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Eligibility Determination

Eligibility Determination. Exceptional Children and Intervention Services Convocation August 22, 2007. Required for Special Services Eligibility. Eligible disability Negative impact on academic performance Need for specially designed instruction NEED ALL THREE!. Majority of our Students:.

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Eligibility Determination

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  1. Eligibility Determination Exceptional Children and Intervention Services Convocation August 22, 2007

  2. Required for Special Services Eligibility Eligible disability Negative impact on academic performance Need for specially designed instruction NEED ALL THREE!

  3. Majority of our Students: EMD LD BED OHI

  4. Educable Mentally Disabled • SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS: Cognitive skills Academic skills Adaptive Behavior skills MUST HAVE ALL THREE!

  5. Significant Deficits? • Cognitive skills MUST be in the extremely low range +/- Standard Error of Measurement (i.e. 72) • SOME of the Academic and/or Adaptive Behavior scores can be slightly higher (EMD kids have strengths, too!) • Preponderance of the evidence determines if there is a disability

  6. Learning Disabled • Academic deficits are SIGNIFICANTLY below cognitive skills or are resistant to intervention • Significant academic weaknesses NOT associated with: Cognitive deficits Lack of appropriate instruction

  7. Some Examples of a “Lack of Appropriate Instruction” • Attendance problems (i.e. sickness, truancy, expulsion, etc.) • Moves from school to school • Suspended/ISS frequently • Curriculum &/or instructional strategies not “research based” • Teacher not “Highly Qualified” • Parent calls to “Come & get him!”

  8. Behaviorally/Emotionally Disabled SIGNIFICANT behavior and/or emotional disturbances • Longstanding (more than six months) • Occurs in more than one environment (school, community, & home) • Weakness in academic performance caused by behavior/emotional disturbance

  9. Behaviorally/Emotionally Disabled • Weakness in academic performance NOT associated with: Significant weakness in cognitive skills Lack of appropriate instruction Lack of appropriate management Social maladjustment

  10. Some Examples of a “Lack of Appropriate Management” • Adjudicated as delinquent, undisciplined, or neglected (not supervised) • Removed from home by Court order • Suspended/ISS frequently • Referred to school office frequently • Parent calls to “Come & get him!”

  11. “Social Maladjustment” • Student knows what he/she is doing, intends to do it, and has no remorse about doing it. • He/She may be sorry he/she got caught!

  12. Other Health Impaired • Acute or chronic medical condition • Weakness in academic performance caused by the medical condition • Diagnosis is NOT enough for services

  13. A student with academic skills at or above expectation given current cognitive skills is doing all he/she can reasonably be expected do and will usually not meet eligibility criteria. • The school is still responsible for that child’s learning!

  14. QUESTIONS?

  15. Contact Information Toni Braswell School Psychologist Lenoir County Public Schools tbraswell@lenoir.k12.nc.us ECIS Central Office @ Rochelle • 252-286-6562 • 252-527-6498 FAX

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