Special Education Monitoring Summary for Brielle Elementary School

1. Brielle Elementary School Special Education Monitoring Summary

2. Pre-School

3. Parent Interviews • Many parents expressed a level of satisfaction with the district’s programs, services and staff. • Parent concerns were expressed as follows: 1. Limitations of part-time Child Study Team. 2. Difficulties with communication and scheduling meetings. 3. Additional concerns regarding provision of programs, individualized decision –making and access to general education programs (Pre-School).

4. Compliant Standards • The following standards were found consistently compliant during the on-site monitoring are as follows: 1. General Provisions 2. Transition to Pre-School 3. Discipline 4. Statewide Assessment 5. Graduation 6. Programs and Services

5. Compliant Areas • 1. Oversight and implementation of Individualized Education Program (IEP). 2. Extended School Year. 3. Provision of programs. 4. Consent. 5. Implementation without undue delay. 6. Provision of notice of of a meeting. 7. Content of notice of meeting. 8. Notices in Native Language

6. 9. Interpreters at meeting. 10. Independent evaluations. 11. Child find ages 3-21. 12. Pre-referral interventions. 13. Direct referrals. 14. Health summary. 15. Educational impacts statement for students eligible for speech-language services (ESLS). 16. Standardized assessments. 17. Functional assessments. 18. Bi-lingual evaluations. 19. Written reports prepared by evaluators. 20. Re-evaluation when change of eligibility is considered for all students eligible for special education and/or related services.

7. 21. Re-evaluation timelines 22. Re-evaluation planning meeting participants 23. Re-evaluations prior to age 5. 24. Procedures and documentation efforts when parental consent cannot be obtained. 25. Eligibility meeting participants, statement of eligibility, criteria and required signatures of agreement or disagreement with rationale. 26. IEP participants, required considerations and components (ESERS), implementation dates, IEP provided to parent prior to implementation, annual meetings (or more) completed by June 30.

8. 27. Teachers informed of their responsibilities. 28. 90 day timelines. 29. Documentation of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). 30. Notification of and participation in non-academic and extracurricular activities for students educated outside of the district. 31. Opportunities for all students with disabilities to access all general education programs, continuum of programs and placement decisions based on student’s individual needs.

9. Areas of Need The district identified and corrected the provisions for written notice for ESERS prior to the on-site monitoring process. Other areas identified by the district: 1. Provision for related services. 2. Transfer procedures for Eligible for Speech and Language Services. 3. Referral process, identification meeting timelines, identification meeting participants. 4. Copies of evaluation reports 10 days prior to meeting. 5. IEP required considerations and components (ESLS). 6. Statements of transition service needs (high school).

10. On-site monitoring- The monitor found the following additional areas of need: 1. Vision and hearing screenings (Not consistently conducted for every Initial Evaluations). 2. Multi-disciplinary evaluations (Pre-school). 3. Re-evaluation when a change of eligibility considered (ESLS). 4. Student and agency invitation to meetings. 5. IEP graduation requirements.

11. Improvement Plan • Many of the areas of need have been addressed since the monitoring took place in November. The date completed will be documented in the plan. • The Improvement Plan is currently being revised to resubmit within forty-five (45) days to the Office of Special Education Programs as per the code.

12. Contacts • If you have questions, comments or would like to review the revised Improvement Plan, please contact • Marci L. Grabelle, Director of Special Services, Brielle Elementary School, 605 Union Lane, Brielle, NJ 08730 • 732-528-6400, ext. 201 • mgrabelle@brielle.k12.nj.us