Below are several links to help parents in Delaware find the resources they need to help children with special needs. This page will always be a work in progress. If you know of helpful links you would like to see added, feel free to email me at Exceptionaldelaware14@yahoo.com or comment.
504 Plans & Delaware Code: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/resource.shtml
504 Plans & Manifestation Determination Guidelines for Behavior: http://randychapman.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/remember-that-504-requires-manifestation-determinations-for-students-not-eligible-under-the-idea/
Bullying & Disability Discrimination: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/bullying-in-schools-%e2%80%94-what-parents-can-do-to-protect-their-child-with-a-disability/
Charter School Obligations for IDEA & 504 Plans: http://mcandrewslaw.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/charter-schools-and-cyber-charter-schools-obligations-under-idea-and-section-504/
Delaware Board Of Education Minutes & Digital Audio Recording Links: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/ddoe/sbe/meetings/minutes.shtml
Delaware Charter School Office: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/schools/charterschools/default.shtml
Delaware Disability Hub (website for transitioning special needs students): http://www.deldhub.com/
Delaware DOE Administrative Complaints for Special Education Decisions: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/acf.shtml
Delaware DOE Exceptional Children Group (Special Education) Homepage: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/
Delaware DOE Exceptional Children Group Phone Number List: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/EducationalDirectory/pages/DDOE/WorkGroupStaff.aspx?page=workGroup&WGID=522&BID=4
Delaware DOE Needs Based Funding & Delaware State Code: http://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c017/index.shtml
Delaware DOE Needs Based Funding Verification Manual: https://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/files/FinalNeedsBasedFundingManual.pdf
Delaware DOE School Funding & Grants: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/fedstprog/default.shtml
Delaware DOE Special Education Continuous Monitoring Process Homepage: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/cont_improv/default.shtml
Delaware DOE Special Education Fiscal Monitoring: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/spedleadershipmeetings.shtml
Delaware DOE Special Education Reports, Forms & Publications: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/Rep_Forms_Pub/default.shtml
Delaware Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Procedures: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/foia.shtml
Delaware Legislature Home Page: http://legis.delaware.gov/
Delaware Online Checkbook: http://profiles.doe.k12.de.us/SchoolProfiles/State/Default.aspx
Delaware Public Meeting Calendar (Board Of Education, Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens): http://egov.delaware.gov/pmc/
Delaware Public School Educator Search (DEEDS): https://deeds.doe.k12.de.us/public/deeds_pc_findeducator.aspx
Delaware School Profile Homepage: http://profiles.doe.k12.de.us/SchoolProfiles/State/Default.aspx
Delaware Special Education Due Process Hearings Results: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/dphd.shtml
Discipline Of Special Education Students: http://mcandrewslaw.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/discipline-of-special-education-students/
Functional Behavior Assessments: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/functional-behavior-assessments/
Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens: http://www.gacec.delaware.gov/
Homebound Instruction Regulation under Delaware State Code: http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title14/900/930.shtml
IDEA Statutes and Regulations: http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/law.htm
IDEA Federal Website: http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home
Independent Educational Evaluation: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/independent-educational-evaluations-for-special-needs-students/
Interagency Collaboration Team Annual Reports (scroll down to middle of page): http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/Rep_Forms_Pub/default.shtml
Least Restrictive Environment: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/programming-for-children-with-social-emotional-and-behavioral-needs-in-the-least-restrictive-environment/
McAndrews Law Firm (Special Education Attorneys-Delaware): http://mcandrewslaw.com/
Medical Evaluations & IDEA Law: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/school-districts-obligation-to-provide-medical-evaluations/
“My kid is too smart and his IEP was denied”: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/when-to-use-the-general-ability-index-in-assessing-eligibility-of-special-education-students/
National Institute Of Health Funding for Research, Condition, & Disease Categories: http://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx
Positive Behavior Support: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/school-districts-obligations-to-implement-positive-behavior-support-and-prohibition-of-aversive-techniques-for-special-education-students/
Preparing For The Next School Year: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/time-to-prepare-for-next-school-year/
Procedural Safeguards For Parents & Children in Delaware State Code: http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title14/900/926.shtml
School To Prison Pipeline Information from The American Civil Liberties Union: https://www.aclu.org/school-prison-pipeline
Sensory Processing Disorder & Occupational Therapy: http://mcandrewslaw.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/occupational-therapy-for-sensory-needs/
Social Skills Deficits: http://mcandrewslaw.thelawlinks.com/publications-and-presentations/articles/social-skills-deficits-in-students-with-aspergers-can-be-addressed/
Tourette’s Syndrome Association of Delaware: http://tourettedelaware.org/
United States Department of Education Toolkit on Teaching & Assessing Students with Disabilities: https://www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/tk_descision_c.asp
Wrightslaw Home Page (Excellent resource for understanding special education law): http://www.wrightslaw.com/
This is a comprehensive catalogue of useful information for parents of special learners! We need something like it here in Florida! It’s great for parents to be able to find such an assortment of resources all in one place.
Thanks!
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