Transcript 2014 - Ala-CASE

2014
ALACASE
CONFERENCE
Preschool Indicators
2014 EI Preschool Conference
Indicator 6
Least Restrictive
Environment
OSEP Letter
• February 29, 2012 letter from OSEP sent to coordinators:
• “The purpose of this letter is to reiterate that the least
restrictive environment (LRE) requirements … apply to the
placement of preschool children with disabilities.”
• The statute regarding LRE applies equally to preschool
and school age children with disabilities.
• “Special classes, special schooling, or other removal of
children with disabilities from the regular education
environment may occur only when the nature or severity of
the disability of a child is such that education in regular
classes with the use of supplementary aids and services
cannot be achieved satisfactorily.”
Indicator 6
LRE Codes for Preschool Children
• For ages 3 through 5 years only
• Nine from which to select
• Found in the Child Count Help Document on
ALSDE website
Indicator 6 measures the percent of preschool
children aged 3 through 5 with IEPs attending:
Measurement A
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Regular early childhood program and
receiving the majority of special
education and related services in the
regular early childhood program. (LRE
20, 22)
Alabama’s target: 52.5% or above.
Alabama’s results for 2013-2014 are
46.94%.
Measurement B
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Separate special education class,
separate school or residential facility.
(LRE 18, 17, 16)
Alabama’s target: 6.58% or below.
Alabama’s results for 2013-2014 are
5.18%.
Measurement A Target: 52.5% and Above
Current Data
Measurement B Target: 6.58% and Below
Current Data
100%
Percentage of LEAs near Target
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
111
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
25
Above
6.58%
6.58% and
Below
Number of LEAs in Each Category
Series 1
Ways to improve Indicator 6
• Use the Indicator 6 Quick Tips for Preschool!
• Review and understand the LRE codes for preschool.
• Use the Preschool LRE Decision Chart.
• Review your system’s Indicator 6 percentages for
Measurements A and B.
• If your LEA is not meeting the targets, consider if there were
LRE coding errors or if the LREs selected were appropriate for
the child’s situations.
• Know the options of providing preschool special education
services in ‘regular class’ environments.
Indicator 7 - ELPP
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The timeline for completion of the ELPP has been extended to 60 days
from the date that special education services begin. The previous
timeline was 45 days.
The ELPP should not be completed too early or too late.
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Too early means completion of the entry ELPP before the child’s functional
levels are directly observed or reported by those who know the child. Do not
complete the entry ELPP prior to actually providing services to the child,
preferably after directly seeing the child for a few sessions.
Too late means beyond 60 days after special education services begin. The
beginning of services means the date that services actually begin, not the
IEP signature date. A new field will be added in SETS in the February release
to indicate the actual beginning of services date.
What will be reviewed during
monitoring
• Paper copy of the ELPP
•
Individual entry and exit forms that are on the Auburn website or the single
comprehensive form on the ALSDE Special Education page under the Preschool
tab may be used.
• Documentation that multiple sources were used to collect data.
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Documentation should be recorded on the paper copies using the key provided.
• An ELPP objective will be selected and an explanation/documentation
of the rating will be discussed.
• Relationship between Preschool Standards and IEP goals.
• Progress monitoring
• Attendance, transportation
Indicator 12:
“t”ransition
EI to Preschool Tracking Log
Indicator 12
• Percent of children referred by Part
C prior to age 3, who are found
eligible for Part B, and who have an
IEP developed and implemented by
their third birthdays.
• Data is reported on the EI to
Preschool Tracking log.
• OSEP Target for Alabama is 100%.
• Alabama’s result was 99.56%.
Indicator 12 Target
100.1
100
99.9
99.8
99.7
99.6
99.5
99.4
99.3
OSEP
Alabama
Suggested Checks and Balances
• Use the Indicator 12 Quick Tips for Preschool.
• Develop a plan for receiving and distributing the Early Intervention
Notification to Local Education Agency letters from EI to preschool
coordinators/case managers. Be sure the plan includes a method to track
the letters within your LEA.
• Each month, SDE e-mails the LEA a list of children that have been referred
by EI to the LEA. The email is from Annie Youngblood. Please watch for this
email!
• Send this list to the appropriate staff.
Suggested Checks and Balances
• Compare the list to the Early Intervention Notification to Local
Education Agency letters that were actually received.
• Notify Denise Gilham if a letter of notification was not received
for any of the children that EI reported sent to the LEA. Do not
send this list to EI service coordinator/s as this is a breach of
confidentiality of notification for the children and their families.
• SDE will request EI to send another letter of notification to the
LEA for children for whom notifications were not received.
Step 1: Letter of Notification
Ways to Improve Indicator 12
• Review the EI to Preschool tracking log under state reports to ensure all
data is entered correctly with all fields completed.
• Review information entered in the EI to Preschool tab on the student
folder page of SETS to be sure data is accurate. Only data for children
transitioning from EI are entered in the EI to Preschool tab. Data on the
tracking log is pulled from this tab. No parental referrals should be entered
on this tab.
• All children, for whom the LEA received the Early Intervention Notification
to Local Education Agency, must be accounted for on the EI to Preschool
Tracking Log during the reporting period in which the child turns three.
• The child should be enrolled in iNow upon receipt of this notification.
Enrollment cannot be denied due to lack of SSN, birth certificate, or
driver’s license. Homeless children may not be denied enrollment.
Training Modules
• Training modules for all three preschool
indicators are in the development process.
Contact Information
• Denise Gilham – [email protected]
• Stephanie Frucci – [email protected]
• Jan Enstrom – [email protected] (Until August, 2015)
• Kay Spivey – [email protected] (Until December 1st )