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Does your child have special needs?

PARENT RESOURCE GUIDE FOR STUDENTS VOLUNTARILY ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

2011-2012

Contents

Introduction 3

Is your child having difficulty in school? 4

Evaluation Process 6

Services Provided in the Non-Public Schools 7

Special Education Disabilities 8

Sample Parent Letter Requesting Evaluation…………………………………………………11

Non-Public Schools Contact List 12

Westmoreland County Public Schools Contact List 14

Westmoreland Intermediate Unit Contact List 16

Additional copies of this booklet may be downloaded from the website under the Special Education link:

www.wiu.k12.pa.us



Introduction
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that requires each state to ensure that a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is available to all eligible children with disabilities residing in that state. The information is this booklet explains the provisions related to, and benefits available to, children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private schools, including religious schools, when the provision of FAPE is not at issue. In IDEA, these children are often referred to as “parentally placed private school children” with disabilities, and the benefits available to them differ from the benefits for children with disabilities in public schools.
IDEA is designed to improve educational results for all children with disabilities. Therefore, it provides benefits and services to children with disabilities in public schools and requires school districts to make services and benefits available to children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in nonpublic (private) schools. The law includes language requiring state education agencies (SEA’s) and local education agencies (LEA’s) to ensure the equitable participation of parentally placed children with disabilities in programs assisted by or carried out under the equitable participation requirements that apply to them. In Pennsylvania, the LEA responsible for administration of Equitable Participation programs is the Intermediate Unit.
The LEA’s obligations to parentally placed private school children with disabilities are different from its responsibilities to those enrolled in public schools or to children with disabilities placed in a private school by a public agency (rather than by parents) as a means of providing FAPE. Parentally placed children with disabilities do not have an individual entitlement to services they would receive if they were enrolled in a public school. Instead, the LEA is required to spend a proportionate amount of IDEA federal funds to provide equitable services to this group of children. Therefore, it is possible that some parentally placed children with disabilities will not receive any services while others will. For those who receive services, the amount and type of services also may differ from the services the child would receive if placed in a public school by the parents or in a private school by a public agency. LEA’s are required to consult with private school representatives and representatives of parentally placed children with disabilities during the design and development of special education and related services for these children.
Further information regarding IDEA regulations can be found at http://idea.ed.gov

  • Is your child having difficulty in school?

  • Has your child been identified as needing special education services?

If you believe that your child may be in need of a special education program, an evaluation process to assess your child’s needs is available to you at no cost through the school district in which you live or from the intermediate unit (IU) in which your private school is located. A special education program often involves adapting materials and modifying instruction to better meet your child’s specific learning/behavior needs.


If you request an evaluation, a team of experts trained in assessing children will determine if your child has a disability and, if so, is in need of special education and related services. You are an important member of your child’s evaluation team.
Before the school district or the intermediate unit proceeds with an evaluation, it will notify you in writing (Permission to Evaluate) of the specific types of tests and procedures it plans to use, and of your rights throughout this process. The evaluation cannot be scheduled until you sign the written notice (Permission to Evaluate), indicating that you consent to the proposed testing and assessments, and return the notice to the school district or intermediate unit. Only a parent, guardian, or surrogate can grant permission to evaluate a student.
If, after the evaluation, your child is found to have a disability and in need of special education and related services, the public school will offer to write an Individualized Education Program (IEP). An IEP is a written document that specifically describes the services your child needs. The services in the IEP will be offered to your child in a public school placement. This offer is referred to as Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). If you wish to accept the offer, you will have to enroll your child in the public school. It may also be possible to dual enroll your child so that your child attends the nonpublic school for part of the day and the public school for part of the day. The final decision regarding whether dual enrollment will occur is your choice. (There is no requirement to offer special education services under dual enrollment)

If you choose to have your child remain in the nonpublic school, you have the right to decline the development of an IEP.

If WIU7 conducts the evaluation and your child is found to have a disability and in need of special education and related services, WIU7 cannot develop an IEP or offer FAPE. The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that there is no entitlement to the provision of FAPE when parents unilaterally place their child in a nonpublic school. If the parents have given permission to share information with the resident school district, they can pursue an IEP/FAPE with their district is they so desire. Consultative services can be provided at the nonpublic school to the staff working with your child.
If you are interested in finding out more about the special education process, please speak with your child’s principal. For additional information, feel free to contact the school district in which you live or the Equitable Participation Specialist at the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit.
Contact information can be found at the end of this document.
Evaluation Timelines

The evaluation must be completed and a copy of the Evaluation Report (ER) or Psychological Report must be provided to the parent within 60 calendar days from the date the Permission to Evaluate form is received by the Public School District or the Intermediate Unit.




