Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) On-Demand - No Credit Available
Audience: Educators, Other District/School Staff | Topic: Special Education | Hosted by: Office of Special Education
Requirement for School / District Staff: N/A
On-Demand format
Purpose of a Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)
The purpose of the manifestation determination is to determine if the student’s conduct was a manifestation of the child’s disability or a result of the failure to implement the student’s IEP.
IDEA Regulation 34 CFR §500.536.
When a decision is made to effect a disciplinary change in placement for a student with a disability who violated a code of student conduct, the public agency must conduct a manifestation determination within 10 school days of that decision.
A disciplinary change in placement occurs when a student is removed for more than 10 consecutive school days or is subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern:
- The series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year.
- The child’s behavior is substantially similar to the behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals.
Course Objectives
In this course participants will:
- learn how to conduct the Manifestation Determination Review process.
- learn what questions needs to be asked in the Manifestation Determination process and the possible outcomes of the Manifestation Determination Review.
- learn about how Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans fit into the Manifestation Determination Review Process.
Access the Course
If you are not a Colorado public educator. you may access a noncredit version of the course. It does not include the assessments and the CDE credit hours are not available for this version of the course, but it has all the same videos and information. Please click the link below to join as a guest:
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