Extended School Year Services

During the months of March and April it is important to have those necessary conversations about Extended School Year Services, if and when appropriate, for some children.

In the procedure manual, Transition: Early ACCESS (Part C) to Special Education (Part B) it states,
A child eligible for special education must be considered for extended school year services (ESYS) as necessary for the provision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). ESYS are provided in accordance with the child's IEP; therefore discussion of ESYS occurs at the initial IEP meeting. If a decision to provide ESYS is made by the IEP team, the agreed upon services are documented on the IEP. [41.106]

Take time to look at the Statewide IEP Procedural Manul on pages 105-110 to understand all that's involved in determining ESYS. It's our responsibility to know the new state wide procedures!

IFSP Outcome Modules

The ISU IFSP Outcome Modules study is requesting each participant to submit 5 child outcomes as well as any family outcomes written during the time frame of July 1, 2009 - October 1, 2009. (This will give us data on how the RBI process has affected outcome writing as well.)



Gale will also be printing outcomes from the web, based on the time frame of Oct-Feb. for the study. (You are not responsible to send these, but I wanted you to be aware of this also.)



Please scan copies of 5 child outcomes as well as any family outcomes or fax them to 712-335-4600 PRIOR to March 1. Yes that means by this FRIDAY,FEB. 26!!! Sorry for the late notice!

You may scroll to the Jan. 18 blog posting to review the IFSP modules training information. More info will be coming regarding the online training which will occur in March and April!

District Infant and Toddler Programs

The DE has been working on the development of Infant/Toddler Quality Program Standards as a complement to the current IQPPS. The standards are now ready for field testing. They would like to field test the standards in a school district program and need our assistance. In order to identify districts that currently operate a district infant and/or toddler program please contact me immediately. I will contact them with more information and find out if they are interested in the field testing.

Release of the SWVPP grant application for 2010-11

Please share this information with districts you serve that may be applying for the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program Grant.

From Penny Milburn: "As you can imagine this is a very challenging legislative session for our legislators. Due to the challenges they must address DE has posted the following message on the website. Please let your districts know about the posting delay and ask them to check the website periodically. Encourage your districts to continue working on their plans for the Preschool Program."

2010-2011 Application Documents & Guidance
Posting Delay
The posting of the revised application, technical assistance guidance manual and timelines for the 2010 - 2011 Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children grant has been delayed. Please continue to refer to this website for additional information.
Districts are encouraged to review the 2009 - 2010 Application Documents & Guidance, Legal Requirements & Reports, and Guiding Practices for the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children at this website.