OSEP says RTI Cannot Delay/Deny IDEA Eligibility Evaluation

VERY IMPORTANT!

 

See the COPAA website:

http://www.copaa.org/general/osep-rti-cannot-delaydeny-idea-eligibility-evaluation/  

 

The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at USED issued a Memorandum to State Directors of Special Education on Jan. 21, 2011, regarding the use of a Response-to-Intervention process to delay-deny an evaluation for eligibility under IDEA.

http://www.copaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/OSEP.RTI_.memo_.01-21-111.pdf

 

This has been a huge problem in GA that we have been complaining about and notifying the GA DOE.  NOW OSEP has finally clarified.  Specifically in GA, parents/advocates need to watch for abuse through the SST (Student Support Team) process, sometimes now called RTI (Response to Intervention).  If parents request an evaluation to identify a suspected disability, schools cannot put students in their SST/RTI Tier process for months first.  This violates Child Find requirements as stated in the memorandum.  They must evaluate.  In the process of the evaluation, they can certainly do RTI.

 

Help get the word out and educate our educators!

 

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