| Are you the parent of a child with autism
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| | Breakthrough opportunities. Is your child
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| or a learning disability, who believes
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| | just starting to learn to read, and will
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| that your child needs educational
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| | a long summer break prevent progress from
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| services outside of the school day? Have
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| | continuing? You could use this as a
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| you been told that your child does not
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| | reason to ask for ESY, for your child
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| qualify for summer school because there
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| | with a disability.
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| is no proof of regression?
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| | Factor 4: Interfering Behavior behavior
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| This article will discuss the 6 factors
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| | that affects your child's ability to
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| that IEP teams must consider when
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| | benefit from special education.
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| discussing Extended School Year (ESY).
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| | Factor 5: Nature and Severity of
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| Extended school year is educational and
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| | Disability. OSEP released a policy letter
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| related services outside of the regular
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| | on February 4, 2003 that states A public
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| school year. The child must need ESY, in
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| | agency may not limit ESY services to
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| order to receive a free appropriate
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| | particular categories of disability, or
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| public education (FAPE). ESY can extend
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| | unilaterally limit the type, amount, or
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| beyond summer school, if the child needs
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| | duration of these services. Many school
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| it.
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| | districts were only offering extended
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| In the court case Reusch vs. Fountain the
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| | school year services to children with the
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| court found six factors for IEP teams to
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| | most severe disabilities, this is not
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| consider in deciding if a child is
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| | allowed.
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| eligible for ESY services.
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| | Factor 6: Special circumstances that
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| Factor 1: Regression and Recoupment: Is
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| | interfere with your child's ability to
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| the child likely to lose critical
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| | benefit from special education. Was your
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| academic or functional skills, or fail to
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| | child ill, or missed a lot of school
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| recover these skills within a reasonable
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| | because of illness. You could use this
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| time.
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| | reason to ask for ESY services for your
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| Many special education personnel only use
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| | child.
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| regression and recoupment to determine
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| | By using these 6 factors you will be able
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| ESY eligibility. Courts and OSEP have
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| | to advocate for ESY for your child.
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| ruled that this is not the only
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| | Children with autism, and also learning
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| consideration.
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| | disabilities often need extended school
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| Factor 2: Degree of progress toward IEP
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| | year services, in order to benefit from
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| goals and objectives. If your child did
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| | their education. You may have to fight
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| not make progress during the school year,
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| | for this important service, but it will
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| you could use this to ask for ESY.
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| | be worth it. After all, isn't your child
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| Factor 3: Emerging skills/and
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| | worth the fight!
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