1. Students with Exceptionalities
Requirements and procedures
Relevant legislation for IPRCs and IEPs
The IPRC process
The role of the principal
Program Delivery

2. The Amazing IPRC/IEP PPT!
With Barb and Todd

3. What does IPRC mean?
Identification, Placement and Review Committee

4. Who can request an IPRC? Parents (in writing)
Principal and teachers (written notice to parent)
Within 15 days of a written request:
Copy of “Parents’ Guide to Special Education” and notice of time

5. Who MUST attend?
Composed of at least 3 persons, one is principal or SO

6. Who CAN attend? Parents and pupils 16+ attend
Other pertinent staff (LST, board specialist), interpreter, advocate
10 days in advance, invitation to attend
Written copy of pertinent info

7. What goes on at an IPRC?

8. Consider an educational assessment
Consider health or psychological assessement
Interview the student if deemed useful
Consider info parent/student submits
Discuss placement proposal
Placement must meet student’s needs and parental preferences

9. Statement of Decision includes?

10. Identification as exceptional, areas of exceptionality
MOET definitions
Description of strengths and needs
Placement decision
Parent signed, spec ed school notified (where necessary)
Reviewed yearly

11. Can parents appeal?

12. Within 15 days, request a second meeting
Within 30 days file notice of appeal
Within 15 days of second meeting
If the parent does not consent, but doesn’t appeal, board instructs principal to implement IPRC decision

13. How to appeal? Notice of Appeal Indicate the decision
Include a statement or reasons for disagreeing

14. Lightening Round

15. What does IEP mean?
Individual Education Plan

16. What is an IEP?

17. An IEP is….
a written plan describing the special education program and/or services required by a student
is based on a thorough assessment of the student’s strengths and needs
a record of the accommodations needed to help the student achieve his or her learning expectations

18. An IEP is….
a working document that identifies modified learning and alternative expectations
a record of the specific knowledge and skills to be assessed and evaluated for the purpose of reporting student achievement
an accountability tool for the student, the student’s parents, and everyone who has responsibilities for helping the student meet the stated goals and learning expectations of the plan

19. An IEP is not….

20. An IEP is not…
a description of everything that will be taught to the student
a list of all the teaching strategies used in regular classroom instruction;
a document that records all learning expectations, including those that are not modified from the regular grade level curriculum expectations;
a daily lesson plan.

21. Why Does a Student Have an IEP?

22. Why Does a Student Have an IEP?
a student identified as exceptional by an (IPRC)
a student who has not been formally identified as exceptional but who requires a special education program and/or services
the student regularly requires accommodations for instructional or assessment purposes

23. Accommodations?
Accommodations do not alter the provincial curriculum expectations for the grade.
Accommodations described in the IEP only include strategies and supports that are different from what is normally provided during classroom instruction.

24. Lightening Round!!

25. IEP Reporting (Accomodation)
the IEP box should not be checked
comments should not be made regarding the student’s use of accommodations on the Provincial Report Card.

26. Types of Accommodations
Instructional

27. Environment

28. Assessment

29. What are Modifications?
Changes made in the age appropriate grade level expectations

30. Ways to Modify?
Number of expectations
Complexity of expectations

31. What is Alternative?
knowledge and skills that are not represented in the Ontario curriculum
considered Alternative Programs or Alternative Courses (secondary)

32. Examples Social skills Anger management programs Speech remediation
Personal care programs

33. Alternative stuff?
Grade levels or marks are not necessary or advisable
Annual goals need to be written
An alternative report card must be written