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Technical Assistance Papers and Notes

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Additional Papers will be listed here as they become available.

2007 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2007-1 - Tracking Student Performance for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test® (FCAT) Waiver (PDF, )
• FY 2007-3 - Serving Students with Disabilities through Modified Schedule and/or Home Instruction (PDF, )
• FY 2007-4 - Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Taking the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test® (FCAT) (PDF, )
• FY 2007-5 - Meeting the Educational Needs of Students with Cochlear Implants and IDEA 2004 (PDF, )
• FY 2007-6 - Implementation of Attendance Requirements for Minors to Maintain Their Driving Privilege (PDF, )
• FY 2007-7 - Nonresident Exceptional Education Students Served in Residential Facilities (PDF, )
• FY 2007-23 - Surrogate Parents for Exceptional Students (PDF)
• K12: 2007-137 - Questions & Answers Regarding Speech-Language Impaired Associate Certification (PDF)
• FY 2007-158 - Students with Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools (PDF)
• K12: 2007-160 - Transition from Early Steps to the School District Prekindergarten Program for Children with Disabilities or Other Programs(PDF, )

2006 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2006-1 - Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists in Regard to Reading (PDF, )
• FY 2006-2 - Non-Paid Community-Based Vocational Educational (CBVE) Programs (PDF, )
• FY 2006-3 - Development of Educational Plans for Students Who Are Gifted (PDF, )
• FY 2006-4 - Serving Students with Disabilities Ages 18 through 21 (PDF, )
• FY 2006-7 - Implementing the Kelsey Ryan Act (PDF, )
• FY 2006-8 - The Response to Intervention (RtI) Model (PDF, )
• FY 2006-9 - See FY 2006-17
• FY 2006-10 - Counseling as a Related Service (PDF, )
• FY 2006-11 - Grading Policies for Students with Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 2006-13 - Using the Contracting Rule to Expand Opportunities for Inclusion for Prekindergarten Children with Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 2006-14 - Information on the Common Assessment for Use in Department of Juvenile Justice Education Programs (PDF, )
• FY 2006- 17 - Use of Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum for Meeting Highly Qualified Status in Department of Juvenile Justice Education Programs, 2006-2007 School Year (PDF, )

2005 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2005-1 - Meeting the Educational Needs of Students with Cochlear Implants Revised and updated by FY 2007-5 (PDF, )
• FY 2005-2 - Making Annual Goals, Short-Term Objectives, and Benchmarks Measurable (PDF, )
• FY 2005-3 - Measuring Adaptive Behavior (PDF, )
• FY 2005-4 - Juvenile Justice Cooperative Agreements and Education Service Contracts
• FY 2005-6 - Waiver of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Graduation Requirement for Students with Disabilities
• FY 2005-7 - Reporting and Awarding Credit to Secondary Students with Disabilities in Career Education (PDF, )
• FY 2005-8 - Nonverbal Tests of Intelligence (PDF, )
• FY 2005-9 - Use of Part Scores with Tests of Intelligence (PDF, )

2004 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2004-1 - High School Graduation Options 2003-2004 (PDF, )
• FY 2004-2 - High School Graduation Programs 2003-2004
• FY 2004-7 - Surrogate Parents (PDF, )
• FY 2004-8 - Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements for Special Programs Under the No Child Left Behind Act (PDF, )
• FY 2004-11 - Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 2004-12 - Speech and Language Services for Students with Disabilities (No longer valid)
• FY 2004-13 - Services for Secondary Students Who Are Gifted (PDF, )
• FY 2004-14 - Implementation of Attendance Requirements for Minors to Maintain Their Driving Privilege
  (Replaced and updated by FY2007-6 (PDF, ))
• FY 2004-17 - Good Cause Exemptions (PDF, )
• FY 2004-21 - Serving Prekindergarten Children with Disabilities in School Readiness Public and Community-Based Settings

2003 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2003-5 - Transition from the Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention Program to the School District Prekindergarten Program for Children with Disabilities

