Eligibility Criteria for EC: Special Education

General: Determination of Eligibility

Evaluation Guidelines & Resources

Checklists

Sample Special Education Forms & Notices from Wisconsin DPI.

Eligibility Criteria from the Wisconsin DPI

If a student is determined to meet eligibility criteria in one or more of the impairment areas, the IEP team must then consider whether the student needs special education. The department developed a worksheet to assist IEP teams in addressing the need for special education services and to modify eligibility criteria relating to:
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Checklists (*indicates focus of Indicator #10(AD1):
*Autism
*Cognitive disabilities.
Emotional behavioral disabilities.
Hearing impairments.
*Other Health Impaired
Orthopedic Impairment
Significant Developmental Delay
*Speech/language impairments.
*Specific learning disabilities: Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Checklist
Visual impairments.


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Eligibility Evaluation Guides and Resources

Beginning in 2001, Department (AD3) staff conducted workshops and developed evaluation guides to assist districts in implementing the new eligibility criteria. These guides and other resource materials are available on the individual disability wepages:
Autism
Cognitive Disabilities
Emotional Behavioral Disabilities
Hearing Impairments
Specific Learning Disabilities
Speech/Language Impairments
Visual Impairments
2390-Eval Request for Spec Ed Eval.pdf :Request for Special Education Evaluation. (Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format)
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Sample Special Education Forms & Notices from Wisconsin DPI.
The Special Education Team provides sample forms and notices for use in the IEP team process to assist districts in complying with state (Chapter 115) and federal (IDEA) special education requirements. The Sample Form and the Reference Materials posted at this site were last updated in June 2001 to reflect changes in the state special education eligibility criteria.

The Sample Forms and Reference Materials are also available on disk. If you are unable to download from this site, send a blank disk with your name and mailing address on the label to Marge Schenk, Special Education Team, P. O. Box 7841, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7841. You should specify whether you want MAC or IBM format (Word '97 or Word 6.0)

Forms Revision Summary, (Rev. 7/01)
Sample Special Education Forms

Other Forms:
Child Find Notice, Revised English, 6/24/02 Spanish, 6/24/02 Hmong, 6/24/02
The Wisconsin Alternate Assessment--Participation Checklist, (5/02)
Assignment of Surrogate Parent, Bulletin 00.11
Authorization for Foster Parent to Act as a Parent, Bulletin 00.11 (AD4) (AD5)