Did you know? EC Sections 56520–56525 and 5 CCR Section 3052 state that students who have disabilities that affect their behavior in school have the right to an IEP designed to bring lasting positive behavioral change (5 CCR Section 3052[a])
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Below are some links to Wrigtslaw.com where you can learn about what is acceptable and required with regards to an IEP and IDEA 2004 law.
IDEA 2004 Roadmap to the IEP
IEP Meetings, Content, Review & Revision, Placements,
Transition & Transfers
Here is a link to the U.S. Department of Educations IDEA website where you can learn about the Procedural Safeguards that are in IDEA 2004.
Point 15. explains that IDEA does not prohibit services on the premises of a private school and 16. contains requirements regarding when transportation must be provided.
…believing that a child’s behavior problem is always the result of bad parenting is like believing poor grades are always the result of an ineffective teacher. Even the best teachers have students who get poor grades, and even the best parents can have a child with a behavior problem. The fact is that behavior problems can be a sign of mental and emotional problems.
The above excerpt was taken from this article on the National Mental Health Information Center’s website.
Recently I found myself speaking to quite a number of people, some parents and some professionals on the topic of behaviors that interfere with the public educational learning process.
Here is a great starting point for understanding our responsibilities and how behavioral support plans relate to children who are on an IEP or 504: IEPs for Behavior Problems, Assessments & Interventions from Wrightslaw.
Here is a great starting point to begin learning about Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) from Wrightslaw. There is also a great article entitled: “How Can I Get the School to Provide an Appropriate Program?”
Another helpful resource is Protection & Advocacy Inc. Learn more about their vision of advancing the human and legal rights of people with disabilities by reading their “Mission Statement”.
Here is a great resource from Wrightslaw that will help answer many of the questions our families and professionals are confronted with as we discuss educating our kids in inclusive settings.
Wrightslaw has included an article entitled: “Isn’t full inclusion a child’s right?“, which does a great job of relating the term “inclusion” back to IDEA statute, regulations, least restrictive environment, mainstreaming, FAPE, and educational benefit.
A special thank you is extended to Jean and Jim Slater for making pictures search able and available here for free.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Jean and Jim; Jean is a speech pathologist who together with computer programmer Jim Slater created Picture It and PixWriter which are easy-to-use software solutions that promote literacy and communication within the Special Needs community.
Thanks again!