Special Education Eligibility Documents

Overview

Developmental Delay

• Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Special Education under Developmental Delay (New)
  • Worksheet for Determination of Eligibility for Special Education and Related Services under the Primary Disability Category of Developmental Delay (New)

ADHD

• Report on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (2005)

Autism

• Guidelines for Identification and Education of Children and Youth with Autism (Revised 2011)
  • Worksheet for Determination of Eligibility for Special Education Services Under the Classification of Autism

Intellectual Disability

• Guidelines for Identifying Children with Intellectual Disability
  • Executive Summary (2006)
  • Full Document (2007)
  • ID Eligibility Documentation Worksheet
  • ID Eligibility Documentation Worksheet

Learning Disabilities

• Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities (2010) Executive Summary (2009)
  • Revised Disability Identification Process (2017) 
  • Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, Presentation used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training
  • Revised 9/14/16: Frequently Asked Questions SLD/Dyslexia

• Resources for Implementing the LD Guidelines 
  • Analysis of Programming Effectiveness
  • Assessment Inventory
  • Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
  • Fidelity of Implementation
  • Fidelity of Implementation
  • High-Quality Progress Monitoring 
  • High-Quality Progress Monitoring
  • Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, Presentation used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training (REVISED 2012)
  • Literacy Instruction
  • Literacy Instruction
  • School Climate Inventory

Emotional Disability

• Guidelines for Identifying and Educating Students with Emotional Disability (updated July 2022)

Speech and Language

• Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs (2008)
  • Supplemental Resource Packet for the Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs (2008) (ZIP file containing 19 documents)
  • Speech-Language Eligibility Forms in PDF fill-in format (2008)
  • Early Intervening Services
    • Evaluation
    • Fluency
    • Language
    • Phonology
    • PPT Report
    • Reevaluation