SCREENING, EVALUATION, AND PLACEMENT of Speech, Language, Impaired Students

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SCREENING, EVALUATION,ANDPLACEMENTof Speech,
Language, ImpairedStudents
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What Is Due Process?

• Provides legal and procedural safeguards
  throughout the educational placement process,
  including
• Timelines for completion of each step.
• Parental notification and consent.
• Appeal system for all parties involved.

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Identification
Mass Screening
Referrals
Child Find
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Mass Screening

• Kindergarten
• First grade
• Transfer-in

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Components of a Screening Instrument

• Articulation Basic Concepts
• Voice Fluency
• Oral peripheral Syntax
• Auditory Recall
• Associations Vocabulary

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Speech/Language Evaluation
Oral Peripheral Voice Fluency Articulation Languag
e
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Eligibility
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Qualified professionals and parents look at the
childs evaluation results. They decide if the
child is a child with a disability as defined
by IDEA. Parents may ask for a hearing to
challenge the eligibility decision.
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IEP Meeting Scheduled

• Letter of Invitation
• Contact participants
• Schedule the meeting.
• Parents may invite people to the meeting.

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IEP Meeting Held

• Discussion of childs needs
• IEP written
• Parents receive a copy of IEP.
• Parental consent

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Speech/Language Services Are Provided

• Short term objectives are implemented by the
  clinician.
• Dynamic assessment is on-going.

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Progress Reports

• Progress toward annual goals are measured as
  stated in the IEP.
• A Progress Report is sent to parents every nine
  weeks.

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IEP Is Reviewed
ONCE A YEAR!
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Looking Again

• A child is re-evaluated at least every 3 years.
• Does the child continue to be eligible for
  services?
• What are the childs educational needs?

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Created By Cheryl Gamble

• Speech /Language Pathologist
• Duncan Elementary
• May 8, 2001

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Credits

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• Assessment
• Structued Photographic Articulation Test -
  Janelle Publications, Inc.