Parents that are interested in having their child evaluated should contact…
Evaluation Process


** Initial evaluations from schools in the Diocese of Greensburg will mainly be conducted by the public school.

Options are explained and evaluation process is started.**

Meeting is scheduled with nonpublic school, parents, and WIU EP Specialist to review the report. At that time, the parents may decide to forward the report to the public school for an offer of FAPE.

OR

The parents can decide to keep child at the nonpublic school for agreed upon equitable participation services



Child’s building principal

Meeting is scheduled with district, parents, and nonpublic school to review the report. If eligible, the district will offer FAPE. Parentsmustdecide to Accept IEP andenrollchild in public school

OR

Accept IEP and seek dual enrollmen



OR

Keep child at non-public school- student may be eligible for agreed upon equitable participation servicenot FAPE



An evaluation is completed within 60 calendar days from the date the permission is received

Signed permission form is forwarded to the WIU Equitable Participation Specialist

Evaluation is completed within 60 calendar days from the date the Permission to Evaluate is received by the district

District issues Permission to Evaluate

Principal issues permission to evaluate form to the parent

Parent must contact the home school district where they reside and request an evaluation.

EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION

Parent is only interested in Equitable Participation services (no individual entitlement)



FAPE

Parent would like to explore services and the need for special education with the school district of residence






Meeting is scheduled with district, parents, and nonpublic school to review the report. If eligible, the district will offer FAPE. Parents must decide to Accept IEP and enroll child in public school

OR

Accept IEP and seek dual enrollment



OR

Keep child at non-public school- student may be eligible for agreed upon equitable participation services, not FAPE



An evaluation is completed within 60 calendar days from the date the permission is received



Meeting is scheduled with nonpublic school, parents, and WIU EP Specialist to review the report. At that time, the parents may decide to forward the report to the public school for an offer of FAPE.

OR

The parents can decide to keep child at the nonpublic school for agreed upon equitable participation services





** Initial evaluations from schools in the Diocese of Greensburg will mainly be conducted by the public school.


Services Provided in the Nonpublic School


  1. Services must be provided by personnel meeting the same standards (certification) as personnel providing the services in the public school.




  1. Nonpublic school students with disabilities may receive a different amount of services than children would receive if in the public schools.




  1. E. P. is not an individual entitlement to Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). Students with disabilities enrolled by their parents in nonpublic schools do not have an individual right to receive the services they would have received in public schools.




  1. The WIU, in consultation with nonpublic schools, make annual decisions about the equitable participation services to be provided.




  1. Types of services that can be provided to nonpublic school students with disabilities proportionate to services provided to student with disabilities in the public schools of the Intermediate Unit 7.




  1. Equitable Participation Services (IDEA-Part B)

Technical assistance, training/staff development, observation, or consultation, etc. will be provided in the following areas:

  1. Curriculum Adaptation and Modifications

  2. Inclusion

  3. Transition

  4. Behavior Support

  5. Interagency Coordination

  6. Parent Training




  1. Act 89 Services

  1. Speech and Language Services

  2. Guidance

  3. Remedial Math/Reading

  4. Standardized Testing

  5. Psychological Services




  1. Due Process Hearing procedures do not apply. Parents have the right to file a complaint with the State Bureau of Special Education consult line 1-800-879-2301 or file an appeal with the Federal Office of Special Education Programs.



  1. The new Equitable Participation regulations for a student with a disability voluntarily enrolled by their parents in nonpublic schools can be found in 34 CFR 300.450-300.462 of IDEA 2004.

Special Education Disabilities

  • Autism

A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Other characteristics often associated with autism are engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences.


  • Deaf-Blindness

Concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.


  • Deafness

A hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.


  • Emotional Disturbance

A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance:


  1. An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors

  2. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers.

  3. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances

  4. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression

  5. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems

The term includes schizophrenia. The term does not apply to children who are socially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have an emotional disturbance.




  • Hearing Impairment

An impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness in this section.


  • Intellectual Disabilities

Significantly sub average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.


  • Multiple Disabilities

Concomitant impairments (such as mental retardation-blindness or mental retardation-orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments. Multiple disabilities does not include deaf-blindness.


  • Orthopedic Impairment

A severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly, impairments caused by disease (e.g., poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis), and impairments from other causes (e.g., cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures.)


  • Other Health Impairment

Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment, that

  1. Is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and Tourette syndrome; and




  1. Adversely affects a child’s educational performance.




  • Specific Learning Disability

  • General – A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.




