| Are you a parent of a child with a disability receiving | | | | appropriate public education (FAPE), or refusesto begin |
| specialeducation services? Did you know that the | | | | or change theidentification, evaluation, or placement of |
| Individuals with | | | | yourchild, or the provision of a free appropriate public |
| Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) required the Office of | | | | education. The |
| Special | | | | Prior Written Notice form is two pages long, and has all |
| Education Programs to develop 3 model forms? | | | | of therequired elements of PWN. You can use this to |
| Would you like toknow what they are, and how they | | | | help your child, bydownloading the form and filling it in. |
| can help your child? This articlewill discuss the three | | | | Take the filled in form to an |
| model forms, and how you can use them inadvocacy | | | | IEP meeting,and discuss with disability educators all |
| to help your child's education. | | | | required partsof PWN. |
| The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) | | | | Form 3: Procedural Safeguards form. Procedural |
| which is under the | | | | safeguards are rightsof parents that have a child with |
| Department of Education was responsible for | | | | a disability, given to them by IDEA. |
| developing the forms. | | | | Some of these safeguards are: PWN, informed |
| These forms may be downloaded at Click | | | | parental consent forpsychological evaluations, parent |
| Part B, then in the lower left hand side box, click model | | | | participation in meetings, right toan independent |
| forms. Thethree forms are: | | | | educational evaluation (IEE), if you disagree withschool |
| Form 1: Individualized Education Program (IEP) form. | | | | personnel's evaluation. You can use this to help your |
| This form isfour pages long, and has all of the required | | | | child byreading and/or downloading the form at the |
| elements that must beincluded in your child's IEP. You | | | | address above. You can usethis to educate yourself |
| can use this to help your child, bydownloading the form, | | | | about parent rights, so that you caneffectively |
| and filling it in with the things that you thinkyour child | | | | advocate for your child. |
| needs. Bring the form with you to the meeting, and | | | | By having access to the three model forms, you can |
| usethe filled out form to ask for services that your | | | | be an activeparticipant in your child's education. School |
| child needs. | | | | personnel maybe surprised when you bring in your |
| Form 2: Prior Written Notice form. IDEA requires | | | | own form to an IEP meeting. Byhaving things written |
| written noticewhenever the school district proposes to | | | | down, it will make it easier for you to bring upimportant |
| begin or change theidentification, evaluation, or | | | | issues for your child, at the meeting. |
| placement of your child or theprovision of a free | | | | |