Checklist for Re-Evaluations

CHECKLIST FOR RE-EVALUATIONS

BEFORE the Assessment Review Meeting (ARM): Regular Education Teacher is responsible for: ___ Completing his/her part of the ARM packet ___ Any information that he/she feels is important or any questions about child’s education program or possible areas of further need not being addressed with program or evaluation (for example, a request for behavioral components of assessment or emotional issues that need to be addressed). Special Education Teacher is responsible for: ___ Vision/hearing screening ___ Completing his/her part of the ARM packet ___ Any information that he/she feels is important or any questions about child’s education program or possible areas of further need not being addressed in current program or evaluation (for example, a request for behavioral components of assessment or emotional issues that need to be addressed). ___ Collecting above information from Regular Education Teacher ___ Invitation to Meeting ___ Social history (if not in file). If in file, but not current, send the Parent Information Form from the ARM packet. ___ Copy of grades, TCAP scores, competency test scores from cumulative record (attach to ARM packet) *No Prior Written Notice YET. The ARM Team has not yet decided to do anything.

DURING the ARM: Special Education Teacher is responsible for: ___ Read aloud summary sheet of rights. ___ Give parent copy of rights (not the summary sheet). ___ Everyone signs the ARM packet noting the decision to test/not test. ___ Collect the social history from the parent. Assessment Person is responsible for: ___ Eligibility Report IF TEAM DECIDES NOT TO RETEST: ___ Complete Eligibility Report ___ Give copy of completed ARM packet AND Eligibility Report to parent ___ Send copy of ARM and Eligibility Report to Central Office in school mail to Diagnostician’s attention. ___ Complete Prior Written Notice reflecting decision not to retest. ___ Complete Census Change form and send to Central Office to Diane White IF TEAM DECIDES TO RETEST: ___ Parent signs the ARM page for permission to retest ___ Complete Prior Written Notice reflecting decision to retest. ___ Give parent copy of ARM packet and Prior Written Notice ___ Fax copy of permission to Central Office ATTN Diane White (ONLY if everything is complete) A complete re-evaluation file on a child we are retesting will contain the following:

RE-EVALS- ___ Re-evaluation packet completed (ALL parts) ___ Current vision/hearing (within at least one year, no older) ___ TCAPs/grades attached (for high school, please attach competency scores as well) ___ Permission to re-evaluate with agreement to test checked ___ Social history if one is not in file (if you don’t have, Diagnostician will send it). If there is one in the file that is older than 1 year, please update it with the “Parent Information for Re-evaluation” form that is in your ARM packet.

Again, like the new referral files, everything above MUST be in the file. If it is not complete (with exception of social history), the child will NOT be tested.