Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

Quickly acquire the practical coverage and guidance you need to understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.To understand it thoroughly, school psychologists, teachers, and other school service providers need a comprehensive resource to guide them in what this frequently amended Act means and how it should be interpreted. The first concise, yet authoritative, book of its kind on which professionals can rely to navigate this often-misunderstood law, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals is that source.Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Written in the user-friendly and well-known Essentials format, each of the seven concise chapters covers terminology, classification, assessments/evaluations, and other topics related to IDEA.With an accompanying CD offering commentary on judicial decisions related to interpretation of IDEA, as well as references to the 2006 final regulations for IDEA 2004 and Section 504 regulations, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals provides helpful guidelines for educational assessments and evaluations. From the Author: Legal Proverbs for Special Education Professionals As in life, most of the woes resulting in adversarial situations in special education law result from simple things that special educators have either done or left undone. Below are ten proverbs (or pseudo proverbs) that may help practitioners avoid the most common pitfalls: Providing protections to parents through meticulous adherence to due process procedures should never be regarded as “passing the buck.” The corollary for individual practitioners and evaluators with respect to identification and placement decisions should always be, “The buck never stops here.” In spedlaw, "No good deed goes unpunished.” When arguing special education law, a perceived loophole more often than not will become a hangman’s noose. If it’s not in writing, it didn’t happen (but anything you write anywhere may come back to bite you). The legal standards in determining whether a child has received a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment cut both ways; what is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander; but most especially, beware of the two- edged sword. When FAPE is on the line, cost is never a consideration in special educational litigation; but it may well be a factor in deciding whether to litigate at all. Parents and their children with disabilities have power; one should therefore always be nice to the parents (and to the children). When the time comes not to be nice, that’s why schools have board attorneys. “It is better to spend a bit now then to squander a lot later.” It is usually far, far better to spend a few dollars more than one might be obliged to spend on the education of a child with a disability than it is to squander hundreds of thousands of public tax dollars underwriting your attorney’s condo in Cancun. When you do engage in litigation, it’s never over until the fat lady sings . . . and the final decision handed down by the final court in protracted spedlaw litigation can be eight years or more after an initial complaint is filed, depending on the number of appeals and the number of remands back to lower courts. If you’re in a real adversarial situation, you need a real lawyer. Quickly acquire the practical coverage and guidance you need to understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities. To understand it thoroughly, school psychologists, teachers, and other school service providers need a comprehensive resource to guide them in what this frequently amended Act means and how it should be interpreted. The first concise, yet authoritative, book of its kind on which professionals can rely to navigate this often-misunderstood law, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals is that source. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Written in the user-friendly and well-known Essentials format, each of the seven concise chapters covers terminology, classification, assessments/evaluations, and other topics related to IDEA. With an accompanying CD offering commentary on judicial decisions related to interpretation of IDEA, as well as references to the 2006 final regulations for IDEA 2004 and Section 504 regulations, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals provides helpful guidelines for educational assessments and evaluations. From the Legal Proverbs for Special Education Professionals As in life, most of the woes resulting in adversarial situations in special education law result from simple things that special educators have either done or left undone. Below are ten proverbs (or pseudo proverbs) that may help practitioners avoid the most common

Quickly acquire the practical coverage and guidance you need to understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.

To understand it thoroughly, school psychologists, teachers, and other school service providers need a comprehensive resource to guide them in what this frequently amended Act means and how it should be interpreted. The first concise, yet authoritative, book of its kind on which professionals can rely to navigate this often-misunderstood law, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals is that source.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Written in the user-friendly and well-known Essentials format, each of the seven concise chapters covers terminology, classification, assessments/evaluations, and other topics related to IDEA.

With an accompanying CD offering commentary on judicial decisions related to interpretation of IDEA, as well as references to the 2006 final regulations for IDEA 2004 and Section 504 regulations, Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals provides helpful guidelines for educational assessments and evaluations.

BQuickly acquire the practical coverage and guidance you need to understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)/b The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities. To understand it thoroughly, school psychologists, teachers, and other school service providers need a comprehensive resource to guide them in what this frequently amended Act means and how it should be interpreted. The first concise, yet authoritative, book of its kind on which professionals can rely to navigate this often-misunderstood law, iEssentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals/i is that source. Like all the volumes in the iEssentials of Psychological Assessment/i series, each chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Written in the user-friendly and well-known Essentials format, each of the seven concise chapters covers terminology, classification, assessments/evaluations, and other topics related to IDEA. With an accompanying CD offering commentary on judicial decisions related to interpretation of IDEA, as well as references to the 2006 final regulations for IDEA 2004 and Section 504 regulations, iEssentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals/i provides helpful guidelines for educational assessments and evaluations Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals......Page 7 Table of Contents......Page 11 Series Preface......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 15 One Overview of the IDEA 2004......Page 17 Two IDEA Terminology......Page 39 Three IDEA and Evaluations/Assessments......Page 65 Four Special Considerations When Testing for Specific Learning Disabilities......Page 93 Five IDEA and Classification/Eligibility......Page 123 Six IDEA and Behavior......Page 155 Seven IDEA, Section 504, and ADA......Page 173 Eight IDEA and Damages......Page 195 Nine FERPA and the PPRA: Confidential Records......Page 215 Appendix A Common Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 243 Appendix B CD-ROM Contents......Page 247 References......Page 265 Annotated Bibliography......Page 277 Author Index......Page 281 Subject Index......Page 283 About the Authors......Page 301 About the CD-ROM......Page 303 Essentials of IDEA for Assessment Professionals 7 Table of Contents 11 Series Preface 13 Acknowledgments 15 One Overview of the IDEA 2004 17 Two IDEA Terminology 39 Three IDEA and Evaluations/Assessments 65 Four Special Considerations When Testing for Specific Learning Disabilities 93 Five IDEA and Classification/Eligibility 123 Six IDEA and Behavior 155 Seven IDEA, Section 504, and ADA 173 Eight IDEA and Damages 195 Nine FERPA and the PPRA: Confidential Records 215 Appendix A Common Abbreviations and Acronyms 243 Appendix B CD-ROM Contents 247 References 265 Annotated Bibliography 277 Author Index 281 Subject Index 283 About the Authors 301 About the CD-ROM 303 9780470873922,(pbk.),978-1-118-04169-7,(ebk),978-1-118-04170-3,(ebk),978-1-118-04168-0,(ebk) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US) "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides the guidelines for what school personnel must do, and are held accountable for, in their educational assessments and evaluations of children with disabilities. However, there is a great deal of confusion and misperception about what the Act and Regulations mean and how they should be interpreted and applied. Written in the user-friendly and well-known Essentials format, this book provides the first concise, authoritative guide of its kind for school psychologists, administrators, teachers, and other school service providers who must be knowledgeable regarding these laws and regulations"-- Provided by publisher