General Guidance

Compliance To Do List (Monthly)​​​

• ​End of Year 2020 - The Part B Compliance 2019-20 Year-end To-Do List can be found on DESE’s COVID-19 webpage under the Special Education Information & Guidance tab.

• February 2021
• January 2021
• December 2020
• November 2020
• October 2020
• September 2020
• August 2020
• March 2020
• Compliance To Do List Archives​​

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Compliance Myths

• Progress Monitoring (February 2021)
• Paraprofessionals (January 2021)
• Eligibility for Language Impairment (November 2020)
• Prior Written Notice (October 2020)
• Disagreement Resolution Options in Missouri  (September 2020)
• Observations (March 2020)
• Compliance Myths Archives
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Compliance General Guidance

• Missouri Accommodations Manual for Instruction and Assessment
  • Accommodations and Modification Categories Chart
• Amending Individualized Education Programs: Mastering the Fundamentals
• Adapted Physical Education
• Alternative Methods of Instruction Guidance
• Alternate Assessment (MAP-A)
• Caseload Guidance (See State Plan for Special Education - Regulation VII, page 115)
• Discipline
  • Discipline Process Flowchart (revised 10/17/2017)
  • Discipline Decision Maker Chart (under construction)
  • Discipline of Students Identified as IDEA Eligible or Suspected of Having a Disability Under IDEA (Flow Chart D1)
  • Discipline of Students Not Yet Identified as IDEA Eligible (Flow Chart D2)
• Dispute Resolution Memo and Q&A-07/23/2013 
• Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) 
• Early Intervening Services (EIS)
• Use of Funds/ Early Intervening Services (EIS)​
• Educational Decision Maker FAQs​
• Educational Surrogate​
• ELL and Special Education​
• Extended School Year Recommendation​
• Frequently Asked Questions​
• Grading, Awarding Credit and Graduation for Students with Disabilities (under construction)
• IDEA 2004: OSEP Q&A
• IDEA 2004 Professional Development Series 
• Juvenile Justice System 
• Juvenile Detention Facilities
• MAP-A (Alternate Assessment)
• Memorandum of Understanding - Early Head Start and First Steps
• MOCAP and Special Education FAQ 
• Model Policy on Seclusion and Restraint
• Non-Regulatory Guidance on the IDEA Part B Regulations Regarding Parental Consent for the Use of Public Benefits or Insurance Q&A
• Occupational Therapy & Physical Therapy Guidelines
• OSEP Topic Brief
• Paraprofessionals (March 2012)
• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Missouri (May 2018)
  • English
  • Spanish
• Parents' Rights Under IDEA webinar (July 2017)
  • Adobe Connect
  • PowerPoint
• Placements for Special Education​
• Prior Written Notice 
  • Special Education ListServe (SELS) message sent September 17, 2008 regarding Written Notice/Guidance from OSEP 
  • DESE's letter to OSEP regarding written notice
  • OSEP's Response 
• Procedural Safeguards​
• Professional Development Series
• Rehabilitation Services for the Blind​
• Response to Intervention (3-Tiered Models of Intervention)
  • ​Guidelines
  • Guidance
• Section 504: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Reviewed 12/27/2012​ (Under Revision)
• Sound System Disorder Eligibility Criteria​
• Special Education/English Language Learners (ELL) Webinar Series
• Special Education Placements​
• Speech Implementer Model​
• Speech Language Pathologist-Assistant (SLP-A)
  • Summary of SLP Assistant Requirements
  • Ten Ideas for How Schools Can Use a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
  • Brochure: Speech-Language Pathology Assistants in Missouri
• Standards & Indicators​
• State Normative Data for Sound System Disorder​
• State Performance Plan​
• Status of Statewide Electronic IEP System​ 
• Technical Assistance Bulletins​
• Three-Tiered Models (RtI) [Link to be added]
• Transition 
  • Example IEP - Student A
  • Example IEP - Student B
  • Example IEP - Student C
• Use of Funds/ Early Intervening Services (EIS) 
• Webstreams