The Hawaiʻi State Department of 교육 (HIDOE) provides services to children ages 3 through 21, residing in Hawaiʻi, who are eligible for 특수교육 and related services. Special education is specially designed instruction, related services, and other supplementary aids to meet your child’s unique needs—at no cost to parent(s).

개요

Special education refers to a range of services provided your child with disabilities to improve their educational outcomes. It is specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of your child with disabilities. Special education may include, but is not limited to, academic services, speech-language services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, counseling services, and parent education. In addition, special education services are provided at no cost to parent(s). Find out if Special Education Is it for your child? (PDF).

Special education services are made available to any student — ages 3 through 21 — who demonstrates a need for specially designed instruction after an eligibility determination. An evaluation will determine the nature and extent of the student’s needs. Evaluations are separate assessments that may include: academic performance, communication skills, general intelligence, health, vision, hearing, social and emotional status, and motor abilities. If your child is eligible for 특수교육, services are provided through an Individualized 교육 Program (IEP).

The federal Individuals with Disabilities 교육 Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) and state regulations require the HIDOE to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE), which includes a continuum of services for your child who is eligible for 특수교육 and related services.

평가 및 자격

Special education is intended for students who have disabilities that cause difficulty in learning and need specialized instruction.

평가 is defined as the procedures used to determine if your child has a disability and the nature and extent of the need for 특수교육 and related services. 이것 process helps identify learners who are eligible for 특수교육 and related services by determining the presence of a disability and the need for special education services. There are specific timelines that teams must follow for the evaluation process.

Appropriate referrals for 특수교육 begins after supportive instructional practices have occurred and the student needs far more than the classroom teacher can provide through general education support. For example, a student who has significant academic and/or behavioral challenges and continues to display a lack of progress despite increasing levels of intervention.

Determination of Disability for 특수교육

팀은 다음을 수행해야 합니다.

• 평가를 실시하다
• 3가지 테스트를 완료하세요
• Consider your child’s educational progress and the interaction between the disability
• Determine the educational impact of that disability
• Decide the need for 특수교육

이것 important distinction highlights that the disability label alone does not prompt a determination of eligibility for 특수교육. In the context of 특수교육 eligibility, the disability label has no standing without reference to impaired educational progress as a result of the disability.

3가지 테스트 

Each prong must be met before the team can determine that if your child is eligible for 특수교육.

• 1번 갈래: 장애 – 귀하의 자녀에게 장애가 있습니까?
• 2번째 갈래: 부작용 – Is the disability adversely affecting your child’s involvement and progress in general education?
• 3번째 갈래: 필요 – Does your child need 특수교육 and related services due to their disability?

Individualized 교육 Program

An Individualized 교육 Program (IEP) is a written statement about the educational program for your child with a disability. It serves as a management tool to ensure that your child receives the needed 특수교육 and related services. It can also serve as an evaluation tool when used to determine the extent of their progress toward accomplishing projected goals.

Each 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) includes:

• A statement of your child’s present levels of academic achievement and functional performance
• 단기 교육 목표를 포함한 연간 목표에 대한 진술
• A statement of the specific 특수교육 and related services to be provided
• The extent that your child will be able to participate in regular educational programs
• The projected dates for initiation of services and the anticipated duration of the services
• Appropriate objective criteria and evaluation procedures and schedules for determining, on at least an annual basis, whether the objectives are being achieved

Beginning at age 14 (or younger if determined appropriate by the 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) team), the 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) shall include a statement of the transition service needs of your child—under the applicable components of the their 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP)—that focuses on their courses of study (such as participation in a vocational educational program).

Beginning not later than the first 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) to be in effect when your child turns 16 (or younger if determined appropriate by the 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) team), the 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) must include:

• 연령에 적합한 전환 평가를 기반으로 한 적절한 측정 가능한 고등교육 목표
• The transition services (including courses of study) needed to assist the student in reaching those goals
• 자녀의 개별적인 필요에 기반한 연령에 적합한 전환 평가는 적절한 측정 가능한 고등교육 목표를 결정하는 데 사용됩니다.
• Beginning no later than one year before your child reaches the age of majority under state law, (18 years of age in Hawaiʻi), their 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) must include a statement that the student has been informed of his/her rights under Part B of IDEA, if any, that will transfer to your child on reaching the age of majority

다음은 participants need to be present at an 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) meeting (PDF):

• A representative of the public agency, other than your child’s teacher, who is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, 특수교육
• The child’s teacher
• 부모/법적 보호자 중 한 명 또는 둘 다
• 해당되는 경우 귀하의 자녀
• 부모 또는 기관의 재량에 따른 기타 개인

개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) Meetings

개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) meetings need to be held at least annually. Depending on the needs and progress of your child, meetings to review and revise may be held more frequently.

While 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) meetings are usually initiated and conducted by the 학교, it is appropriate for parents to request an 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP) meeting when you believe your child is not progressing satisfactorily or you feel there is a problem with the current 개인맞춤형교육프로그램(IEP).