  • Disorders not included – Does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.

A student may demonstrate a specific learning disability in any of the following 8 areas:



  1. Oral Expression 5. Reading Fluency Skill

  2. Listening Comprehension 6. Reading Comprehension

  3. Written Expression 7. Mathematics Calculation

  4. Basic Reading Skill 8. Mathematics Problem Solving

  • Speech or Language Impairment

A communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.


  • Traumatic Brain Injury

An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Traumatic brain injury applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; problem-solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. Traumatic brain injury does not apply to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or to brain injuries induced by birth trauma.


  • Visual Impairment including Blindness

An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.

Sample Parent Letter Requesting an Evaluation

For a Student Voluntarily Enrolled in a Private School

Your Address

Your Phone Number

Date
Director of Special Education

Your Child’s Public School District of Residence

Address of School


Dear ;
I am the parent of , whose date of birth is .
My child currently attends School in . My child is experiencing significant learning problems in school and I am, therefore, requesting that a complete Multidisciplinary Evaluation be done to determine whether my child qualifies for special education according to Federal and State statutes (IDEA 2004 and Chapter 14).
Please send me the written notice of parental consent so that the evaluation may proceed. I understand that the evaluation will be completed within 60 calendar days of your receipt of my signed consent.
Thank you.
Sincerely,

Your Name



Westmoreland County Non-Public Schools Contact List 2011-2012

School

Contact/Address

Telephone

Aquinas Academy

PreK - 8


340 N. Main Street

Greensburg, PA 15601




724-834-7940

724-836-0497 (f)

Website: www.aquinasacademy.org


Armbrust Christian Academy

PreK - 12



115 Route 819 Hecla Road

Armbrust, PA 15616



724-925-3830

724-925-2523 (f)

website: www.armbrustchristian.com


Bible Baptist Christian Academy

PreK - 12



232 Route 217

Latrobe, PA 15650



724-539-8299

Cardinal Maida Academy

K - 6


315 Franklin Avenue

Vandergrift, PA 15690



724-568-3304

724-567-1900 (f)

Website: www.cardinalmaidaacademy.org


Champion Christian School

PreK - 12



1076 King’s Way – North Campus

Donegal, PA 15628


2166 Indian Head Road – South Campus

Champion, PA 15622



724-593-9200

724-593-9210 (f)

website: www.champion.org



Christ the Divine Teacher

PreK - 6


323 Chestnut Street

Latrobe, PA 15650



724-539-1561

724-532-3873 (f)

Website: www.cdtschool.org


Christian Fellowship Academy

PreK - 8


2005 Ridge Road

Jeannette, PA 15644



724-523-2358

Website: www.cfcfa.org



The Church Christian Academy

1 - 12


1683 Mars Hill Road

Sutersville, PA 15083



724-446-4020

Website: www.thechurchchristianacademy.org



Clelian Heights School

2 - 12


135 Clelian Heights

Greensburg, PA 15601



724-837-8120 ext. 42

724-837-6480 (f)

Website: www.clelianheights.org


Elizabeth Seton Montessori

K


294 Old Frye Farm

Greensburg, PA 15601



724-837-8500

724-837-6480 (f)

Website: www.esmontessori.com


Excel Christian Academy

K - 9


101 Caruthers Lane

Irwin, PA 15642



724-863-9235

Website: www.excelchristian.org



Grace Bible Academy

K - 12


128 Bradenville School Road

Bradenville, PA 15620



724-537-2840

724-537-3244 (f)

website: gbcap.homestead.com


Greensburg Central Catholic HS

7 - 12


911 Armory Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601



724-834-0310

724-834-2472 (f)

Website: www.gcchs.org


Harvest Christian Academy

PreK - 8


224 Pittsburgh Street

Derry, PA 15627



724-694-8222

724-694-5789 (f)

website: www.harvestchristian.info/


Holy Trinity School

K - 8


327 W Vincent Street

Ligonier, PA 15658



724-238-6430

724-238-6688 (f)

Website: www.holytrinityligonier.org


K.A.R.A.T. School of Learning

9 - 12



105 4th Street

Greensburg, PA 15601



724-689-9929

Website: www.karatlearning.com



Mary Queen of Apostles

PreK - 8


100 Freeport Road

New Kensington, PA 15068


1129 Leishman Avenue

New Kensington, PA 15068



724-335-5911

724-337-6457 (f)

Website: www.mqaschool.org


Mother of Sorrows School

PreK - 8


3264 Evergreen Drive

Murrysville, PA 15668



724-733-8840

724-325-1144 (f)

