SpEd Process
General

References

The Ministry of Education maintains an ongoing effort, Child find, to identify and locate children who may be eligible for special education services. Identified children go through the Special Education Process which is a series of formal steps which ensures the child's educational needs are identified and effective special education services are provided. The services are direct services such as instruction, related services such therapy or counseling, and support such as instructional aids, accomodations, and personnel development so they can better help the child.

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Below are the steps to "enroll" a child into special educations services along with the primary forms involved. For each step, there may be more forms involved. For example, referral will also require informing the parent of what is going on (Form SE03) and if necessary, parent consent (SE04). See links at left for more detail.

StepsDescription
Identification Intake
   ↓ 		A teacher, parent, doctor, or other involved individual provides the child's information to the school principal.
Child Identification Intake Form
Referral
   ↓ 		Principal with Child Study Team refers child for evaluation
SE01 Referral Form
Evaluation
   ↓ 		MOE conducts a professional evaluation of the child's disabilityand its effect on learning
SE06a Evaluation Summary
Eligibility
   ↓ 		The Eligibility Team determines if child is eligible for special education services
SE06c Summary of Eligibility
IEP
   ↓ 		The IEP Team creates the student's Individual Education Plan with placement in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
SE08a Individualized Education Program.

Below are progress review steps after the IEP takes effect

StepsDescription
Annual Review
   ↓ 		The IEP Team reviews the IEP at most annually to determine the child's progress and redo the IEP as necessary.
Triennial Revew
   ↓ 		The student must be re-evaluated at most three years after the initial IEP to determine continuing eligibility for special education services.
Monitoring
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