SISS Procedures

The purpose of this manual is to facilitate and codify best practices in the delivery of support services and ensure compliance with federal and state mandates.

Introduction

• Mission, Vision & Beliefs

Section 1: Departmental Information

• People: Organizational Chart
• Roles and Responsibilities of SISS Staff
• Excent Tera
• Accessing Forms and Instructions
• Links to Special Education Rules
• WISD Parent Handbook

Section 2: SST - To be developed in collaboration with general education. ENCORE! module for intervention tracking has been purchased for later implementation.

Section 3: Early Intervention and Pre-School Referrals(Birth – Age 3)

• Ann Arbor Preschool
• Early On Michigan
• Referral Procedures for Pre-School Students
• Eligibility Determination for Part C
• Guidelines for Completing the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
• Encore Instructions for IFSP Documentation

Section 4 : Special Education Referral Processes

• Initial Student Referral
• 30-Day Placement Process
• 30-Day Placement Routing Process
• Consent for Disclosure
• Consent & Withdrawal of Consent for Evaluations
• Extensions

Section 5: Determining Special Education Eligibility

• Writing an Integrated MET Report
• MET Protocal Example
  
• Forms
  • MET Template R_4/10
  • Appendex 1-4/10
  • Assurance Pages
    
• Determination of Specific Learning Disablity

Section 6: Writing the IEP

• IEP 
• IEP Addendum
• PLAAFP
• Excent Tera Instructions: IEP Forms, Meeting Invitations, Attaching Documents
• Parental Safeguards
• Requests for Mediation and Due Process

Section 7: Student Placement and Referral Procedures

• Teacher Consultant Services
• Resource Room Programs
• AAPS Self-Contained Programs
• WISD Classroom Programs
• Alternative Placements: Day Treatment, COPE, Other
• Homebound Services
• Change of Level IEPTs
• Interim Alternative Education Placements
• Students Returning from Institutional Placements

Section 8: Transition Services and Exiting Special Education

• Transition Services Planning Guide
• Summary of Performance
• WCTC Resource Guide
• Transition Guide_2nd_Ed
• Graduation Information
• Exiting Special Education or the District

Section 9: 504 – To be developed in collaboration with general education.

Section 10: Reevaluation Information

• Student Evaluation Review (SER): Process FAQ
• Student Evaluation Review (SER): Completing the SER Form
• Evaluation Report 4_10
• Appendex_I-4_10
• Requests for Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE)

Section 11: Positive Behavioral Supports

• Funcational Assessment of Behavior (FAB)
• Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)

Section 12: Extended School Year (ESY)

• ESY Overview - Q & A
• ESY Reminders PowerPoint - Dec. 09
• MDE Guidance for ESY
  • Determining Need for ESY - Section 3
  • Factors to Consider for ESY - Section 4
  • ESY Decision Questions & Flowchart - Appendix 2

• ESY Forms
  
  • Data Collection/Eligibility Determination
  • ESY Student Information Packet
    

Section 13: Disciplinary Procedures (MDE Disciplinary Procedures webpage)

• Discipline Concerns for Students with IEPs (pdf) (recorded presentation)
• Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)
• Suspension and Expulsion Information
• Disciplinary Due Process

Section 14: Assistive Technology

• IDEA 2004
• Procedure
• Form

Section 15: Nursing Services/Health Care Plans

Section 16: Services to NonPublic Students

Section 17: Medicaid

• Link to PCG instructions and/or ET Encounters Module
• Medicaid Billing Forms

Section 18: Requests for Supplies and Materials

Section 19: Requests to Attend Conferences and Workshops

Glossary