**Este módulo está disponible en español: Introducción a la Evaluación bajo IDEA
Evaluating children for the presence of a disability is a very important process in IDEA. This module introduces basic principles and requirements that schools must follow for evaluation, including:
- the purposes of evaluation,
- parent notification and consent,
- use of the student's native language during evaluation, and
- the tenets of sound, valid, individualized evaluation.
The module is available in English and Spanish, as you'll see below. It 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 introduce others to IDEA 2004's basic requirements for sound evaluation of children to determine if they have a disability.
Component #1: The Slideshows | Las Diapositivas
There are 17 vivid slides in this introduction to IDEA's evaluation processes. Need tips for downloading and using slideshows?
Component #2: Trainer's Guide | Guía para Entrenadores
There are 2 guides, an English and a Spanish, designed to show trainers how each slide operates (e.g., what clicks to make to move through the slide's content).
The English guide is where you'll find the full explanation of each slide's content. It also offers much additional info so that trainers can adapt training sessions to a length or detail suitable to the given audience.
The Spanish guide only shows how the slides operate, with thumbnail pictures of each slide. If you're a trainer in Spanish, you'll also want the English guide for its detailed content and supporting suggestions.
Trainer's Guide in English
(If you have a slower Internet connection and want to download the PDF version of the Trainer's Guide, try our "for slower connections" page with the Trainer's Guide for Module 9 broken into three parts.)
Guía para Entrenadores **
Find out how the Module 9 slideshow in Spanish works, what clicks to make, and what happens as a result. Explanations of the content of the slides are not included--you'll find those in the English version of the Trainer's Guide for Module 9 (just above).
www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Documents/Spanish/9-Trainers-SP.pdf
Component #3: Handouts for Participants | Folletos para Participantes
The handouts for Module 9 are included in a packet of handouts designed to cover the entire umbrella topic of Theme C, Evaluating Children for Disability. If you've downloaded the handouts for Theme C already, you have the handouts you need for Module 9. If you haven't downloaded any handouts for Theme C 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:
There! You're all set to go for Module 9. Please remember that these materials are designed to be a thorough and authoritative introduction to evaluation under IDEA 2004. 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.