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OSEP-Reviewed Materials on IDEA 2004
Launched April 2005
New Resources added, May 2007 
The materials listed on this page relate to the latest reauthorization
of IDEA--IDEA 2004---in other words, the statute as it was
passed by Congress and signed by the President in 2004, AND the implementing
regulations, published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006.
NICHCY is pleased to provide this list of selected published materials that
have been reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP) for consistency with the IDEA Amendments of 2004.
Each listing either has a link to the publication online, or information on
how to obtain the publication.
As additional publications are reviewed and approved by OSEP, they will be
added to this list and marked with a yellow star, .
Note: If you're looking for OSEP-reviewed materials on
the last version on IDEA, passed in 1997, with Federal regulations emerging
in1999, we refer you to our previous list of OSEP-reviewed materials, found
at: www.nichcy.org/idea1997list.htm.
While those resources are no longer the definitive word on the law, they are
a rich source of information.
Statewide and Districtwide Assessments
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding statewide and districtwide assessments. A Word
version of Statewide and Districtwide Assessments also is available.
Discipline (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding its discipline provisions. A Word
version of Discipline also is available.
Discipline (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where OSEP's 2005 brief on discipline (above) left off---same
topic, but examined this time via IDEA 2004's final regulations,
published on August 14, 2006. A Word version of
Discipline (Regs!) is also available.
Questions
and Answers On Discipline Procedures
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on discipline procedures under IDEA 2004, prepared in response
to questions from the field.
Disproportionality and Overrepresentation
NICHCY, 2007
This is a module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on
IDEA 2004. It thoroughly explains IDEA's provisions regarding disproportionality
and overrepresentation, provides current statistics on the problem, includes a
PowerPoint slide show for use in training on the subject, and provides handouts
for trainers to use with participants.
Disproportionality and Overidentification
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding
disproportionality and overidentification that took effect on July 1, 2005. A
Word version of Disproportionality and Overidentification
also is available.
Procedural Safeguards:
Due Process Hearings (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding the procedural safeguard of "due process
hearings." A Word version of Procedural
Safeguards: Due Process Hearings also is available.
Procedural Safeguards:
Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearings (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the OSEP's 2005 brief on due process hearings (above)
left off. The same topic is a bit expanded (to include Resolution Meetings) and
examined this time via IDEA 2004's final regulations,
published on August 14, 2006. Resolution
Meetings and Due Process Hearing (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Questions
and Answers On Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures For Parents and
Children With Disabilities
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on Procedural Safeguards, prepared in response to questions
from the field.
Early Intervening Services (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding early intervening services that took effect on
July 1, 2005. A Word version of Early
Intervening Services also is available.
Early Intervening Services
(Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where OSEP's 2005 brief above left off. The topic is the
same, but this time the frame of reference is early intervening services in IDEA
2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006.
Early Intervening Services (Regs!)
is also available in Word.
Questions
and Answers On Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on RTI and EIS, prepared in response to questions from the
field.
Early Intervening Services and Response
to Intervention
NICHCY, 2007
This module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA
2004 thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding early intervening services,
response to intervention, and the connections between the two. The module includes
a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding initial evaluations and reevaluations that took
effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Changes
in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations also is available.
Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the one above on left off---same topic, but examined
this time using IDEA 2004's final regulations, published
on August 14, 2006. Changes in Initial Evaluations
and Reevaluations (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Introduction to Evaluation
NICHCY, 2007
This is a module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on
IDEA 2004. It provides foundational information about evaluation under IDEA with
emphasis upon its requirements for conducting a technically sound evaluation.
The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for
participants.
Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation
NICHCY, 2007
This module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA
2004 builds upon the foundation laid in Introduction to Evaluation (above).
It thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding initial evaluation of children
suspected of having a disability, as well as provisions for reevaluation. The
module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Identification of Children with
Specific Learning Disabilities
NICHCY, 2007
This module is the third and final chapter in the Evaluation theme of the Building
the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004. It builds on the information
provided in Introduction to Evaluation and Initial Evaluation and
Reevaluation (above) and thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding
evaluation and identification of children suspected of having a specific learning
disability (SLD). The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training
and handouts for participants.
