REPORTING EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

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• REPORTING EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN
  WITH DISABILITIES
• AGES 3-5
• November 1, 2006
• Mary Schertz, Consultant
• Iowa Department of Education

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Part B, Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act

• Implementation of FAPE Requirements
• Child Count Data for 2006
• Authorization P.L. 108-446, Section 618
  (a)(1)(A)(ii), Section 618 (a)(1)(A)(iii), and
  Section 618(a)(3)34CFR300.460,340.640,
  300.642(b),300.645

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WHEN?

• All staffings beginning November 6, 2006
• Determine new setting codes for all staffings
  that have occurred since July 1, 2006

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WHO?

• All 3 5 year olds receiving ECSE services,
  including support services only

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DECISION FACTORS?

• What are the decision rules in determining which
  environment to use when reporting each child?

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Integrated Settings

• Is the child attending an early childhood program
  that is designed for children without
  disabilities and includes at least 50
  non-disabled children?
• Head Start, Kindergarten, Reverse Mainstream
  Classrooms, Private preschool, LEA preschool,
  Childcare center
• Is his/her IEP implemented in that setting?

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Reverse Mainstream Classrooms

• Feds now recognize
• Iowa is not encouraging
• May be appropriate but only for a VERY LIMITED
  TIME
• Research tells us that there is less social
  interaction in reverse integration programs which
  could effect childrens social/emotional skills
  as reflected in ECO (Guralnick Groom, 1998)

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Calculating Time in EC Programs

• of time the child spends in a regular EC
  program
• Numerator number of minutes per month the child
  spends in a regular EC program
• Denominator total number of minutes per month
  the child spends in a regular EC program plus
  minutes per month spent receiving ECSE
  instructional and related services outside the EC
  program

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Calculating Time

• Number of minutes per month the child spends in a
  regular EC program
• _________________________________
• Number of minutes per month the child spends in a
  regular EC program number of minutes per month
  child receives ECSE instructional related
  services outside the EC program

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TIME FACTORS

• 60 Minutes per Hour
• 5 Days per Week
• 20 Days per Month
• 4 Weeks per Month

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A 1 Example

• Child is in a regular early childhood program at
  least 80 of the time
• Example Child attends Little Lambs preschool 6
  hours/week (360 minutes/wk or 1440 min/month)
  where his/her IEP is being implemented. Child
  also receives speech/language services at the
  local elementary school for 1 hour/week (60
  min/week or 240 min/month)

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A1 Calculation

• of minutes/month in regular education 1440
• of minutes/month receiving ECSE services 1680
• Calculate percentage 1440168086

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A1 Example 2

• Child attends Caring Hands Child Care Center 50
  hours per week. The IEP is being implemented
  during the mornings 20 hours per week (1200
  min/week, 4800 min/month). The child receives
  speech/language services 3 hours/month (180
  min/month) during the afternoon at the center.

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A1 2 Calculation

• of minutes per month in regular ed setting
  4980
• of minutes per month receiving ECSE services
  4980
• 498049801 x 100 100

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A 2 Example

• Child is in the regular early childhood program
  40 to 70 of the time
• Example Child attends ABC Preschool 7
  hours/week (420 min/week and 1680 min/month) and
  receives special education instructional services
  and speech/language services in that setting.
  S/he also attends an LEA ECSE classroom 4
  hours/week 240 min/ week, 960 min/month).

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A2 Calculation

• of minutes per month in regular education 960
• of minutes per month receiving ECSE services
  1680
• 960 168057

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A2 Example 2

• Child attends Apple Tree Preschool 5 hours per
  week (300 min/week, 1200 min/month) where the IEP
  is being implemented.
• S/he receives speech/language services 1 hr/week
  (60 min/week, 240 min/month) at the local
  elementary school
• S/he receives physical therapy services 1 hr/week
  (60 min/week, 240 min/month) at the AEA office
• S/he receives occupational therapy services 1
  hr/month (60 min/month) at the AEA office

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A2 2 Calculation

• of minutes per month in regular education
  1200
• of minutes per month receiving ECSE services
  1740
• 1200 1740 69

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A 3 Example

• Child is in the regular early childhood program
  less than 40 of the time
• Child attends Charlie Brown Child Care Center 7
  hours per week (420 min/week, 1680 min/month)
  where the IEP is being implemented. S/he also
  attends the LEA ECSE program 30 hours/week (1800
  min/week, 7200 min/month). Physical therapy is
  offered in the home 1 hour per month (60
  min/month).

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A3 Calculation

• of minutes per month in regular education
  1680
• of minutes per month receiving ECSE services
  8940
• 1680894019

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A3 2 Example

• The child attends a Shared Visions program 5
  hours per week (300 min/week, 1200 min/month).
  S/he also attends the districts ECSE classroom
  25 hours per week (1500 min/week, 6000
  min/month). The IEP is being implemented in both
  settings.

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A3 2 Calculation

• of minutes per month in regular ed 1200
• of minutes per month receiving ECSE
• services 6000
• 1200 6000 2

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Non-integrated Settings

• Does the child attend an early childhood special
  education program?
• Is that the only setting where the childs IEP is
  being implemented?

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Early Childhood Special Education Programs

• A program that includes 51 or more children with
  disabilities
• A program that is designed for children with
  disabilities
• Examples ECSE classroom in regular school
  buildings ECSE classroom in a childcare
  facility, hospital, or other community based
  setting separate school and residential
  facilities

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B 1

• Separate class - Child attends a special
  education program in a class with less than 50
  non-disabled children
• Example Child attends the school districts
  ECSE classroom 30 hours/week and receives
  speech/language and OT services in that setting

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B 2

• Separate school - Child receives education
  programs in public or private day schools
  designed specifically for children with
  disabilities

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B 3

• Residential facility - Child receives education
  programs in publicly or privately operated
  residential schools or residential medical
  facilities on an inpatient basis

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B 4

• Home child receives special education and
  related services in the principal residence of
  the childs family or caregivers
• Non-example Child Development home where the
  child attends childcare

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B 5

• Service provider location child receives all
  special education related services from a
  service provider in the service providers
  location.
• Examples local school building where the
  speech/language pathologist is officed, private
  clinicians offices, hospital facilities on an
  outpatient basis, and other public locations

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Practice Examples for Consistency Within
AEAs and Among AEAs