Office of Educational Services & Support

Forms and Technical Assistance Documents

The most current TA documents and forms available for school district and agency usage are found here. These forms and documents are subject to updating so please refer back to this site frequently.  

Comprehensive Plan

• 2008 Comprehensive Plan - due to SEP June 30
  

Early Childhood

• Technical Assistance Information on Battelle-II
• Battelle-II Q&A
• PreSchool LRE Q & A
• Performance Goals and Indicators Ages 3-5
• Battelle Results Report 1/07
• Battelle Flowchart
• User Guide Export Process

Eligibility

• Eligibility Guide (revised Sept. 07)
• Functional Assessment for Special Education
• Orientation and Mobility
• Related Services Guide
• Special Education and Related Services Guide

Extended School Year (ESY)

• Extended School Year Video Part 1 - Spring 2008
• Extended School Year Video Part 2 - Spring 2008

• Extended School Year TA Guide
   

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• FERPA Information
• FERPA PPT
• FERPA- Parents Guide
• FERPA- Elementary and Secondary
• FERPA- College and University
• Emergency Management for Schools: Key Resources

Graduation

• Guidance Policy:Students with Disabilities Participating in Virtual High School

• Graduation Q & A
• Technical Assistance on Summary of Performance

Highly Qualified Teacher

• Q&A for HQT under NCLB and IDEA
• Questions and Answers on Highly Qualified Teachers
• Local Education Agency (LEA) Plan for Highly Qualified Teachers

Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA)

• Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004

Individualized Education Program (IEP)

• Prior Written Notice and Meeting Notice

Information from Trainings

• IDEA and NCLB from Miriam Kurtzig-Freedman
• Special Education Flowchart from Miriam Kurtzig-Freedman
• Miriam Kurtzig-Freedman ppt
• Extended School Year Video Part 1 - Spring 2008
• Extended School Year Video Part 2 - Spring 2008

National Instruction Materials Access Center (NIMAS/NIMAC)

• NIMAS-NIMAC
• NIMAS-NIMAC IDEA Regulations

Newsletter

• March 2008
• December 2007
• September 2007
• January 2007
• September 2006

Parental Rights

• Parental Rights: July 2007
• Parental Rights Spanish Version July 2007

Positive Behavioral Intervention Support (PBIS)

• Functional Behavior Assessment
• Cohorts of Schools
• Trainer Certificates
• SD State Plan PBIS

Private Schools

• OSEP's Guide for parentally placed private school children with disabilities
• Questions and Answers on Serving Children With Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private Schools
• Private Preschool Information

Procedural Safeguards (Parental Rights)

• Procedural Safeguards (Parental Rights)
• Procedural Safeguards (Parental Rights) Spanish Version

Publications from Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center     

Click on MPRRC for articles concerning: Alternate Assessment, Assistive Technology, Behavior Management, Confidentiality, Dispute Resolution, Extended School Year, Least Restrictive Environment, Parents, Pre-Referral, Section 504, Special Health Care, Transition, Transportation and other Miscellaneous topics.

Resources

• SD Parent Connection

Response to Intervention (RtI)

• Response to Intervention

School Based Medicaid Information

• Medicaid Information

State Performance Plan (SPP)

• State Performance Plan

Student Information Management System (SIMS)

• Online Special Education Program Manual (SIMS NET/DDN Campus) Updated 11-04

Surrogate Parent

• Surrogate Parent Manual

Transition

• Transition Tacklebox
• Transition Guide - Ed O'Leary

Transportation

• Transportation Cost Information
  Overview of Special Education Transportation