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The Special Education Referral Process - ✔✔Phase 1: Recognition-Teacher, parent,
administrator, or counselor recognizes a consistent need or problem exhibited by the
student. (Call meetings with parents)
Phase 2: Pre-Referral-Identify, develop, implement alternative educational strategies for
students who have recognized problems in the classroom before the student is referred
to special education.
Phase 3: Referral for Special Education Evaluation- Consent to begin special education
evaluation.
Phase 4: Special Education Evaluation- Tests intelligence, achievement, behavior,
disability specific issues, and medical
Phase 5: FAPE-Within 30 days eligibility will be determined. Eligible if student has a
disability defined by IDEA and child needs SPED services in order to benefit from
education.
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, Phase 6: IEP Meeting-Benchmark (reading, math, etc,), present levels, measurable
annual goals, evaluations used to measure goals, related services.
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) - ✔✔Provides a free appropriate public
education for students with disabilities.
A child's performance has to be affected by one of the 13 categories
What are the 13 categories of IDEA? - ✔✔1. Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
2. Other Health Impairment (OHI)
3. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
4. Emotional Disturbance
5. Speech or Language Impairment
6. Visual Impairment, including blindness
7. Deafness
8. Hearing Impairment
9. Deaf-Blindness
10.Orthopedic Impairment
11. Intellectual Disability
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