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Myths of the Month

• Other Health Impaired (December 2021)
• Observations (Updated November 2021)
• SMART Goals (November 2021)
• Review of Existing Data (October 2021)
• Shortened School Day (September 2021)
• Serving Private, Parochial, and Homeschooled Students (September 2021)
• Transfer Process (August 2021)
• Extended School Year (May 2021)
• Graduation (April 2021)
• Progress Monitoring (February 2021)
• Paraprofessionals January 2021
• Compliance Myths Archives

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)

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

  • How to Document ABA within IEP

• 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 (under construction)

• 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(under construction)

• IDEA 2004 Professional Development Series 

• Intellectual Disability Checklist

• Juvenile Justice System 

• Juvenile Detention Facilities

• Knowing When to Use a Shortened School Day: Critical Considerations

  • Word Version

  • PDF Version

• MAP-A (Alternate Assessment)

• Memorandum of Understanding - Early Head Start and First Steps(under construction)

• 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)(under construction)

• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Missouri (May 2018)

  • English

  • Spanish

• Parents' Rights Under IDEA webinar (July 2017)

  • PowerPoint

• Placements for Special Education​

• Present Level of Academic and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) Compliance Rubric

  • PDF version (10/19/2021)

  • Word Document version (10/19/2021)

• Procedural Safeguards​

• Professional Development Series

• Rehabilitation Services for the Blind​

• Response to Intervention (3-Tiered Models of Intervention)

  • ​Guidelines

  • Guidance

• Review of Existing Data (RED) Rubric

  • Word Version (Updated 11/12/2021)

  • PDF Version (Updated 11/12/2021)

• Section 504: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Reviewed 12/27/2012​ (Under Revision)

• S.M.A.R.T Goals Rubric

  • Word Version

  • PDF Version

• Sound System Disorder Eligibility Criteria​

• Special Education/English Language Learners (ELL) Webinar Series

• Special Education Placements​

• Speech Implementer Model

• 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)  (under construction)

• Webstreams