Special Education and Support Services
Topics A-Z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- A -
- Accommodations Manual

- ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Advisory Board for Services for Persons Who are Deaf-Blind Annual Reports
- Alternate Assessment
- Alternative Learning Opportunities Programs (ALOP)
- Annual Reports & Resources
- Approval
of Educational Interpreters—Frequently asked Questions

- Appropriate
Procedures for Determining Placement in the Least Restrictive
Environment

- ARRA IDEA Part-B Grants and Guidance
- Assessment Participation Report (SY 2012)
(764 pages) - Assistive Technology
- Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project
- B - C -
- Categories for Special Education
- Certification—Special Education
- Charter Schools - Special Education Certification
- Special Education Rubric Instructions

- Initial Application Rubric (34-50A)

- Renewal Application Rubric (34-50B)

- Special Education Rubric Instructions
- Children's Mental Health
- Child Welfare Educational Resources:
— Meeting the Educational Needs of Students in the Child Welfare System: A Tool for Teachers and A Tool for School Administrators and Counseling Staff
— What Is Child Welfare?: A Guide for Educators
— American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law - Choosing a Lay Advocate in Special Education

- Choosing an Attorney for Special Education
Representation

- Chronic
Infectious Diseases in Schoolchildren

- Civil Rights, Office of (OCR)
- Class Size/Age Range Information Sheet and Deviation Request Form
(34-41) - Comparison of 23 Illinois Administrative Code Part 226 (June 28, 2007) to IDEA Regulations (August 3, 2006)
- Complaint Investigation Process
- Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
- Conferences and Workshops
- Continuous Improvement Plan - Part B and Part C
- Corey H. News & Updates
- Court and Agency Placements Guidance for School Districts
- Court Decisions
- CrEAG Documents
- Critical Element Data Collection Systems (DS) 1 - 3
- Critical Element Fiscal Systems (FS) 1 - 3
- Critical Element General Supervision (GS) 1 - 2
- Critical Element General Supervision (GS) 3
- Critical Element General Supervision (GS) 4 - 5
- D -
- Data Road Map for Special Education

- Deaf, Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind
- Decisions
- Developmental Counseling Model for Illinois Schools

- Deviations
- E -
- Early Childhood Special Education
- Educational Surrogate Parent Program
- Educational Technology
- Exception to the 1.0 Percent Cap on Progressing and Attaining Scores Based on Alternate Achievement Standards to be Included in the Calculation of District AYP for the 2008-2009 School Year Request
- Extended School Year - Students with Disabilities

- Extended
School Year for Students with Disabilities

- F -
- Federal IDEA Section 618 Data Reports (all in PDF
format unless noted)
- Table 1: Child Count
- 2011-12
- 2010-11
- 2010-11 By County

- Table 2: Personnel (6/12)
- 2010-11
- Table 3: Educational Environments
- 2011-12
- 2010-11
- Table 4: Exiting Special Education
- 2010-11
- Table 5: Discipline
- 2010-11
- Table 6: Assessment
- 2010-11
- Table 7: Dispute Resolution
- 2010-11
- The Data Accountability Center website (www.ideadata.org) provides additional state & national IDEA data reports, as well as, the definitions for the Federal IDEA Section 618 Tables.
- Focused Monitoring
- Forums - Public
- Forms for Special Education
- Funding
- G -
- Grant Information (Special Education)
- Guidance Documents (Archived)
The following are only a portion of our archived guidance documents:- Guidance: Diabetes Awareness Day (PA 97-0819)
(2/13) - Guidance: Safety Education: Training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) for Students in Grades 6-8 (PA 97-714)
(2/13) - Guidance: Service Animals: Miniature (PA 97-0956)
(2/13) - Guidance: Initial Evaluations for Special Education and Related Services for Children Ages Three through Five (3/12)
- ISBE Guidance Relating to Transitioning from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education Services when Children Turn Three (#10-2)
(10/10)- Guidance: Appropriate Procedures for Determining Placement in the Least Restrictive Environment and Identifying and Providing Appropriate Special Education and Related Services
(4/03)- Guidance: Illinois Special Education Eligibility and Entitlement Procedures and Criteria within a Response to Intervention (RtI) Framework
(1/10)- Guidance: Compliance with P.A. 94-0376 (SB 87)
(8/05)- Guidance: PA 95-0844 and PA 95-0938 District Funding Responsibility for Court and Public Agency Residential Placements
(1/09)- Guidance Relating to Changes to Special Education Cooperative Articles of Agreement Required by PA 96-0769 and PA 96-0783 (#10-1)
(2/10)- Guidance: Special Education Non-Public Proportionate Share Calculation and Home-Schooled Students (#06-3)
(7/06)- Guidance: Special Education Support for Parentally-Placed Private School Students for the 2006-07 School Year (#06-2)
(7/06)- Guidance: Services and Placement Determination for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(6/05)- Guidance on Special Education Class Size for 2009-2010 and Beyond (23 Illinois Administrative Code 226.730(b) and (c)) (#09-01)
(5/09)- Guidance: Impact of New Code of Federal Regulations Revision on 23 IAC 226.540
(8/09)- Guidelines for the Development of Power Point Presentations for Audiences that may Include Persons with Low Vision

