewed during the ARD meeting & this should be reflected in the recording of the meeting that is provided to the parent.
Special Education and Summer Programs
Special education supports and services are available within a variety of summer programs, including Extended School Year (ESY), Summer School, SSI, and Bilingual Pre-K/K. Supports range from the provision of accommodations to in-class supports to ALE. If you have questions about how these supports are implemented in a particular summer program, please contact your GLC, campus coordinator, or cluster program coordinator.
This year, the Special Education department has updated the method that the Summer Programs (Non-ESY) Enrollment Forms will be accepted. This includes students with IEPs who will be attending SSI, Summer School, and Bilingual Pre-K/K. This information is very important as it ensures that the receiving campus / program knows to provide the student with needed accommodations and/or supports.
All forms will now be available using Google Docs NEISD domain. Your cluster program coordinator will provide each campus with access to the Google campus folder. The forms are to be completed for each student expected to attend any summer program. The due date to submit the Summer Programs (Non-ESY) Enrollment Form and supporting documents is June 2, 2016 by 12 PM.
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