Vol. 1, Issue 3
September 12, 2011
The Special Edition

SFUSD's Special Education Newsletter

In This Issue
Announcements
Special Education Services is Getting a New IEP System!
School Spotlight
Compliance Update
Mental Health Services Update
Procedural Handbook
Education Pioneers
FAQ
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Greetings, Special Educators!

Welcome to the third issue of "The Special Edition." Learn more about compliance issues, our new IEP system (SEIS), San Miguel's inclusion program and more in this issue! 
Announcements


TRAX Trainings


Special Education Services will be featuring training on TRAX, an online transition software program to support Special Education Case Managers in creating functional and legally sound Individual Transition Plans (ITPs). TRAX is a resource that will streamline the process of transition planning with online transition surveys, a transition planner linked directly to assessments, and transition activities to help support students in meeting their transition goals.

To find out more about TRAX training times, please read more here.


Volunteers Needed To Try Out SEIS!

Are you interested in getting a preview of our new web-based IEP system, SEIS?

 

Please consider volunteering to demo our new web-based IEP system and sharing your experience.

 

If you are interested, please email Jason Gilmore, Special Education Database Manager, at [email protected] as soon as possible!

 

Special Education Services is Getting a New IEP System!


Yes, the rumors are true! Special Education Services will be discontinuing our use of Goalview as our Special Education database and IEP document creator. We will be moving to SEIS (Special Education Information System).

For more information about this exciting change, please click HERE.

 

School Spotlight: San Miguel 

The Inclusive Practices Pilot Program at San Miguel Early Education School has begun!

Read more about what San Miguel is doing here!

 

Compliance Update


Verification Review: Compliance and IEP Implementation File Review

 

The California Department of Education (CDE) has determined that SFUSD's Special Education Services require their assistance in ensuring compliance to state and federal law. A Verification Review is CDE's process for ensuring our services and practices are aligned with the law.

 

As reviewed in the previous article, there are three types of file reviews: Educational Benefit, Compliance, and IEP Implementation.

 

The file review process for Compliance and IEP Implementation are explained in more detail HERE.

 

 

Mental Health Services Update


Assembly Bill (AB) 3632, which required a partnership between school districts and county mental health agencies to deliver mental health services to students with IEPs, was recently repealed by the state.

To see how this change is affecting SFUSD, please read more HERE.

 

Procedural Handbook  

 

 

Each week, this section will feature more information on Special Education Services's new Procedural Handbook, a wonderful new tool to assist special educators and readers easy access to answers about how special education is supposed to be done, and how SFUSD complies with the state and federal laws that are designed to assure that our children and youth with disabilities receive a free, appropriate public education. This week, learn about navigating the Table of Contents!

 

Navigating to relevant sections of the handbook is easy with the table of contents.

 

To open the table of contents, click on the first section titled Important Instructional Information, then click on Special Education Procedural Handbook Table of Contents.

 

You can easily click on any section or subsection and be immediately directed to the corresponding text. Here is a link - give it a try: Table of Contents.

 

Education Pioneers

This summer, SFUSD's Special Education Services was lucky enough to get not one, not two, but three Education Pioneers Fellows! Mercedes Biggs, Brandee Tate, and LaToya Baldwin-Clark worked on projects including the procedural handbook and special education transportation data.

Read more about the Fellows and their work HERE.

 

FAQ 

Question:   Are we printing out each student's current IEP and placing a copy in their cumulative records file?

 

Answer:     Yes. Please file the most recent signed IEP in the student's cum file. This has been determined to be SFUSD's Best Practice in ensuring a student's needs are known and addressed.

 

Please send any questions that you would like to see included in future "FAQ" sections to [email protected]. We will try to incorporate your questions in subsequent issues! 

 


 Sincerely,

 

Communications Team

Special Education Services, SFUSD

 


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