The Exceptional Student Leadership Unit

Director's Corner

COMING SOON!

• 2012 Spring Director's Meeting - April 19-20, 2012 (location and details TBD)

Director's Meeting Handouts

• Fall 2011 Directors' Meeting Handouts
• Spring 2011 Directors' Meeting Handouts

General Information

• Colorado Special Education Directors (See Left-side Under Frequently Requested Pages)
• Responsibility List for the following Units: ESLU, Gifted, RtI/PBS, January 2012 (PDF)
• Educational Surrogate Parent Rules and Requirements
  • Educational Surrogate Parent Assignments Memo to Special Education Directors (PDF)
  • Educational Surrogate Parent Responsibilities and Contact Authorization Memo (PDF)
    • Educational Surrogate Parent Rules, 1 CCR 301-8, 2220-R-6.02(8) (PDF)
    • Assignment of an Educational Surrogate Parent (ESP) Form 2011-2012 (PDF)
• ESLU Restructuring Announcement (PDF)
• Child Find Guidebook

 

Laws & Regulations

• IDEA 2004
• Procedural Safeguards
• State Complaint Process
• Mediation Services for Children with Disabilities and Their Families
• Request for Due Process Hearing/Mediation
• Restraint Rules and Guidelines
• Rules for the Administration of the Exceptional Children's Educational Act - ECEA

Related Services Information

• Related Services
• Guidelines/Handbooks
  • Colorado Options:  A Handbook of Post-Secondary Education Services for Students with Disabilities (PDF)
  • Cooperative Services Handbook for Youth in Transition (PDF)
  • Developmental Disabilities:  Cooperative Planning Handbook for Youth (PDF)
  • Assistive Technology
    • Assistive Technology for Infants, Toddlers, Children and Youth with Disabilities:  Colorado Guidelines for Health Professionals, Educators and Administrators (PDF)
  • Audiology
    • Audiology Services - Standards of Practice for Education (PDF)
    • Colorado FM Loan Bank - Policies and Procedures (PDF)

Specific Disability Information

• Specific Disabilities
• Guidelines/Handbooks
  • SIED
    • Guidebook for Determining the Eligibility of Students with Significant Identifiable Emotional Disabilities (PDF)
  • SLD
    • Guidelines for Identifying Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (PDF)
  • Speech-Language
    • Colorado K-12 Speech or Language Impairment Guidelines for Assessment and Eligibility:  K-12 SLI Guidelines (PDF)

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