ESE Exceptional Student Education

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ESE - Exceptional Student Education

• Dana Brock
• Frances Celis

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IDEA

• Prior to 1997, IDEA did not specifically address
  general curriculum involvement of disabled
  students. The 1997 Amendments shifted the focus
  of the IDEA to one of improving teaching and
  learning, with a specific focus on the
  Individualized Education Program (IEP) as the
  primary tool for enhancing the childs
  involvement and progress in the general
  curriculum.
• The Individuals with Disabilities Education
  Improvement Act 2004 (IDEA) aligns IDEA closely
  to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), helping
  to ensure equity, accountability and excellence
  in education for children with disabilities.

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ABCs of ESE

• You Try!!!

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ABCs of ESE

• ESE Exceptional Student Education
• IEP Individual Education Plan
• FBA/BIP Functional Behavior Assessment/Behavior
  Intervention Plan
• PLF Present Level of Functioning
• LRE Least Restrictive Environment
• SLD Specific Learning Disability
• EH Emotionally Handicapped
• SED Severely Emotionally Disturbed
• EMH Educable Mentally Handicapped
• TMH Trainable Mentally Handicapped

• PMH Profoundly Mentally Handicapped
• GIF - Gifted
• DD Developmentally Delayed
• SI Speech Impaired
• LI Language Impaired
• HI Hearing Impaired
• VI Vision Impaired
• OI Orthopedically Impaired
• OHI Other Health Impaired
• TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
• AUT Autism
• OT Occupational Therapy
• PT Physical Therapy

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Percentage of FL Students in ESE Programs
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SLD - Specific Learning Disability 35.10

• Specific learning disabilities refers to a group
  of psychological processing disorders evidenced
  by significant difficulties in the acquisition
  and use of language, reading, writing, or
  mathematics.
• Examples Dysnomia, Auditory Processing, Visual
  Motor Integration, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing,
  Visual Integration Processing, etc.

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SLD Qualifications

• Documented evidence which indicates that general
  education interventions have been attempted and
  found to be ineffective.
• Evidence of a disorder in one or more of the
  basic psychological processes required for
  learning.
• Evidence of academic achievement which is
  significantly below the students level of
  intellectual
• functioning.

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GIF Gifted22.53

• One who has superior intellectual development and
  is capable of high performance.
• Qualifications
• Superior intellectual development as measured by
  an intelligence quotient of two standard
  deviations or more above the mean on an
  individually administered standardized test of
  intelligence.
• Full Scale IQ 130 /-

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SI Speech Impaired 11.43

• An impairment in articulation is substitutions,
  distortions, or omissions of speech sounds which
  are not age appropriate.
• An impairment in fluency is abnormal flow of
  speech which impairs rate and rhythm and may be
  accompanied by struggle behavior.
• An impairment in voice is absence or abnormal
  production of voice quality, pitch, loudness,
  resonance,
• or duration.

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LI Language Impaired7.08

• An impairment in the language system is an
  abnormal processing or production of
• a. Form including phonology, syntax, and
  morphology
• b. Content including semantics
• c. Function including pragmatics

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EH Emotionally Handicapped6.30

• An emotional handicap is defined as a condition
  resulting in persistent maladaptive behavior,
  which exists to a marked degree, which interferes
  with the students learning process, and which
  may include but is not limited to any of the
  following characteristics
• An inability to achieve adequate academic
  progress which cannot be explained by
  intellectual, sensory, or health factors.
• An inability to build or maintain satisfactory
  interpersonal relationships with peers and
  teachers.
• Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under
  normal circumstances.
• A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or
  depression.
• A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears
  associated with personal or school problems.

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EH Qualifications

• A student is eligible for a special program for
• emotionally handicapped if there is evidence
  that
• The student, after receiving supportive
  educational assistance and counseling services,
  still exhibits an emotional handicap.
• An emotional handicap exists over an extended
  period of time, and in more than one situation.
• The emotional handicap interferes with the
  students own learning, reading, arithmetic or
  writing skills, social-personal development,
  language development, or behavioral progress and
  control.

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EMH Educable Mentally Handicapped6.09

• An educable mentally handicapped student is a
  student who is mildly impaired in intellectual
  and adaptive behavior and whose development
  reflects a reduced rate of learning. The measured
  intelligence of an educable mentally handicapped
  student generally falls between two and three
  standard deviations below the mean, and the
  assessed adaptive behavior falls below that of
  other students of the same age and socio-cultural
  group.

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IEP at a Glance

• Important Sections
• Primary exceptionality
• ESE services frequency and location
• Modifications, accommodations, supports
• Standardized assessment
• Present level of functioning (PLF)
• Goals and Objectives

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Last Thoughts

• Students are eligible for services from their
  third birthday until they graduate with a
  standard diploma or G.E.D., or until age 22.
• All students who have been placed in an ESE
  program must have an active IEP.
• At age 14, a transition IEP must address post
  secondary education goals.
• ESE students must be served in their Least
  Restrictive Environment.
• All ESE procedures and referrals are done with
  parent permission.

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References

• Clay County Special Programs and Procedures
  Manual
• Clay County Admissions and Placement Manual
• Florida Department of Education website