Regulations

• Section 504, FERPA, Public Law 94-142, Infants & Toddlers With Disabilities Program
• IDEA 1990, IDEA 1997, IDEA Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
• Student records & confidentiality, prior written notice, parent consent
• Initial evaluation, independent evaluation, re-evaluation, private placement by parents, surrogate parent, transfer of rights at age of majority
• Mediation, due process hearing
• Discipline procedures

Disabilities

• Summary information about students with disabilities placed in special education
• Pervasive developmental disorders, emotional and behavioral disorders, hearing impairments
• Mental retardation, multiple disabilities
• Physical and health impairments
• Specific learning disabilities, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, speech and language impairments, visual impairments
• Abbreviations used in special education

Evaluations

• The referral process, kinds of evaluators, evaluation procedures, evaluation components
• Special considerations for SLD eligibility, special considerations for ADHD eligibility
• Section 504 evaluations, evaluation of minority students, functional assessment of behavior

The IEP

• The IEP process
• Parts of an IEP
• IEP meetings
• Sample IEP (pdf document)

Programs

• The special education teacher, behavior management, affective education, functional curriculum
• Program models
• Contemporary concerns in special educations

Teaching

• Planning, how to start teaching, organizing instruction, presenting lessons
• Specific teaching methods
• How to motivate students

• Take care of yourself, how to prevent discipline problems
• How to discipline
• Specific discipline methods
• A Parent's Guide to Child Guidance and Discipline

Mainstreaming

• Arguments for and against mainstreaming, general considerations for the regular education teacher
• Teaching techniques for the regular education teacher, communicating with parents

ESY

• Legal requirements, determining ESY needs, appropriate factors for deciding ESY eligibility, inappropriate factors for deciding ESY eligibility

Transition

• IEP requirements for transition services, post-school activities
• Who is responsible for providing services, how and where to provide services

Glossary

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