The Special Education Audit Handbook

by Donald F. Weinstein

Overview

Whether you are a superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or director of special education, you need to demonstrate that all aspects of the special education program are well administered and worth every penny spent.

This volume will help you to determine:
· Referral patterns by school, grade, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic and family status
· The degree to which principals, psychologists, committee on special education members (CSE), and classroom teachers were knowledgeable about criteria for classification, mainstreaming, and declassification of students
· The linkage between the general curriculum and the curriculum for self-contained special education classes
· Reasons for declassification and profiles of declassified students
· And much more!

Includes findings from audits and usable information about the nuts and bolts of the management and operation of special education programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566764636
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	10/28/1996
Pages:	129
Product dimensions:	8.62(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Demystifying Special Education Chapter 2 Gathering Information: Tools and Committee Chapter 3 Quick Overview of Your Special Education Program Chapter 4 The First Steps in an Audit of the Referral Process Chapter 5 Six Steps to Reduce Learning Disabled Referrals Chapter 6 Four Steps to Reduce Speech Impaired Referrals Chapter 7 Sin Steps to Reduce Emotionally Disturbed Referrals Chapter 8 The Committee an Special Education Minority Students Chapter 9 Supervision of Special Education Personnel Chapter 10 Effective and Efficient Use of Staff Chapter 11 Supervision of the Special Education Curriculum Chapter 12 Accountability of Special Education Programs Chapter 13 The Declassification Process Chapter 14 Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Intended to help school managers determine if their special education program is in need of reform and how to carry out that reform if needed. Offers advice on subjects such as demystifying special education for administrators who have had limited experience with special education, reducing the number of referrals of students eventually classified as learning disabled, forming a committee to study the program, supervising special education personnel, and defining the declassification process. The book is designed to be versatile enough for use in districts with as few as 100 classified students or as many as 2,500. Spiral wire binding. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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