Educator/Administrator Resources

e-LIBRARY

Featured/Frequently Used:

•   Berrien RESA Special Education Plan (Updated 11/9/2011)
•   Discipline/Sp Ed Considerations
•   DODHH Brochure: Deaf Persons' Interpreter Act
•   Glossary & Acronyms
•   Homebound/Hospitalized
•   IDEA Regulations for Special Education
•   MI Rules for Special Education (October 2011)
•   School Social Worker Rules 
•   Nonpublic Schools
•    Records Retention and Disposal Schedule
•   Revised School Codes (excerpts) Act 451 of 1976
•   Seclusion & Restraint Standards MDE Policy

Special Education HeadQuarter 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)

FORMS/MANUALS

Evaluation and Eligibility

•   Speech & Language Recommendation Report   
•   ASD Guidelines
•   CI Guidelines
•   EI Guidelines
•   SLD Guidelines
  •  Observation Forms Kindergarten /Grades 1-4 /Grades 5-8 /Grades 9-12
•   SLI Guidelines
•   Physician Statement
•   MET Recommendations:
  •   ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder
  •   CI - Cognitive Impairment
  •   DB - Deaf-Blindness
  •   ECDD - Early Childhood Developmental Delay
  •   EI - Emotional Impairment
  •   HI - Hearing Impairment
  •   OHI - Other Health Impairment
  •   PI - Physical Impairment
  •   SXI - Severe Multiple Impairment
  •   SLD - Specific Learning Disability
  •   SLI - Speech Language Impairment
  •   TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
  •   VI - Visual Impairment

Procedures, Guidelines and Manuals

•   Berrien RESA Special Education County Plan
•   Special Education State Complaint Procedures (Revised)
•   Model Special Education State Complaint Form (Revised)
•   Special Education Due Process Complaint Procedures (New)
•   Model Special Education Due Process Complaint Form (Revised)
•   Extended School Year Guidelines (ESY)
•   Extended School Year Standards (ESY)
•   Glossary of Special Education Terms
•   IDEA Regulations
•   Michigan Special Education Rules (April 2009)
•   Michigan TA for Frequently Asked Questions - Special Education
•   Occupational and Physical Therapy Guidelines

IEP

•   Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
•   IEP Amendment  
•   Notice for Initial Provision of Services and Programs  
•   Notice for Provision of Services and Programs
•   Transition Form  
•   Manifestation Determination Review

Other Forms

•   Review of Existing Evaluation Data and Evaluation Plan (REED)
•   Academic & Functional Performance Summary (SOP)
•   Non-Public Service Plan  
•    Assessment Provisions   
•   Evaluation Extension Agreement
•   In-State Transfer Form 
•   Interim Alternative Education Setting
•   Notice of Pending Sp Ed Evaluation
•   Out-of-State Transfer Form 
•   Parent Handbook with Procedural Safeguards
•   Parent Handbook Insert (PAC)
•   Permission for Excusal from IEP Team Meeting
•   Prior Written Notice Form 
•   Procedural Safeguards
•   Reimbursable Aide Form
•   Request for Release of Information 
•   Section 504 Handbook for Parents & Staff
•   Section 504 Procedures & Forms
•   Student Intervention Document Review Form (SIDR)
•   Suspension Information Input Sheet
•   Permission to Place for Out of County IEP Implementation Form  
•   Agreement to Continue Special Education Cooperative Agreement Placement