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Academic Support
The Academic Support program at Bow High
School provides students with the opportunity for additional instruction in
their area of identified need as documented in their Individual Education Plan
or 504 plan. Individual instruction is designed around the general
curriculum and helps students organize work and manage their time by increasing
their skills in areas such as listening, notetaking and preparing for tests and
quizzes.
Appropriate
Appropriate education means an education designed to
provide educational benefit and must be comparable to that provided to students
without disabilities. This may be defined as regular or special education
services.
Approved Program
"Approved program" (Ed 1102.03) means a program
of special education that has been approved by the State Board of Education and
that is maintained by a school district, regional special education center,
private organization, or state institution for the benefit of children with
disabilities and includes home instruction.
Child with a Disability
A child with a disability is one who was evaluated and
determined to be disabled under one or more of the categories of disability and
who, as a result, requires special education and related services.
Consent
Consent means that the parent/guardian has been fully
informed of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is
sought, in his or her native language, and agrees in writing to the carrying out
of the activity for which his/her consent is sought. The parent/guardian
understands that the granting of consent is voluntary and may be revoked at any
time.
Determination of Eligibility
Determination of eligibility for special education
and related services is conducted by a multidisciplinary committee of persons
who are familiar with the child. The committee considers the evaluation
data, the placement options, and all other significant factors relating to the
student's learning process.
Eligible Children
Eligible children are those between the ages of 3 and 21 who are determined
by a multidisciplinary team to be eligible within one or more of the 13 specific
categories of disability
requiring special education and related services.
Free and Appropriate Public
Education
Free appropriate public education (FAPE) means special
education and related services that are provided at public expense, under public
supervision and direction, and without charge in conformity with an
Individualized Education Plan (IEP). This includes preschool, elementary
school, and secondary school.
How
to Refer a Child
If you feel your child is in need of
special education and related services, contact your child's teacher or the
Director of Special Education, preferably in writing. Be specific about
your concerns, and be sure to include information about how/where you can be
reached with any questions.
Independent Educational Evaluation
Independent Educational Evaluation (Ed 1102.26) means an
evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner who is not employed by the public
agency responsible for the education of the child in question.
Individual Education Plan
An Individual Education Plan (IEP) is a written document
that describes the intended education of an educationally disabled child that
has been developed by a school district in accordance with rules adopted by the
State Board of Education and that provides necessary special education and
educationally related services within an approved program.
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is an act
which provides financial assistance to State and local education agencies to
guarantee special education and related services to eligible children with
disabilities. (Public Law 105-17)
Local Education Agency (LEA)
The term "local education agency" means a public
board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State
for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service
function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county,
township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or for a
combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an
administrative agency for its public or secondary schools. (Ed 1102.31)
Other Health
Impairment
Other health impairment means having limited strength,
vitality, or alertness, including a heightened altertness to environmental
stimuli, that results in limited altertness with respect to the educational
environment, that is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma,
attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes,
epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis,
rheumatic fever, or sickle cell anemia, and adversely affects a child's
educational performance.
Placement
Placement refers to a child's educational plan. Under IDEA, a
student's placement may be any combination of special and general educational
settings, as long as it is in the least restrictive environment possible.
Referral
Referral is the process by which a student with possible
educational needs is brought to the attention of the special education
staff for consideration of testing/evaluation to determine if the child
needs special education to be successful. A referral can be made by any
person who knows the child and feels that s/he is having academic difficulty
that could be addressed by special education and related services.
Related Services
Related services (Ed 1102.44) refer to transportation and
such developmental, corrective, and
other support services as are required to assist a child with a disability to
benefit from special education, and includes speech-language pathology and audiology
services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation,
early identification and assessment of disabilities in children, counseling
services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility
services, and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes. Also
included are school health services, social work services in schools, and parent
counseling and training.
Specific
Learning Disability
A specific learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken
or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think,
speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations, including conditions
such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction,
dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.
SPEDIS
The Special Education Information System (SPEDIS) is a
computer-based special education data bank and retrieval system that
confidentially maintains personally identifiable data used for program
development, monitoring, compliance, and reporting to the State Board of
Education, the New Hampshire legislative bodies, and the federal Department of
Education.
Transition
Services
Transition services are a coordinated set of activities
for a student with a disability that are outcome-oriented and promote movement
from school to post-school activities, including postsecondary education,
vocational training, integrated employment (including supported employment),
continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community
participation. Services are based on the student's individual needs,
taking into account the student's preferences and interests, and include
instruction, related services, community experiences, the development of
employment and other post-school adult living objectives, and (if appropriate)
acquisition of daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation.
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