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Featured/Frequently Used:

• Berrien RESA Special Education Plan
• Center Educational Networking (CEN)
• Discipline/Sp Ed Considerations
• Glossary & Acronyms
• Homebound/Hospitalized
• IDEA Regulations for Special Education
• MI Rules for Special Education
• MI Rules for Special Education (Revised 9/11/08)
• Nonpublic Schools
• Records Retention and Disposal Schedule
• Seclusion & Restraint Standards MDE Policy

Special Education HQ Resources

• Berrien County Highly Qualified Forms
• Berrien County Highly Qualified Option Descriptions
• Special Education Highly Qualified Powerpoint Presentation (3-08)
• Special Education Highly Qualified Teacher Report – Elementary (10-07)
• Special Education Highly Qualified Teacher Report – Middle School (10-07)
• Special Education Highly Qualified Teacher Report – High School (10-07)

Need more? Go to the MAASE Information Clearinghouse

For more comprehensive listings, go to the MAASE Clearinghouse, which is an electronic collection of compliance and administrative support resources for special education. It is jointly maintained by the MI Association for Administrators of Special Education (MAASE), the Kent ISD, and Oakland Schools .

FORMS/MANUALS

Evaluation and Eligibility

• Consent for Initial Special Education Evaluation (word format)
• Consent for Initial Special Education Evaluation (pdf format)
• Evaluation Review and Plan (word format)
• Evaluation Review and Plan (pdf format)
• Speech & Language Recommendation Report
• ASD Guidelines
• CI Guidelines
• EI Guidelines
• Physician Statement
• MET Recommendation
• ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder
• CI – Cognitive Impairment
• DB – Deaf-Blindness
• ECDD – Early Childhood Developmental Delay
• EI – Emotional Impairment
• HI – Hearing Impairment
• LD – Learning Disability
• OHI – Other Health Impairment
• PI – Physical Impairment
• SXI – Severe Multiple Impairment
• SLI – Speech Language Impairment
• TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
• VI – Visual Impairment

IEP

• Complete IEP (pdf format)
• Complete IEP (word format)
• Page 2a PLAAFP and Need
• Page 2b Goals and Objectives
• Transition Page (word format)
• IEP Addendum (word format)
• IEP Manual

Procedures, Guidelines and Manuals

• Berrien RESA Special Education County Plan
• Complaint Procedures
• Due Process Rules
• Extended School Year Guidelines (ESY)
• Extended School Year Standards (ESY)
• Glossary of Special Education Terms
• IDEA Regulations
• Michigan Special Education Rules
• Michigan Special Education Rules (Revised 9/11/08)
• Michigan TA for Frequently Asked Questions – Special Education
• Occupational and Physical Therapy Guidelines
• Testing-Grading-Graduation Guidelines

Other Forms

• Evaluation Extension Agreement
• Interim Alternative Education Setting
• Manifestation Determination Review
• Notice of Pending Sp Ed Evaluation
• Parent Handbook with Procedural Safeguards
• Permission for Excusal from IEP Team Meeting
• Procedural Safeguards
• Reimbursable Aide Form
• Summary of Student Performance
• Suspension Information Input Sheet
• Temporary Placement in Special Education

PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC)

Berrien PAC provides many services to increase awareness about special education for parents. Information and training sessions help parents understand new programs and practices as well as hear about special education topics. Getting parents together gives them input into the special education process and helps build their resource network. Berrien PAC:

• Reviews requests surrounding maximum class sizes
• Gives input about improving special education services throughout Berrien RESA
• Develops and modifies Berrien RESA Special Education Plans
• Works with parents to help them determine specific needs
• Provides resources and up-to-date information
• Supplies articles and newsletters for local district newsletters

You’re Invited to Participate

PAC meets at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the Berrien RESA Conference Center. You’ll find us at 711 St. Joseph Avenue, Berrien Springs.

Contact us at Berrien RESA, Special Education Services, phone: 269-471-7725 ext. 1342
email: eric.hoppstock@berrienresa.org

PAC Activities

• Current PAC members
• 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule
• PAC Bylaws
• PAC Brochure