1. Students with Special Needs
What do I do now?
Dr. Jeff Allen &
Christine Holecek
Business & Marketing
Conference
July 25-29, 2005

2. Special Education
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

3. Disability Categories
• Autism
• Mental Retardation
• Visual Impairment
• Hearing Impairment
• Other Health Impairments
• Emotional Disturbance
• Speech or Language Impairments
• A Specific Learning Disability
• Orthopedic Impairments
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Multiple Disabilities
• Deaf-Blindness
• Deafness

4. Buzz Words
• LRE: Least Restrictive
Environment—In your classroom
you will find a wide array of
students: General Education,
Section 504, and Special
Education (regular class room is the first consideration)
• IEP: Individual Educational Plans
• BIP: Behavior Intervention Plans
• MODS: Modifications
• Section 504: Rehabilitation Act
1973

5. Serving Students with
Special Needs
Autism
Mental Retardation
Visual Impairment
Hearing Impairment
Other Health
Impairments
Emotional Disturbance
Speech or Language
Impairments
A Specific Learning
Disability
Orthopedic
Impairments
Traumatic Brain Injury
Multiple Disabilities
Deaf-Blindness
Deafness
504 504
ADD ADHD
Dyslexia Conduct Disorder
Substance Abuse Identity Disorder
Depression Alcoholism
Suicidal TB
Encopresis Asthma
Enuresis Dystmia
AIDS/HIV Diabetes

6. Comparison IDEA Section 504
Purpose To ensure that all children
with disabilities have
available to them a FAPE
(Free And Public Education)
To prohibit discrimination
on the basis of disability in
any program receiving
public funds
Who is Protected Students who are eligible
under the 13 categories of
qualifying conditions
Much broader “qualified
handicapped person”
Parents are also protected
Procedural Safeguards •Comprehensive Notice
•IEP Required
•Re-evaluation every 3
years
•Due Process-SEA
Responsible
•General and Individual
Notice
•Individual Service
Agreement
•Periodic Re-Evaluation
•Due Process-LEA
Responsible
Responsibility Special Education Director Section 504 Coordinator
Enforcement OSEP(Office of Spec.
Ed)/SEA(State Ed.Agency)
OCR—Office of Civil
Rights
Funding Partial Funding No Funding
Difference between IDEA & 504

7. Individualized Education
Program (IEP)
• By law, the IEP must include certain information about
the child and the educational program designed to
meet his or her unique needs. In a nutshell, this
information is:
– Current performance
– Annual goals
– Special education and related services
– Participation with nondisabled children
– Participation in state and district-wide tests
– Dates and places
– Transition service needs
– Needed transition services
– Age of majority
– Measuring progress

8. ARD: Annual Review and
Dismissal Committee
• Parent
• Regular Education Teacher
• Special Education Teacher or Service
Provider
• Someone who can interpret the instructional
implications of the assessment data
• Representative of the school district
• Others who, in the judgment of the parent or
the school, have special knowledge or
expertise
• When appropriate, the student

9. Primary Functions of ARD
• IEP Team (ARD is a Texas Term)
• Develop the students IEP
• Decide on placement
• Meet at least yearly

10. Independent School District
Please check with your special education
department to get the specific rules and
regulations regarding modification of your
instruction. There are a multitude of rules
and regulations regarding documentation and
confidentiality of
students receiving
special education
services.

11. For More Information
Dr. Jeff Allen
jeff_allen@unt.edu
Christine Holecek
cholecek@wacoisd.org
Office of Special Education Programs
Federal Agency with responsibility for
the implementation of IDEA