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1342.12 Companion
July 12, 2017
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Documenting the Meeting
The Minutes of the CSC and Assessment Planning forms document the meeting and decisions reached
by the CSC. Referral and Assessment Planning documents include:
1.
The suspected disability(ies).
2.
Procedures required to assess the student for the suspected disability(ies) and for related
services. It is not required to identify the test instruments on the assessment plan. Assessors
have the prerogative of selecting the appropriate test instruments. The CSC may request a
particular test documenting the rationale for the request in the meeting minutes.
3.
The evaluator or assessors by title.
The assessment plan must present a full and comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment including
specialists with knowledge in each area of the suspected disability(ies) and the academic and behavioral
areas of related concern. If more than one disability is suspected, the CSC develops an assessment plan
that includes the requirements for each disability. This is accomplished by assigning each of the
required procedures to an assessor or by indicating that current information is available. Assessment
information available from incoming records or from other specialists may be used when developing the
assessment plan.
NOTE
: The special education computer program generates the assessment plan by cross-
referencing the suspected disability(ies) with the assessments required by DoDEA to
document a disability. If more than one disability criterion will be assessed, the program
generates all required procedures for each disability without duplicating required
procedures. Additional assessment procedures may be added to the plan, as needed, to
ensure individualized attention to the problems/concerns specific to the child.
Assessment
DoDM 1342.12E4 S6 a-b, p 27
Areas of Assessment
The student is evaluated in all areas related to the suspected disability as determined by the CSC.
Required evaluations include:
1.
Vision acuity and hearing acuity (within 12 months).
2.
Review of existing school educational and health records.
3.
Observation in an educational environment (for preschool children the natural environment).
4.
A plan to assess the type and extent of the disability.
5.
The student is to be assessed in all areas related to the suspected disability.
6.
The assessment plan shall include as appropriate:
(a) An assessment of the nature and level of communication and the level of functioning
academically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and in the family.
(b) An assessment of physical status including perceptual and motor abilities.
(c) An assessment of the need for transition services for students 16 years and older.