Questions
and Answers On Individualized Education Programs (IEP's), Evaluations and Reevaluations
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on IEPs and on evaluations and reevaluations under IDEA, prepared
in response to questions from the field.
Local Funding
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to IDEA provisions related
to local funding that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Local Funding also is available.
State Funding
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to IDEA provisions related
to state funding that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of State Funding also is available.
Highly Qualified Teachers (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding highly qualified teachers that took effect on
July 1, 2005. A Word version of Highly
Qualified Teachers also is available.
Highly Qualified Teachers (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
How is the subject of "highly qualified teachers" (HQT) treated within
IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14,
2006? Find out in OSEP's 2006 topical brief, which updates its 2005 examination
of how the statute treated HQT. Highly Qualified
Teachers (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Questions and Answers On Highly Qualified
Teachers Serving Children with Disabilities
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on HQT, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S.
Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding the content of Individualized Education Programs
(IEPs) that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Individualized Education Program also is available.
Individualized Education Program (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
IEPs are an extremely important topic in special education. OSEP updates its
2005 treatment of the subject in this 2006 Topical Brief that looks verbatim
at IDEA 2004's final regulations on IEPs. Individualized
Education Program (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Individualized Education Program
(IEP) Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S.
Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding Individualized Education Program (IEP) team
meetings and changes to the IEP that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team Meetings and Changes
to the IEP also is available.
Individualized Education Program
(IEP) Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
More on the story of IEPs---this time, team meetings and what IDEA 2004's
final regulations have changed in the IEP. Individualized
Education Program Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP (Regs!) is also
available in Word.
Model
IEP Form
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations
for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education
program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice.
The link above will connect you with the model form on the IEP document, in Word
and PDF formats.
Questions
and Answers On Individualized Education Programs (IEP's), Evaluations and Reevaluations
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on IEPs and on evaluations and reevaluations under IDEA, prepared
in response to questions from the field.
The IEP Team: Who is a Member?
NICHCY, 2007
Module 12 in the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004
thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding who's a member of the IEP team.
The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for
participants.
Meetings of the IEP Team
NICHCY, 2007
Module 14 in the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004
takes an indepth look at what IDEA requires in terms of IEP Team meetings, including
some exciting new provisions. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for
use in training, handouts for participants, and extensive additional resources
for trainers.
Identification of Specific Learning
Disabilities (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This OSEP Topic Brief looks specifically at how IDEA 2004's final
regulations amend, change, or maintain IDEA provisions about identifying
specific learning disabilities. A Word version of Identification
of Specific Learning Disabilitiess is also available.
Identification of Children with
Specific Learning Disabilities
NICHCY, 2007
This module is the third and final chapter in the Evaluation theme of the Building
the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004. It builds on the information
provided in Introduction to Evaluation
(Module 9) and Initial Evaluation
and Reevaluation (Module 10) and thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions
regarding evaluation and identification of children suspected of having a specific
learning disability (SLD). The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use
in training and handouts for participants.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding
Mediation and Resolution Sessions (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S.
Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding mediation and resolution sessions that took
effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version
of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions
also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Mediation (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the one just above on left off---same topic, but
examined this time using IDEA 2004's final regulations,
published on August 14, 2006. Procedural
Safeguards: Mediation (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Model
Forms
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations
for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education
program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice.
Each may be found at the link above, in Word and PDF formats.
Questions
and Answers On Monitoring, Technical Assistance and Enforcement
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on IDEA's requirements related to monitoring, technical assistance,
and enforcement, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Alignment with the No Child Left Behind
Act (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses provisions of IDEA regarding the alignment
between IDEA and No Child Left Behind (referred to in this document as the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965), which took on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act also is available.
National Instructional Materials
Accessibility Standard (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses new provisions within the IDEA
statute regarding NIMAS. A Word
version of National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
also is available.
