Legal Beagle
How it all works...Federal law (IDEA) provides guidelines that are interpreted differently by each state. Furthermore, each state's guidelines are interpreted by each district. What seems to be set in stone is often arbitrary and for a great part defined by financial status of the various school districts. For example, sadly it is money that ultimately decides where a district will draw the "cut-offs" for qualifying or not qualifying for services. When viewing resources from other school districts, please keep this in mind. Just because one district does something one way, does not mean it will work in your district.
This chart explains the difference and gives examples.
This 27-page PDF gives joint guidance from both the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Tips for testifying in a hearing or deposition, from Kyrene School District.
See also my personal advice. CLICK HERE.
IRS forms and info regarding teachers deducting classroom supplies. Applies to SLPs employed by the schools.
Blog post from TheSpeechBubbleSLP.com, explaining differences. Has link to a free chart for the hierarchy of prompt levels.
13 mandates from the federal government of what must be included in IEPs. See the Goals/IEPs page for more info.
The definitive source on every legal issue surrounding special education. This is the place to find out exactly what the intent was in IDEA legislation.
This blog post from Securiwiser explains the difference and relationship between them.