ILLUSIONS AND DELUSIONS : Avoiding Procedural Safeguards Confusio n

1. ILLUSIONS AND DELUSIONS:Avoiding Procedural Safeguards Confusion Mike Blake and Patti Solomon, GaDOE

2. Today’s Agenda • Learning Objectives • Your Perceptions: Surprise! • Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy • Key Components for Implementing IDEA: Design, Delivery and Relationships • General Supervision Action Planning Worksheet • What’s Next?

3. Learning Objectives • Understand that perceptions may paint a situation • Remember and understand IDEA procedural safeguards, (i.e the “Parents’ Rights”) • Apply and analyze three key components of implementing IDEA: Design; Delivery; and Relationships • Evaluate your district’s four general supervision components in regards to procedural safeguards: Policies, Procedures & Practices; Training; Implementation; and Monitoring/Supervision • Create an action plan!

4. BLOOM'S TAXONOMY Learning Objectives Created by Benjamin Bloom, 1956, Revised by Lorin Anderson (a student of Bloom), 1990s

5. Two Questions… What do I expect from this session? What will help me in the future?

6. Graphic Organizer Jeopardy Answer sheets

7. Let’s Talk About TheseIllusions And Delusions http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/videos.html HMMMMMMM Do our illusions and delusions play a role in everyday decision making?

8. Self actualization • Esteem Needs • Belonging Needs • Safety Needs • Physiological Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

9. Steven Covey on a Paradigm Shift A paradigm is a frame of reference. It is the way we perceive, interpret and understand. When we look at something differently we make a paradigm shift and can think, feel andbehave differently We assume that the way we “see” things are the way they really are --- or the way they should be! Steven Covey: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

10. with your host JEOPARDY Mike Blake At Spring Leadership

11. Ok For a copy of the new Parents Rights’ Video in Spanish….. Please Answer the Following Question

12. The term “Procedural Safeguards Notice” also refers to the document commonly identified as “Parents’ Rights.” Procedural Safeguards must be given to parents only one time per school year. Except, a copy must also be given to the parent in five different circumstances. Name them:

13. And the ANSWER Is……. • Upon initial referral or parent request for evaluation • Upon receipt of the first state complaint in a school year • Upon receipt of the first request for a due process hearing in a school year • Upon notification by the LEA to the parent of a decision to remove the child from his or her current placement and the removal constitutes a change of placement under the discipline provisions of IDEA and state rules because of a violation of a code of student conduct • Upon request by the parent

14. Jeopardy True or False The parent may elect to receive the Procedural Safeguards/ Parents’ Rights notice by electronic mail, if the LEA makes that option available? YES

15. Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy Each LEA shall establish and maintain procedures to provide an opportunity for the parents of the child with a disability to: • Inspect and review all education records relating to the ___________, evaluation, educational _____________, and provision of ________ to the child. identification, evaluation, educational placement, and provision of FAPEto the child

16. Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy The LEA may presume that the parent has the right to examine records unless the LEA has been advised that the parent does not have the authority due to State law governing guardianship, separation and divorce.

18. Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy Does an informal or unscheduled conversation involving LEA personnel about teaching methodology, lesson plans, or coordination of services require parent participation?

19. The Answer is NO

20. Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy If a parent requests an independent educational evaluation at public expense, the LEA must, without unnecessary delay either… A. Initiate an impartial due process hearing to show that its evaluation is appropriate, or B. Ensure that an independent educational evaluation is provided at public expense, unless the LEA demonstrates in a hearing that the evaluation obtained by the parent did not meet agency criteria.

21. More Jeopardy The LEA must ensure the parent understands the content of the notice; and there is written evidence that the requirements have been met?

23. Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy Consent for initial evaluation shall be construed as consent for initial provision of special education and related services?

25. Procedural Safeguards Jeopardy 13 + Correct = A 10-12 Correct = B 10 or Less Correct = C

26. Before I sign off …… A Reminder from our sponsor at US DOE about Procedural Safeguards requirements and other Dispute Resolution options

28. Applying and Analyzing Key Components That Make IDEA Work

29. Key Components for Implementing IDEA Or….Illusions, delusions, and confusion? Special education disputes often revolve around these three components: DESIGNDELIVERYRELATIONSHIPS Source: The National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/

30. Heeeeeeeeeeere’s Mike………. The Procedural Safeguards Talk Show With Guest Diane Dispute

31. Design • These debates typically concern: • eligibility for services • methodology of intervention • perceptions about student needs • the scope of the IDEA entitlement • educational placement

32. Delivery These debates typically concern: • coordination of services • procedural requirements • privacy • confidentiality • provider competence • scheduling • transportation

33. Relationships • Relationship conflicts may stem from: • Loss of trust • Breakdowns in communication • Cultural differences

34. Rethinking the Way We Act

35. Local General Supervision Action Planning Worksheet • Policies/Procedures • Training/Professional Learning • Implementation • Monitoring/Supervision • Use guiding questions for each section

37. My District Story Current Practice - Guiding Questions Policies/Practices/Procedures • What are your current written policies regarding Procedural Safeguards? • Do you have a written manual with procedures that apply to Procedural Safeguards? • Do you involve stakeholders in the development and review of your policies? • Use right side column for action steps/desired state

38. My District Story Current Practice Guiding Questions Professional Learning • How is professional learning currently delivered? • How often? • Who is the audience – special ed staff, reg. ed? • Do you have a “coaching” model for PL? • Use right side column for action steps/desired state

39. My District Story Current Practice Guiding Questions Implementation • How are you currently implementing Procedural Safeguards protections? i.e. paper copies of Parents’ Rights, explanation of Parents’ Rights • Is there a process for early dispute resolution of issues related to design, delivery, and/or relationships? • Use right side column for action steps/desired state

40. My District Story Current Practice Guiding Questions Monitoring/Supervision • How do you currently monitor and supervise the implementation of Procedural Safeguards? • Are others in your district also monitoring and supervising this area? i.e. principals, assistant principals, etc. • Use right side column for action steps/desired state

41. Illusions, Delusions, and Confusion Conclusions

42. Learning Objectives Review • Understand that perceptions may paint a situation • Remember and understand IDEA procedural safeguards i.e. “Parents’ Rights” • Apply and analyze three key components of implementing IDEA – Design, Delivery, Relationships • Evaluate my district’s current state regarding the four components of general supervision related to procedural safeguards and createan action plan for the future

43. Two Questions What do I expect from this session? What will help me in the future?

44. What’s Next? Please Provide Suggestions For Future Sessions: mblake@doe.k12.ga.us psolomon@doe.k12.ga.us

45. Resources CADRE:The National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/ Check out CADRE’s training material to use for PL in your district as well as for stakeholder training and community outreach.

46. Resources Federal Regulations http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ec2b748cab4d982887d912cacb721477&rgn=div5&view=text&node=34:2.1.1.1.1&idno=34#PartTop State Rules – PDF to your tablet! http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/External-Affairs-and-Policy/State-Board-of-Education/Pages/PEABoardRules.aspx

47. References • Anderson, Lorin W. & Lauren A. Sosniak, eds. (1994), Bloom's Taxonomy: A Forty-Year Retrospective. Chicago National Society for the Study of Education • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey: Running Press (2000)

48. Thanks!