Exceptional Student Education - Understanding the Eligibility Process
Table of Contents
- Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities Inc.
- Introduction
- ESE Process
- Step 1: Your Child is Identified as Needing Services
- General Education Interventions
- Step 2: Your Child is Evaluated
- The Initial Evaluation
- Initial Evaluations and Consent
- Initial Evaluations and IDEA 2004
- Florida Rule 6A-6.0331
- Can the School Refuse to Evaluate Your Child?
- What do Evaluations Tell You?
- School Evaluations Versus Medical Evaluations
- More on Evaluations
- Children in Private Schools
- Funds for Private School Students
- After the Evaluations are Completed…
- Programs versus Related Services
- Step 3: Eligibility is Determined
- Eligibility Meeting and Determination
- Step 4: Your Child is Found Eligible For Services
- If your child is NOT Eligible for services?
- Step 5: An IEP meeting is scheduled
- Step 6: IEP is drafted by the team and must include
- Step 6 Part 2
- Step 6 Part 3
- Step 7: Your Child Will Begin to Receive ESE Services
- Step 8: Your Child's Progress is Measured Over Time
- Step 9: Your Child's IEP is Reviewed
- Step 10: Your Child is Re-Evaluated
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Step 7: Your Child Will Begin to Receive ESE Services
- After the first IEP has been written, the parent is asked to give written consent for the child to receive ESE services.
- A child cannot receive ESE services until the parent has given written consent for placement.