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Guidelines for Making Decisions about IEP Services

Guidelines for Making Decisions about IEP Services. IEP Services 6 of 8 Some Students with IEPs May Need Related Services.

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Guidelines for Making Decisions about IEP Services

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  1. Guidelines for Making Decisions about IEP Services • IEP Services 6 of 8 • Some Students with IEPs May Need Related Services

  2. This series of slide shows is based on:Guidelines for MakingDecisions about IEP Services2001Michael F. Giangreco, Ph.D.University of Vermont, Center on Disability and Community InclusionThis document is available in a pdf (portable document format) on the internethttp://www.uvm.edu/~uapvt/iepservices/http://www.state.vt.us/educ/Cses/sped/main.htmDistributed by theVermont Department of EducationFamily and Educational Support TeamMontpelier, VermontDevelopment of this material was supported by a grant from the Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier, Vermont under the auspices of Vermont Act 117: An Act to Strengthen the Capacity of Vermont’s Education System to Meet the Needs of All Students, Section 7 (d) (5).

  3. Ask Vital Questions About the Need for Each Proposed Related Service

  4. Is the Proposed Related Service Educationally Relevant? Educational Relevance existswhen a proposed service can be explicitly linked with an identified component of the student’s educational program

  5. If a therapist recommends supporting a student’s handwriting skills, and handwriting is on the IEP or is part of the general education curriculum the student is pursuing, then it is educationally relevant. If a therapist recommends that a student work on exercises to improve a balance so she can learn to ride a bicycle, and bike riding is not part of the educational program for this student, then the proposed service is not educationally relevant. Non Example Example

  6. What is the Purpose of the Proposed Related Service? In considering whether to accept a recommendation to provide a proposed service, the team should clearly understand its purpose. A clear purpose promotes effective implementation and evaluation.

  7. Examples of purpose: • Selecting equipment • Making adaptations • Transferring information or skills to others • Being a resource or support to families • Applying skills specific to the professional discipline

  8. Establishing educational relevance and understanding the purpose of a service is not sufficient to warrant service provision. Services also must be educationally necessary.

  9. Is the Proposed Related Service Educationally Necessary? If a proposed service, with a clear purpose, is determined to be educationally relevant, it is time to consider whether it is educationally necessary by asking the following questions:

  10. If your team answers, “Yes” to the following question, it is an indication that the service under consideration probably ISeducationally necessary:1. Will the absence of the service interfere with the student’s access to, or participation in his or her educational program this year?

  11. If your team answers, “YES” to any the following questions, it is an indication that the service under consideration probablyIS NOTeducationally necessary:2. Could the proposed service be addressed appropriately by the special educator or classroom teacher?MORE QUESTIONS FOLLOW...

  12. 3. Could the proposed service be addressed appropriately through core school faculty or staff (e.g., nurse, guidance counselor, librarian, special area teachers, administrator, bus drivers, cafeteria staff, custodians)?4. Has the student been benefiting from his or her educational program without the service?5. Could the student continue to benefit from his or her educational program without the service?MORE QUESTIONS FOLLOW...

  13. 6. Can the service be appropriately provided during non school hours? (This question is based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the 1984 case of Irving Independent School District v. Tatro.)7. Do the proposed services present any undesirable or unnecessary gaps, overlaps, or contradictions with other proposed services?

  14. In many cases, IEP teams are asking the wrong questions such as:“Could the proposed related services help?”When this question, the answer is almost always “Yes.” But this is not the question that the IDEA poses in the definition of a related service.

  15. Rather the question is better asked this way: “If the student does not receive a proposed related service, is there reason to believe that he or she will not: (a) have access to an appropriate education; or (b) experience educational benefit?”

  16. Some services considered desirable by parents or non-educational service providers may not meet the educational relevance and necessity criteria to be considered a “related service” under the IDEA. This does not mean the service is unimportant. Rather, it could mean that it’s not a responsibility of the public school.

  17. Open the next slide show • Open the next slide show labeled: • IEP Services 7 of 8 • Slide show 7 of 8 addresses, Decide “What” Before “How”

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