Special Education Guidebook 2018

What is a definition of a parent?

• An individual acting in the place of the biological parent (grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other relative).

• A guardian generally authorized to act as a child's parent, or authorized to make educational decisions.

• An adoptive parent.

• All the above

If you get a parent request for special education testing, you should

• Tell them there is no more room for anymore students in special education

• Give the written request to the Special Education Office as soon as possible

• Put it in your file to look at it later

• Give it to the speech pathologist assigned to the site

How many days does the Special Education Office have to respond to a parent request?

• 30 days

• 60 days

• 20 days

• 15 days

After writing a request for special education testing, a parent decides to go through the SST process. What needs to be done?

• Tell them that is a great idea.

• Rip up the request for testing.

• Have parent write that they rescind their request

• Test the student

Assessment Plans can be created by

• A. Special education teacher

• B. Speech pathologist

• C. Psychologist

• D. Principal

• E. B and C

Once a consent is signed, you have ______ days to hold the meeting.

• 30 days

• 90 days

• 60 days

• 120 days

When a parent requests an "emergency IEP," you have _____ days to hold it.

• 15

• 7

• 60

• 30

You are out of compliance if you hold a triennial _______ days.

• 55

• 59

• 45

• 61

True or False. You should always call the parent if they do not show up to an IEP meeting.

• True

• False

What doesn't belong. If a parent tells the IEP team to hold the meeting without them, the team should

• Open and close the meeting, and hold it when the parent is available

• Hold the meeting with the entire team present

• Take notes on everything discussed

• Send home the IEP for the parent to sign