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FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 1: SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND CASE STUDY COMMITTEE ................................................... 7 S PECIAL E DUCATION D EPARTMENT ....................................................................................................................................8 C ASE S TUDY C OMMITTEE (CSC) .......................................................................................................................................8 CSC M EETINGS ...........................................................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 2: PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS.............................................................................................................. 15 P RIOR W RITTEN N OTICE (PWN) ....................................................................................................................................16 PWN C ONTENT R EQUIREMENTS .....................................................................................................................................16 C ONSENT ....................................................................................................................................................................20 C ONFIDENTIAL F ILES .....................................................................................................................................................25 T RANSFER OF R IGHTS (A GE OF M AJORITY ) ........................................................................................................................26 CHAPTER 3: CHILD FIND ....................................................................................................................................... 27 P ERSONS R ESPONSIBLE FOR C HILD F IND ...........................................................................................................................28 I N S CHOOL C HILD F IND A CTIVITIES : .................................................................................................................................29 CHAPTER 4: REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT PLANNING.......................................................................................... 31 P RE - REFERRAL .............................................................................................................................................................32 R EFERRAL ...................................................................................................................................................................33 A SSESSMENT P LANNING ................................................................................................................................................34 A SSESSMENT ...............................................................................................................................................................35 CHAPTER 5: ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION............................................................................................................ 41 E LIGIBILITY M EETING R EQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................................................................42 CSC M EMBERSHIP .......................................................................................................................................................42 C ONDUCTING THE M EETING ...........................................................................................................................................42 E LIGIBILITY ..................................................................................................................................................................44 R E - EVALUATION F OR E LIGIBILITY – (T RIENNIAL R E - EVALUATION )...........................................................................................61 C HAPTER 5: R EFERENCE D OCUMENTS ..............................................................................................................................63 CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING THE IEP ........................................................................................................................ 71 R EQUIREMENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................72 I NDIVIDUALIZED E DUCATION P ROGRAM (IEP)....................................................................................................................73 IEP C OMPONENTS ........................................................................................................................................................74 A CCOMMODATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................76 T RANSPORTATION ........................................................................................................................................................77 L EAST R ESTRICTIVE E NVIRONMENT (LRE) .........................................................................................................................78 R ELATED S ERVICES ........................................................................................................................................................80 C ONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................................................81 R EACHING A C ONSENSUS AND I MPLEMENTATION OF THE IEP ...............................................................................................81 CHAPTER 7: SYSTEM-WIDE ASSESSMENT, POST-SECONDARY ASSESSMENT AND ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT........ 83 A CCOMMODATIONS FOR S YSTEM - WIDE A SSESSMENT ..........................................................................................................84 A LTERNATE A SSESSMENT ...............................................................................................................................................84