National Instructional Materials Accessibility
Standard (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
NIMAS in IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on
August 14, 2006. National Instructional Materials
Accessibility Standard (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Final Regulations for NIMAS
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
The Final Regulations for the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
(NIMAS) were published July 19, 2006 in Part III of the Federal Register.
Questions
and Answers On the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on NIMAS, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Part C Amendments in IDEA 2004
(Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses major changes in Part C provisions of the
IDEA statute that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Part C Amendments in IDEA 2004 also is available.
Part C Option: Age 3 to Kindergarten
Age (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses provisions in the IDEA statute
regarding the Part C option to make Part C services available to children after
age 3 that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Part C Option: Age 3 to Kindergarten Age also is available.
Model
Form: Prior Written Notice
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations
for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education
program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice.
The link above will connect you with the model form on the prior written notice,
in Word and PDF formats.
Children Enrolled by Their Parents
in Private Schools (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S.
Department of Education. This document addresses provisions of the IDEA
statute regarding children with disabilities enrolled by their
parents in private schools that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word
version of Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
also is available.
Children Enrolled by Their Parents
in Private Schools (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
The 2005 version of this OSEP Brief told you what the statute changed
or maintained with respect to children enrolled by their parents in private
schools. In the 2006 brief linked here, it's IDEA's final regulations,
published on August 14, 2006, that drive the examination of the same topic.Children
Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools (Regs!) is also available
in Word.
Questions
and Answers On Serving Children With Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private
Schools
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on serving "parentally placed" children in private
schools, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding
Surrogates, Notice and Consent (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S.
Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the procedural
safeguards regarding notice to parents, provisions related to surrogate parents,
and parental consent within the IDEA statute that
took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version
of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice and Consent
also is available.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding
Surrogates, Notice, and Parental Consent (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the one just above on left off---same topic, but
examined this time using IDEA 2004's final regulations,
published on August 14, 2006. A Word version of Procedural
Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice, and Parental Consent is also
available.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding
Mediation and Resolution Sessions (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S.
Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding mediation and resolution sessions that took
effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version
of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions
also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Mediation (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
Mediation again, this time alone and seen through the lens of its provisions
within IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on
August 14, 2006. A Word version of Procedural
Safeguards: Mediation (Regs!) is also available.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding Due
Process Hearings (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding due process hearings that took effect on July
1, 2005.A Word version of Procedural
Safeguards Regarding Due Process Hearings also is available.
Procedural Safeguards:
Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearings (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
And what do IDEA 2004's final regulations have to
say about resolution meetings and due process hearings? Find out in this OSEP
Brief developed especially to discuss changes in the regulations. Resolution
Meetings and Due Process Hearing (Regs!) is also available in Word.
State Complaint Procedures (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This OSEP Topic Brief looks specifically at how IDEA 2004's final
regulations amend, change, or maintain IDEA provisions regarding
state complaint procedures as a means for dispute resolution. A Word version
of State Complaint Procedures
is also available.
Model
Form: Procedural Safeguard Notice (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations
for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education
program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice.
The link above will connect you with the model form on the procedural safeguards
notice, in Word and PDF formats.
Questions
and Answers On Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures For Parents and
Children With Disabilities
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on Procedural Safeguards, prepared in response to questions
from the field.
Questions
and Answers On Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on RTI and EIS, prepared in response to questions from the
field.
Early Intervening Services and Response
to Intervention
NICHCY, 2007
This module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA
2004 thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding early intervening services,
response to intervention, and the connections between the two. The module includes
a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
State Complaint Procedures (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This OSEP Topic Brief looks specifically at how IDEA 2004's final
regulations amend, change, or maintain IDEA provisions regarding
state complaint procedures as a means for dispute resolution. A Word version
of State Complaint Procedures
is also available.
Secondary Transition (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department
of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA
statute regarding transition services of IDEA that took effect on
July 1, 2005. A Word version of Secondary
Transition also is available.
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