When parents elect to send their child with a disability to a private school at their own expense (even a religious school), the State still has obligations with respect to addressing the child's disability. While those obligations are not the same as what's required for children with a disability being educated in a public school, those obligations are important for States and LEAs to know---especially with the big changes that IDEA 2004 has brought.
This module will help you and others find out more about:
- equitable services;
- how to calculate the proportionate share that must be spent on parentally-placed private school children with disabilities;
- the consultation process that's required; and
- much more.
Module 16 is available in English only (except for the handouts for participants, which are also available in Spanish). The module includes:
- a slideshow presentation;
- a Trainer's Guide; and
- handouts for participants.
Please help yourself below, and download the components you need to learn on your own and/or to train others regarding IDEA 2004's requirements with respect to children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private schools.
Component #1: The Slideshow
English only
These 30 full-color slides explore schools' responsibilities toward educating children with disabilities in private schools, including religious ones. www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Documents/
Training_Curriculum/16slideshow.zip
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Component #2: Trainer's Guide
English only
The Module 16 trainer's guide illustrates how each slide operates and provides detailed discussion of the content on each slide. (If you have a slower Internet connection and want to download the PDF version, try our "for slower connections" page with the Trainer's Guide for Module 16 broken into three parts.)
Component #3: Handouts for Participants | Folletos para Participantes
The handouts for Module 16 are included in a packet of handouts designed to cover the entire umbrella topic of Theme D on IEPs. If you've downloaded the handouts for Theme D already, you have the handouts you need for Module 16. If you haven't downloaded any handouts for Theme D yet, here they are, in 2 different formats and 2 different languages.
English Handouts for Participants
Folletos en Español
Note about the Spanish Translations:
In preparing the handouts in Spanish, NICHCY has chosen to use a certain vocabulary set for the terminology most frequently used in IDEA. IDEA itself is extremely and purposefully consistent about its terminology, and we felt it critical to do the same in Spanish. However, we fully recognize that there are many ways to say the same thing, and Spanish is rich with alternatives from country to country, region to region. So we've also prepared a glossary of the terminology used in IDEA, how we've rendered that terminology in Spanish, and other ways of rendering it that families may also hear. Share this with participants as you see fit or use it to guide your own translations. The glossary of terminology is available in two formats, PDF and Word:
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There! You're ready to roll with Module 15. Please remember that these materials are designed to be a thorough and authoritative source of info on States' obligations toward children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private schools, even religious ones. That's why they are so detailed. As a trainer, you are free to adapt the info we've offered to serve the purposes and needs of your audiences and the amount of time you have to spend with them.
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