Parent Advisory Council

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Parent Advisory Council

• Flemington Raritan School District
• Special Services Department
• October 3, 2006
• Judy Marino
• Director, Special Services
• 908-284-7680
• jmarino_at_frsd.k12.nj.us

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Curriculum MandatesSpecial Education

• Mandated through Individual with Disabilities
  Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA) and N.J.A.C.
  6A14. Each district board of education is
  responsible for providing a system of free,
  appropriate special education and related
  services to students with disabilities age three
  through 21 (6A141.1d)
• Least Restrictive Environment

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Curriculum MandatesSpecial Education

• Services Available In District
• - Speech - Occupational and Physical
  Therapy
• - Social Skills - Multiple Disabilities (5)
• - Resource Center In Class Support,
• - Resource Center Replacement Programs,
• - Self Contained Autistic (6)
• - Self Contained Project Happy (preschool
  disabled) (3)
• - Self Contained Integrated Preschool (1)
• - Self Contained Learning/Language Disabilities
  (8)

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Curriculum MandatesSpecial Education

• Special Education Statistics
• - 11 (450 students) receive special services
• - 14 students are out-of-district placements
• Total Cost of Program (04-05) 5,422,296
• Federal Aid (IDEA) 659,578 State Aid
  2,110,642 Extraordinary Aid 123,160
• District Cost 2,528,916

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Public Students Only
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Number of Public School Students with Disabilities
7
Receiving Services
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Special Ed Programs
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Special Ed Programs
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Special Ed Class Offerings

• All Schools have Resource Center Programs
• Close coordination with HCRHS to insure smooth
  transition for students, especially in LLD, MD
  and Autistic programs

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Referrals 2005-2006 (ages 2 5)

• Initial Preschool Referrals 24
• Initial Preschool Classifications 21
• Preschool Reevaluations 16

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Referrals 2005-2006 (ages 6 14)

• Initial Referrals 65
• Initial Classifications 60
• Reevaluations 121

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Declassifications 2005-2006

• Preschool 7
• Ages 6 14 15

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Special Services Staff

• Child Study Team
• Special Ed Teachers
• Speech Therapists
• Teacher Assistants
• School Nurses
• Clerical Support
• Total 141 staff
• (of 505 total district
  staff)

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Child Study Team Assignments

• Dr. Lynn Douglass, Dr. Mary Rigby,
  Mrs. Annette McNeil
• Barley Sheaf and Copper Hill Schools
• Out of District (14 students)

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Child Study Team Assignments

• Ms. Lynn Lach, Ms. May Wong,
• Ms. Lillian Burgos
• Robert Hunter and J. P. Case

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Child Study Team Assignments

• Ms. Beth Brennan, Ms. Lynn Nielsen, Mrs.
  Eileen Glaser
• Frances A. Desmares and
• Reading Fleming Intermediate School

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Child Study Caseloads

• Each individual CST member case manages an
  individual case load of between 45 and 55
  students
• Each CST (3 person team) carries a total number
  of between 140 and 160 students for the total
  number 400 team classified students

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Who should I contact?

• Questions about your childs daily performance,
  homework, achievement, etc. classroom teacher
  (regular or special ed)
• Questions about IEP, services, procedures Case
  Manager

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Purpose of Parent Advisory Council

• New Code
• Encourages districts develop their own goals
• Provide parent communication and training

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County wide parent information initiative

• Special education law
• Funding sources for at home services, including
  catastrophic need
• Keeping it Real Helping students to advocate
  for themselves
• OT / PT in the home what are some simple,
  practical activities parents can implement to
  enhance emerging skills?

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County wide parent information initiative (cont)

• Social Skills training for parents to implement
• Early Intervention
• Toys for educational development
• Scrap booking / keeping your childs records

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County wide parent information initiative (cont)

• Guardianship issues
• Parents who have been through the system
  (Things you wish you knew when you began in
  special ed speaking to parents at the next level
  / school?)

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Local (FRSD) parent workshops

• Autism, ABA, Social Stories
• Behavior Management workshop
• Q and A with Child Study Teams
• ??
• ??
• ??

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State Department Website

• http//www.nj.gov/njded/specialed/

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Annual Yearly Progress

• Testing in each grade 3 8
• Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 are mandated
  to be tested in Language Arts Literacy and Math
• Grades 4 and 8 are ALSO testing in Science

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State Mandated Testing / NCLB

• Scores reported by grouping scores together by
  school
• Each Elementary school (Grades 3, 4)
• Reading Fleming Intermediate School (Grades 5, 6)
• J.P. Case (Grades 7, 8)

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State Mandated Testing / NCLB

• Scores of classified students are reported as
  part of the whole grade, and also as a subset for
  special education
• There are 40 different scores per grade reported,
  according to the mandates of the law

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State Mandated Testing / NCLB

• Alternate Proficiency Assessment is appropriate
  for students whose individual needs preclude them
  from answering any of the questions on the test
  at the level being assessed.
• 05-06 29 APA students
• 06-07 47 APA students (added 3 more grade
  levels requiring testing)

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For the Good of the Order

• Frequency of meetings
• Suggestion alternate parent seminars and
  advisory council on a monthly basis
• Setting next meeting date
• Proposal
• November Parent Seminar with County
• December Parent Advisory Council / FRSD
• Suggested date Monday, December 4, 2006
• 700 pm 830 pm