Special Education
A free appropriate public education (FAPE) must be available to all students residing in the state between the ages of three and twenty-one, inclusive, who are eligible for special education services. FAPE is individually determined for each student. FAPE must include special education services in the least restrictive environment (LRE) and may include related services, transition services, supplementary aids and services, and /or assistive technology devices and services. Districts must also ensure that students have available to them the variety of education programs and services available to students without exceptionalities including art, music, industrial arts, consumer and homemaking education and vocational education.
Parent Information
Referral Sources
Developmental screenings, student assistance teams, student instructional and intervention teams, parents and private/religious schools are all referral sources as listed in Policy 2419: Regulations for the Education of Students with Exceptionalities:
Screening Process
Must be conducted annually for:
- All students entering kindergarten or preschool
- All students entering West Virginia public and private schools for the first time
Student Assistance Team (SAT)
- Principal or Designee
- General Education Teacher
- Special Education Teacher
- Current Teacher
- Other Appropriate Staff, if necessary (OT, PT, Speech)
- Parent/Guardian
Parents
Parents may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine eligibility for special education services.
Private/Religious School
Each district must locate, identify, and evaluate all students suspected of needing special education services who are enrolled by their parents in private (including religious) elementary or secondary schools located in the school district.<br<
PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS
http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/2010ProceduralSafeguards.pdf
Additional Information
Effective Parent Collaboration
Specific Disabilities Resources
| Children with Attention Deficity Disorder (CHADD) 8181 Professional Place, Suite 201 Landover, MD 20785 301-306-7070 301-306-7090 (Fax) national@chadd.org | American Council of the Blind 1155-15th St., NW, Suite 1004 Washington, DC 20005 202-467-5081 (V) 800-424-8666 | Learning Diabilities Assocation of America 4156 Library Road PIttsburgh, PA 15234-1349 412-341-1515 412-341-8077 (V) 412-344-0224 (Fax) |
| National Association of the Deaf 814 Thayer Ave. Silver Springs, MD 20910-4500 301-587-1788 301-587-1789 (TTY) | Autism Society of America, Inc. 7910 Woodmount Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814-3064 301-657-0881 (V) 800-328-8476 |
West Virginia Resources
Mountain State Parents' Childrens and Adolescent Network
WV Advisory Council for the Education of Exceptional Children
WV Department of Office of Special Education Achievement
WV Developmental Disabilities Council
WV Division of Rehabilitative Services (DRS)
National Resources
| The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 1110 North Glebe Road, Suite 300 Arlington, WV 22201-5704 703-620-3660 703-264-9446 (TTY) 888-232-7733 | National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) P.O. box 1492 Washington, DC 20013 202-884-8200 (V/TTY) 800-695-0285 (V/TTY) | National Council on Disability 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004-1107B 202-272-2004 202-272-2074 (TTY) |
