SPECIAL EDUCATION

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/