- Guidance: Diabetes Awareness Day (PA 97-0819)
- H -
- Hearst Scholarship / United States Senate Youth Program
- Homeless Education
- House Joint Resolution 24, the Special Education Funding Task Force
- I -J - K - L -
- IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997)
- IDEA Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Memorandum

- IDEA Part B Grants
- IEP (Individualized Education Program)
- IICC (Illinois Interagency Coordinating Council)
- Illinois Court Decisions
- Illinois Developmental Counseling Model

- Illinois Independent Evaluators Registry
- Illinois Purchase Care Review Board
- Illinois Service Resource Center
- Illinois State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities (ISAC)
- Indicator 4
- Indicator 13
- Indicator 14
- Suggestions for Post School Outcomes - Data Collection

- District Survey Cycle

- New Eligibility and Individualized Educational Program (IEP) Forms 2007

- Suggestions for Post School Outcomes - Data Collection
- Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Interim Changes to Due Process and Disciplinary
Procedures under IDEA 2004

- Interim Guidance for Special Education Services for
Parentally Placed Private School Children with Disabilities

- Internet Safety
- ISAC (Illinois State Advisory Council)
- LEA Determinations
- Learn and Serve America
- Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- LRE Data Cohort

- M -
- Mediation Services
- Medical, Religious Immunization Exemptions

- Medical Review

- Medicare/Medicaid Services
- Medication Administration in Schools

- Mutual Written Agreement to Extend Evaluation Timeline (SLD Only) Form

- N -
- National Association
of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Report - What Are We Spending on Special Education Services in the
United States, 1999-2000?

- NCSET Essential Tool& - Increasing Rates of School Completion: Moving from Policy and Research to Practice
- Nonpublic Special Education Programs
- Annual Conference on Best Practices for Nonpublic Special Education Programs
- Notice & Consent Forms (provided in Arabic, Chinese, English, Gujarati, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese)
- Notice of
Procedural Safeguards

- O -
- Obligations of States and Local
Education Agencies to Parentally-Placed Private School Children
with Disabilities

- Occupational and Physical Therapy Services
- Recommended Practices
- Office for Civil Rights
- P -
- Parent and Educator Partnership
- Parent Rights
- Derechos y responsabilidades en materia de educación:análisis de la educación especial en Illinois
- Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs)
- Parentally-Placed
Private School Children - Interim Guidance for the 2005-2006
School Year

- Part 226
- Rules - Part 401
- Rules - Part C to Part B Transition
- PBIS Network
- Performance Plan (State) - Indicator 14
- Suggestions for Post School Outcomes - Data Collection

- Suggestions for Post School Outcomes - Data Collection
- Performance
Plan (State), Part B - Years 2005-2012
(4/11) - Performance Report - Part B - FFY 2010 (2010-2011)
(Revised 4/12) - Philip J Rock Center / Project Reach
- Planning Calendar for 2012-2013

- Q - R -
- Reading - "A Child Becomes a Reader - Birth to Preschool"
- Regional Safe Schools Program (RSSP)
- Regulations Regarding Psychological
Counseling & Mental Health Services
- Reimbursements to School Districts for Co-Teaching
Personnel
(2/05) - Required
Notice & Consent
Forms

- Requests for Trainings/Presentations
- Resources
- Response to Intervention (RtI)
- Rules
- Part 226

- Part 401
- Part 226
- S -
- Safe Schools (RSSP)
- Sanctions Procedures

- Section 504
- Services for Students Identified
As Having Vision Impairments or Hearing Impairments

- Seventh Circuit and Illinois Court Decisions
- School District Policies on Social and
Emotional Development

- Serving
English Language Learners with Disabilities in Children's
Mental Health

- Secondary Transition
- Social Emotional Performance Descriptors
- Social Work Guidance Manual

- Special Education Certification Structure
and Content Area Standards

- Special Education Directors' Conference
- Special Education Funding
- Special Education Home Page
- Special Education Performance Reports (See Annual State Reports)
- Special Education Resources
- Special Education Student and School Data
Study - MSF & W Final Report
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- ISBE Targeted LD Brochures
- Speech and Language Paraprofessional Guidelines

- State Improvement Grant (SIG) - Application for Federal
Funds, December 1999

- State Performance
Plan, Part B - Years 2005-2012
(2/13) - State Performance Plan - Indicator 14
- Suggestions for Post School Outcomes - Data Collection

- Suggestions for Post School Outcomes - Data Collection
- Statewide Discretionary Reports
(8/05) - Students with Disabilities in Regional Safe
Schools Programs

- Student
Services Providers Recommended Practices & Procedures
Manual - Social Work
- Surrogate Parents
- T -
- TAOEP
- Teacher Loan Forgiveness -- The Taxpayer-Teacher
Protection Act
- Time
Out and Physical Restraint Rules

- Title I Requirements Relating to
the Qualifications of Paraprofessionals
- Training/Workshop Requests
- Transition (see Secondary Transition)
- Truants Alternative and Optional Education Program (TAOEP)
- U -
- United States Senate Youth Program / Hearst Scholarship
- U.S. Department of Education's - Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
- Visually Impaired, Deaf and Deaf/Blind
- V - W - X - Y - Z -
- Written Affirmation of Consultation with Private/Parochial Providers

- Work Load for Special Educators: Overview of Plan Requirements

- Work Load Plans for Special Educators: Navigating the Process Effectively
- Powerpoint Format

- PDF Format

- Powerpoint Format
- Workshops and Conferences







