Lecture 18 Board of Ed Larson PDF
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State University of New York College of Optometry
Steven M. Larson O.D. Psy.D.
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This lecture provides an overview of special education services offered by the board of education, including various testing, and support services. It also discusses the importance of parental involvement and communication in supporting children's educational development, addressing issues such as ADHD and learning disabilities.
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1 -if they are out of early intervention and need help they can go to developmental -there are developmental program for autistic children 2 -40 years ago, if a child had a physical or intellectual disability, schools would say...
1 -if they are out of early intervention and need help they can go to developmental -there are developmental program for autistic children 2 -40 years ago, if a child had a physical or intellectual disability, schools would say we can’t accommodate or have teachers that work with these types of kids and would send them away -parents began suing the board of education for this and the case went up to supreme court and say this is considered discrimination -this then passed IDEA 3 4 -avg class size is 18 -if they need educational services à they pull them out of classroom and provide those services -inclusion program à à they have two teachers à if the kid has problem they may seek help from the teacher who is trained at providing them help 5 -if the child had adhd or anxiety its best to put them in a smaller classroom 6 7 8 9 -board of ed does not diagnose anything and they may not provide help if they don’t have the funds for it -board of ed is good at providing help for adhd, they don’t refer out for adhd and they cannot diagnose adhd -outside eval is like 8 hours vs board of ed provides 3 hours testing. Outside eval does many other components and not just education 10 11 12 13 -if the kid is recognized to get help then the board of ed may give them IEP 14 15 16 17 -always ask the parents how the kid is doing in school à don’t just assume 18 19 20 21 22 23