Roles and Responsibility of the School Nurse and the Individual Educational Program

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Roles and Responsibility of the School Nurse and
the Individual Educational Program

• Rachel Gallagher, RN, MS, CPNP, NCSN
• School Nurse Consultant
• [phone]
• www.dpi.wi.gov/sspw/schlnurse.html

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Overview

• Identify the purpose, procedure and timeline for
  an individual educational program (IEP)
• Identify the school nurses role in the IEP
  process

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• How do I get on IEP Teams?

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Terms to Remember

• Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• Special Education
• Related Service
• Supplementary Aids Services
• Program modifications
• Individualized Health Plan (IHP) or Emergency
  Action Plan (EAP)

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Who is on the IEP Team?

• 1. The childs parent(s)
• 2. At least one regular education teacher, if
  the child is, or may be, participating in a
  regular education environment
• 3. At lease one special education teacher or
  provider
• 4. An LEA representative

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Who is on the IEP Team? Cont.

• 5. An individual who can interpret the
  instructional implications of the evaluation
• 6. At the discretion of the parent or LEA, others
  who have knowledge or special expertise about the
  child nurses, physician, outside counselor, CPS
  social worker
• 7. The child, whenever appropriate
• 8. A nonresidential public school representative
  if appropriate
• Many individuals can provide multiple roles

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Goals of the IEP

• Conduct a thorough and comprehensive evaluation
  of the child in each of the suspected areas of
  impairment
• Developing an individual education program for
  the child, if a child has a disability and is in
  need of special education
• Determining the special education placement for
  the child

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Special Education An Overview of the Process

• Referral
• Evaluation/Reevaluation
• Eligibility Determination
• IEP Development
• Placement

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Timeline

• Evaluation within 60 days of receipt of parental
  consent for evaluation
• IEP development meeting needs to occur within 30
  days of the determination for the need of special
  education

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Sections of the IEP

• Present level of academic achievement and
  functional performance (PLOEP)
• Measurable annual goals and how it will be
  reported to parents

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IEP Program Summary

• Special Education Eligibility
• Disability and Special Designed Instruction
• Related Service Health Service
• Nursing Services
• Program Modifications
• Supplemental Aides and Services

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Areas of Impairment

• 11 Areas of impairment
• Website of disability areas http//dpi.wi.gov/spe
  d/hmprograms.html

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Areas of Impairment

• Specific Learning Disability - RtI
• Cognitive Disability
• Emotional Behavioral Disability
• Other Health Impairment - http//dpi.wi.gov/sped/o
  hi.html

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Areas of Impairment

• Vision Impairment
• Hearing Impairment
• Speech and Language Impairment
• Autism

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Area of Impairment

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Significant Developmental Delay

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Transition Services

• Begins formally at age 14 in the IEP process
• Planning to get children with disabilities ready
  for adult work
• Health can be a component of the planning
• Transition Health Care Checklist
• http//www.waisman.wisc.edu/wrc/pub.html

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Possible nursing contributionsto the Individual
Educational Program

• Assessment
• Health history
• Physical assessment
• Summarizing medical information
• Primary care physician
• Specialty physicians
• Observations
• Rating Scales training
• Response to medical and nursing intervention

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Reimbursement for Related Services

• Categorical aid
• Medicaid for School-Based
• Services
• High Cost Special Education Aid
• Individual Disability
• Education Act (IDEA) Part B
• Flow-through Grants

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IEP and IHP

• Individual health care plans can be referred to
  in the IEP here is where
• Existing information
• PLOEP
• Program Modifications
• IHP should not be attached to IEP

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Fieldtrips

• American with Disabilities Act-
• Standard G Emergency Nursing Services at all
  school sponsored events.
• Plan - IEP

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• Any comments regarding this webcast?
• Any suggestions on future school nursing topics?
• Contact
• Rachel Gallagher
• [phone]
• E-mail rachel.gallagher_at_dpi.wi.gov

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• To take required post-assessment
• Close course window by clicking on the red X in
  the right hand corner.
• Go to the TRAIN home page by clicking on Home in
  the green ribbon.
• Look at My Learning Record in the right hand blue
  box.
• Click on My Learning.
• Select the M (Manage) to the right of the title.
• Select completed.
• Select assessment.
• You must answer 5 out of the 5 questions
  correctly to complete the course.
• To get a certificate
• Go to TRAIN home page.
• Go to My Learning Record and click on certificate
  in right hand column and print.

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• Mahatma Gandhi