Website: www.mosschool.org


Queen of Angels Catholic School

PreK - 8


1 Main Street

North Huntingdon, PA 15642



724-978-0144

724-978-0171 (f)

Website: www.queenofangelssch.org


St. John the Baptist School

PreK - 8


504 S. Broadway Street

Scottdale, PA 15683




724-887-9550

724-887-9553 (f)

Website: www.stjohnbaptistschool.org


St. Sebastian School

PreK - 8


815 Broad Avenue

Belle Vernon, PA 15012



724-929-5143

Website: www.sssbv.org



Valley School of Ligonier

K - 8


P.O. Box 616

Ligonier, PA 15658




724-238-6652

Website: www.valleyschoolofligonier.org



Westmoreland Christian Academy

PreK - 12



538 Rugh Street

Greensburg, PA 15601




724-853-8308

Website: www.westmorelandchristian.org




Westmoreland County Public School District

Contact List 2111-2012


District

Contact Person (LEA)

Telephone Number

Belle Vernon Area

Jason Boone

Rostraver Elementary School

300 Crest Avenue

Belle Vernon, PA 15012

Jason.Boone@bellevernonarea.net


724-808-2500 ext. 5511

Burrell

Patricia Kelly

Huston Middle School

1020 Puckety Church Road

Lower Burrell, PA 15068

pkelly@wiu.k12.pa.us


724-334-1443 Ext. 3401

Derry Area

David Momper

Administration Office

982 North Chestnut St. Ext.

Derry, PA 15627-7600

dmomper@wiu.k12.pa.us


724-694-1408

Franklin Regional

Richard Regelski

Administration Office

3210 School Road

Murrysville, PA 15668-1553

rregelski@franklinregional.k12.pa.us


724-327-5456 Ext. 7614

Greater Latrobe

Lucinda Soltys

Administration Office

410 Main Street

Latrobe, PA 15650-1598

cindy.soltys@glsd.k12.pa.us


724-539-4213

Greensburg Salem

Lisa Rullo

Administration Office

1 Academy Hill Place

Greensburg, PA 15601-1839

lrullo@wiu.k12.pa.us


724-832-2913

Hempfield Area

Alene Mancini

mancinia@hasdpa.net

David W. Johnston

johnstond@haskpa.net

Administration Office

555 Rial Lane

Greensburg, PA 15601


724-850-2457

724-850-2229



Jeannette City

Carmine Pontillo

Central Administration Building

198 Park Street

Jeannette, PA 15644-0418

cpontill@wiu.k12.pa.us


724-523-2050

Kiski Area

Ray Milke

Administration Office

200 Poplar Street

Vandergrift, PA 15690-1491

rmilke@wiu.k12.pa.us


724-845-2022

Ligonier Valley

Dr. Tammy Cavanaugh

Administration Office

339 West Main Street

Ligonier, PA 15658-1131

cavanaugh@lvsd.k12.pa.us


724-238-5696

Monessen City

Mildred Blasko

Monessen Elementary Center

1275 Rostraver Street

Monessen, PA 15062-2099

mlblasko@wiu.k12.pa.us


724-684-7862

Mount Pleasant Area

Michael Picarsic

Administration Office

271 State Street

Mount Pleasant, PA 15666

mpicarsic@mpasd.net


724-547-4100

New Kensington-Arnold

Shaun Sperl

Administration Office

701 Stevenson Boulevard

New Kensington, PA 15068

ssperl@nkasd.com


724-337-6416

Norwin

Dr. Margaret F. Zimmer

Administration Building

281 McMahon Drive

North Huntingdon, PA 15642

mzimmer@norwinsd.org


724-861-3037

Penn-Trafford

Gregory N. Karazsia

Administration Building

P.O. Box 530

Harrison City, PA 15636-0530

karazsiag@penntrafford.org


724-744-4496

Southmoreland

Dan Clara

Southmoreland Primary Center

1431 Water Street, P.O. Box C

Alverton, PA 15612

clarad@southmoreland.net


724-887-2026

Yough

Dawn Hildenbrand

Special Education Office

171 Route 31

Ruffs Dale, PA 15679

hildenbrandd@yough.k12.pa.us


724-872-5164 Ext. 3065

Westmoreland Intermediate Unit Contacts

Kate Zingarelli

Educational Programs Specialist

Westmoreland Intermediate Unit

102 Equity Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601

kzingarelli@wiu.k12.pa.us

724-836-2460 ext. 2310

Michelle Ogg

Equitable Participation Specialist

Certified School Psychologist

Westmoreland Intermediate Unit

102 Equity Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601

mogg@wiu.k12.pa.us

724-836-2460 ext. 2338


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