Navigating the Requirements of Special Education Eligibility
Presented by Perry Flynn and Lissa Power-deFur
Nonfinancial Perry Flynn works at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and is a member of ASHA’s Board of Directors. Lissa Power-deFur has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Meet your instructors
Perry Flynn
Perry Flynn is Vice-President for Planning for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is the Consultant to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in the area of Speech-Language Pathology and a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of North Carolina at…
Lissa Power-deFur
Lissa Power-deFur has spent over two decades focusing on school-based issues for speech-language pathologists. She served as a director in Special Education and Student Services and state speech-language-hearing consultant at the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). While there, she provided technical assistance and…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Special Education and Related Services Eligibility Requirements
This chapter will review federal (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act - IDEA) requirements related to special education and related services eligibility. The focus will be on the It nature of the data needed for eligibility determination. In addition, the chapter will also touch on state-level nuances of the federal requirements.
2. Special Education Assessments
This chapter will review best practices for assessment, including use of standardized assessments, speech or language sample analyses, classroom observations, and use of existing educational artifacts. The focus on assessment is to both identify the presence of a disability and its impact on the child’s academic success. Participants will need to be familiar with a variety of approaches that provide essential information for eligibility determination to enable effective eligibility decision-making. In addition, the value of assessment data for non-special education purposes will be reviewed.
3. Application to Case Studies
The presenters will engage in a conversation about common eligibility dilemmas school-based SLPs face. These will include conclusion of eligibility (dismissal) and eligibility for students who are English language learners or have intellectual disabilities. The application chapter will conclude with discussion of strategies for facilitating effective collaboration.
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