2002 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2002-1 - Documenting the Amount of Special Education and Related Services on the Individual Educational Plan (PDF, )
• FY 2002-4 - Speech-Language Impaired/Associate Certification (PDF, )
• FY 2002-5 - Determining an Individual Student's Need for Extended School Year (ESY) Services (PDF, )
• Related Extended School Year Documents
  • Teacher brochure: - Extended School Year Services: A Guide for IEP and FSP Teams (PDF, )
  • IEP team worksheet: - Extended School Year Services: Determination of Need for Students with Disabilities (PDF, )
  • Parent brochure: - ESY: What's the IDEA Behind Extended School Year Services for Students with Disabilities? (PDF, )
• FY 2002-6 - Medicaid Certified School Match Program: Behavioral Services (PDF, )
• FY 2002-7 - Recommended Practices and Requirements for Entry and Exit Assessments in Juvenile Justice Facilities (PDF, )
• FY 2002-9 - Learnfare Program Update (PDF, )

2001 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2001-2 - Compulsory School Attendance: Update (PDF, )
• FY 2001-4 - Immunizations (PDF, )
• FY 2001-7 - Manifestation of the Disability and Related iscipline Issues (PDF, )
• FY 2001-9 - Auditory Processing Disorders (PDF, )
• FY 2001-10 - Change in Identification, FAPE, Placement, or Dismissal from Special Education (PDF, )
• FY 2001-12 - Medicaid Certified School Match Program: Nursing Services (PDF, )
• FY 2001-13 - Transportation and Students with Disabilities (PDF, )

2000 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 2000-1 - Evaluation Procedures and Determination of Eligibility for Children in Transition from Part C to Prekindergarten Programs for Children with Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 2000-2 - Reevaluation Procedures for Students with Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 2000-5 - Least Restrictive Environment Considerations Related to Individual Educational Plans (PDF, )
• FY 2000-5 - Factores del Ambiente Menos Restrictivo Relacionados con los Planes de Educación Individual (PDF, )
• FY 2000-6 - Complaint Resolution (PDF, )
• FY 2000-7 - Sunshine State Standards for Special Diploma (PDF, )

1999 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1999-3 - Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Plans (PDF, )
• FY 1999-4 - Individual Educational Plans and IDEA '97 (PDF, )
• FY 1999-5 - Participation in Level 1 Courses for Students with Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 1999-6 - Assessing Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students for Eligibility for Gifted Programs (PDF, )
• FY 1999-7 - Medicaid Certified School Match Program: Services Provided to Charter Schools Through the Medicaid Certified School Match Program (PDF, )
• FY 1999-8 - Medicaid Certified School Match Program: Speech-Language, Physical, and Occupational Therapy (PDF, )
• FY 1999-13 - Related Services for Students with Disabilities (PDF, )

1997 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1997-3 - Issues in Physical and Occupational Therapy (PDF, )
• FY 1997-4 - Block Scheduling for Exceptional Students (PDF, )

1996 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1996-7 - Standard Error of Measurement (SEm) (PDF, )

1995 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1995-1 - Rule 6A-6.03018, FAC, Programs for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (PDF, )
• FY 1995-2 - Consent or Notice (PDF, )
• FY 1995-5 - Educational Interpreters (PDF, )
• FY 1995-7 - Rule 6A-6.03013, FAC, Special Programs for Students Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (PDF, )

1994 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1994-3 - Revision of Rule for Special Programs for Students Who Are Physically Impaired (Rule 6A-6.03015, FAC) (PDF, )
• FY 1994-6 - School Psychology Reports (PDF, )
• FY 1994-8 - Requirements for Notice to Parents of a District’s Refusal to Take an Action Requested by the Parent (PDF, )
• FY 1994-9 - Providing a Continuum of Services for Inmates with Disabilities in the Custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (PDF, )
• FY 1994-15 - Transporting Oxygen on School Buses (PDF, )
• FY 1994-26 - Securement of Wheelchair Lap Trays and Other Support Equipment (PDF, )

1993 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1993-3 - Use of Time Out in Special Education Programs: Guidelines for Time Out Procedures (PDF, )

1992 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1992-3 - Clarification of Program Requirements for Students Receiving PT or OT, or Who Are Physically Impaired (PDF, )
• FY 1992-4 - Temporary Assignment of Transferring Exceptional Students (PDF, )

1991 Technical Assistance Papers

• FY 1991-6 - Application of Limited English Proficient Requirements to Exceptional Students (PDF, )
• FY 1991-9 - Questions and Answers - State Board of Education Rule 6A-6.03014 Special Programs for Students Who Are Visually Impaired (PDF, )

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