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School Psychology - IDEA 97
A written Individual Education Plan (IEP) should include the following information under IDEA 97 (Part B):
a. ... Statement of special education, related services, and supplementary aids and
services to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child, including:
1) program modifications or supports for school personnel
that will be provided for the child to advance appropriately toward
attaining annual goals
2) services or modifications to be provided for the child to:
a) be involved and progress in general curriculum,
b) participate in extracurricular and other non-academic activities,
c) be educated and participate with other disabled and non-disabled children;
d. ... Beginning with the assumption that the child can be educated in the regular classroom, the following factors are then considered:
a) educational benefits available in the regular classroom, with appropriate aids and services, compared with the educational benefits of a special education classroom
b) non-academic benefits of interacting with non-disabled children
c) the effect of the child’s presence on the teacher and other children
d) the cost of educating the child in a regular classroom
IDEA-Part B states:
“To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are non-disabled, and special classes, separate schooling or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.”
A Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) as defined by the Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. ... ” ‘Appropriate’ can be tested by the extent to which IDEA procedures were followed, and the extent to which the program is reasonably designed to benefit the child. The Supreme Court interpreted the intent of IDEA to be, “to provide access to education that is sufficient to confer educational benefit for the handicapped child, or a ‘basic floor of opportunity’. “ The Court stated in its decision, “[the] furnishing of every special service necessary to maximize each handicapped child’s potential is, we think, further than Congress intended to go [with IDEA].” In addition, when two or more appropriate placements are available, the financial costs to the school may be considered in determining a child’s educational placement.
Approximate Word count = 1965
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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