People in Special Education Process (Advanced)

1. This person is a central member of the IEP because they are 'experts' on the child. Their involvement is essential and schools are in charge of protecting their rights during the IEP process.

• School psychologist

• Local education agency representative

• Parents/Guardians

• Special Education teacher

1. This person is generally responsible for administering, scoring, and reviewing the special education evaluations used for eligibility and must attend all evaluation/eligibility meetings.

• School Psychologist

• General Educator

• Student

• Related Service Personnel

1. This person is in charge of the development and implementation of a student's IEP. They are in charge of guiding the IEP & evaluation process as well as providing daily services to students.

• Evaluation diagnostician

• General Educator

• Related Service Personnel

• Special Education Teacher

1. This person provides services in a large-group setting and is in charge of providing grade-level content instruction as well as implementing the student's IEP and consulting with the student's special education teacher

• General Education Teacher

• School Administrator

• Student

• Parents/Guardians

1. This person is the only related service that may have their own caseload - they provide language & articulation services to qualifying students and must attend the meetings of all students receiving services under their direction.

• School Psychologist

• Special Education Teacher

• Speech-Language Pathologist

• Physical Therapist

1. This person provides fine-motor, visual motor, and sensory motor services to qualifying students and must attend the meetings of all students receiving services.

• Physical Therapist

• General Education Teacher

• Occupational Therapist

• Parent/Guardian

1. Professionals who provide gross-motor-related services to work on muscle strength/flexibility, mobility, posture, and positioning to qualifying students and must attend the meetings of all students receiving services.

• Speech-Language Pathologist

• Paraeducator

• Special Education Teacher

• Physical Therapist

1. Educators who work under the direction of a teacher or another school professional to help deliver services

• Special Education Teacher

• Paraeducator

• School Psychologist

• General Education Teacher

This person is in charge of guiding special education services for the district. They often attend difficult meetings and provide professional support in IEP development.

• Special Education Teacher

• School Principal

• School Psychologist

• Special Education Director

This person supports students who are ready to learn, develop, and practice 'work-force skills' as they prepare to transition out of high school

• Local Education Agency Representative

• Vocational Rehabilitation Representative

• Special Education Provider

• Transition skills teacher