It's a New Year to prepare for an IEP Meeting |
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The school year is halfway over yet many parents are approaching their annual IEP Meeting date. Before the IEP team reconvenes, it is a great idea to prepare for the meeting. Good preparation can lessen any anxiety or uncertainty during the meeting and can also help you be a productive team member.
Below are fact sheets that will help you get prepared:
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Private placement - who is responsible for the child's IEP? |
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Public agencies and SEA have an obligation to locate, identify and evaluate private school students with disabilities, including those students who are enrolled by their parents in private schools. The process must be completed in the same manner as it would be if the student was attending the public agency.
When public agencies are considering private placement for students, the public agency must first conduct a meeting to develop an IEP for the child in accordance with IDEA. The public agency and the SEA remain responsible for the IEP even if a private school or facility implements the IEP.
According to Missouri’s State Plan, If the parent enrolls the student in a private placement without the consent of or referral by the public agency and the public agency made FAPE available to the student, the public agency is not required to pay for the cost of education or special education services. An exception to this is if a court or a hearing officer finds that the agency did not make FAPE available to the student in a timely manner prior to the parent enrolling the child in the private placement. However, the parent must inform the IEP team, at the most recent IEP team meeting or at least ten (10) business days (including any holidays that occur on a business day) prior to removal of the student from the public agency of their intent to enroll their student in a private school at public agency expense.
Public agencies are still required to provide services for parentally-placed private school students with disabilities. Each public agency must develop a service plan for these students. The services provided to parentally-placed private school students with disabilities must be provided by personnel meeting the same standards as personnel providing services in the public schools.
For more information about Private School Placement, check out these resources below:
Click HERE to view a document applying to children with disabilities who attend private or parochial schools or who are homeschooled.
Click HERE to view the Missouri State Plan Part B
Click HERE to view Sec. 300.325 Private school placements by public agencies
Click HERE to view the approved Private Agencies by Agency 1.7.2022 document
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Parents of children aged birth to three have a narrow time frame to get interventions and highly mobile military families have a crucial need for information. Click HERE to view an article about helping military families navigate early intervention services.
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Parents are asking: My child is in a correctional facility and I suspect the need for special education services, can I request an evaluation? The answer is yes.
Let's take a glance at child find obligations for justice-involved youth who might be in need of special education and related services. All protections provided under IDEA, including the obligation to identify and evaluate students with disabilities...apply to eligible students with disabilities in correctional facilities and their parents. Each State Education Agency (SEA) must have the child find procedures and policies in place to locate, identify and evaluate youth who are in correctional facilities, who may have a qualifying disability under IDEA, and are in need of special education and related services. Evaluation requests should be made in writing submitted to the school district where the justice facility is located and a copy of the letter can be provided to the correctional facility's education director. For more information view the resources below:
Click HERE to view the MPACT Fact Sheet on Evaluations of Students in Correctional Facilities
Click HERE to view the Dear Colleague Letter on IDEA for Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities. This document clarifies state and public agency obligations under IDEA to ensure the provision of FAPE to eligible students with disabilities in correctional facilities.
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Financial Wellness Toolkit |
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"By equipping people with disabilities with the skills & knowledge to take action…we can achieve financial wellness. Financial wellness means having financial security and financial freedom of choice in the present and into the future."
National Disability Institute’s free financial wellness tools can be used to help individuals, families, financial institutions and community partners improve the financial future of people with disabilities. To learn more and to attend the on-demand webinar click HERE.
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The 18th Annual Missouri Youth Leadership Forum
(MO-YLF) will be held July 12-16, 2022
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The Missouri Youth Leadership Forum is a unique career leadership-training program for high school students with disabilities, ages 16 – 21. Youth delegates are selected from their local communities to cultivate leadership, citizenship, social, and career development skills at this summer program.
For information and application for the 1-day Virtual Leadership Forum, click HERE.
To apply for the 2022 Missouri Youth Leadership Forum, click HERE.
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Missouri Inclusion and Youth Leadership Awards |
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The Governor’s Council on Disability is seeking nominations for the Inclusion and Youth Leadership Awards. Please help recognize, honor and celebrate the individuals, agencies, and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and inclusion by improving the lives of individuals in the disability community, especially during the pandemic.
If you know of an individual or organization in Missouri that has stood out this year in its efforts to include people with disabilities in employment, housing, leisure activities, or technology, please nominate them for the Inclusion Award HERE.
To recognize a young person in the disability community (ages 16-26) that has effected positive changes in inclusion through leadership and advocacy, please nominate them for the Youth Leadership Award HERE.
Nominations can be completed online or submitted by email/mail/fax and will be accepted through 1/31/2022.
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We're Looking For You, Apply Now! |
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MPACT Webinars in
January and February
Click on the links below to register
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Positive Behavior Interventions
Steps to Success:
Family Record Keeping
Special Education-What I Need to Know
Section 504
Understanding ADHD
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How to Write Measurable Annual Goals
Transitions- ECSE to Elementary
Understanding the Evaluation Process
Understanding ADHD
Section 504
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MPACT In-Person Trainings |
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Special Education Law
Monday, February 7th, 2022
10:00-12:00 PM
Location:
United Methodist Church
500 N. Main St., Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
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View all upcoming MPACT trainings HERE
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All MPACT trainings are free of charge! If you would like to schedule any MPACT training in your area or for your organization
please click on the link HERE
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Make a Difference in the Lives of
Missouri Families, Join MPACT Today!
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What is an MPACT Mentor Volunteer?
Mentors are trained volunteers who, upon request, provide support to families of children with disabilities throughout the special education process. A mentor does not represent or speak for a parent or family member, but a mentor does help empower an individual to become a strong educational advocate for his or her child. MPACT mentors are screened and receive training and supervision from MPACT staff.
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MPACT (Missouri Parents Act) is looking for enthusiastic individuals to help develop a diverse community-based board of directors. We seek members with a broad variety of backgrounds, ethnicities and experience, people with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, people with experience with other children’s issues, people simply interested in child education, people with fundraising expertise, business professionals, and educators.
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MPACT is funded in part or whole by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs Grant No. H328M090020-10. The contents of the website, however, and any documents cited herein do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S Department of Education.
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