Homebound Placement and Instruction

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Homebound Placementand Instruction
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Common Issues

• What does homebound mean?

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Instruction vs. Placement

• The District has an incorrect understanding of
  the law with respect to.the important difference
  between instruction in the home, an IDEA
  placement option, and homebound instruction, a
  temporary excusal from school due, generally to a
  temporary illness/injury and available to all
  students as a regular education accommodation.
• Abington Heights School District, 112 LRP 16163
  (SEA PA 2012).

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What is homebound?

• Placement for special education students?
• Services during disciplinary removal?
• Medical homebound?
• Home schooled versus homebound?

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Homebound as Placement

• When does the provision of educational services
  at home constitute homebound placement?

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Other Areas of Concern

• Extent of services
• Location of services
• Credentials of homebound teachers

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Extent of Services

• Recipe v. individual needs?
• FAPE required?
• LRE considerations?

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Location of Services

• Home or a neutral site.

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Credentials of Homebound Teachers

• DESE Q A
• Q Is it required that homebound special
  education student be served by a special
  education teacher?

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Credentials of Homebound Teachers

• DESE Q A
• A No. The homebound teacher must have a teacher
  certification, or a substitute certificate. It
  is expected that a homebound teacher who is not a
  special education teacher will be working with
  the childs special education case manager who
  does have a special education teacher
  certification.

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Defensible Placement Decisions

• How long should it be?

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Homebound Instruction -Pitfall

• When does the need for homebound instruction
  warrant a Section 504 or IDEA referral?

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Home-Schooled Students

• Child Find Obligations

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Policies on Placement and Instruction

• MCE

• MSBA

• 6140 Services for Students with Disabilities
• 6275 Instruction for Homebound Students

• IGBA Programs for Students with Disabilities
• IGBG-AP Homebound Instruction