{"id":12676,"date":"2015-06-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2018-10-22T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T15:19:10","slug":"legal-child-study-intervention-plan-instead-of-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/legal-child-study-intervention-plan-instead-of-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal? Child Study Intervention Plan Instead of IEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Legal%3F%20Child%20Study%20Intervention%20Plan%20Instead%20of%20IEP\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/boy.elem.ld.frustrate.jpg\" alt=\"school boy frustrated with work\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/>Is is legal to keep a child on a Child Study Intervention Plan for years after the eligibility process?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Interesting question from Virginia. Here are the facts we know.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twice-exceptional child, ADHD\/gifted and talented.<\/li>\n<li>Good grades and yearly school test scores.<\/li>\n<li>Psychological testing shows executive function defects, particularly processing speed, memory.<\/li>\n<li>Written expression issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The child was evaluated by the school and found not eligible for a 504 plan or an IEP. The school team placed him on a &#8220;Child Study Intervention Plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Q:\u00a0<\/strong> Isn&#8217;t Child Study supposed to be used during the eligibility process, and not for years after?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> In general, yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no &#8220;child study intervention plan&#8221; in the federal law and regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>State Policy on Child Study Plans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this case, you need to look at state policy.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia created an additional team called &#8220;Child Study&#8221; or &#8220;Problem Solving&#8221; whose mission is identify children who need to be evaluated and to develop strategies to help children who are not eligible for special ed services.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What Happens Next?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the Child Study Team found the child <em>not<\/em> eligible, what was supposed to happen?<\/p>\n<p>Have you found your child in a similar situation? Time to search your state policies\/regulations and consider the answers to questions like these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did the team provide the parents paperwork about the reasons why their child was found not eligible?<\/li>\n<li>Did the team provide the parents a copy of &#8220;Intervention Plan?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>What interventions did the team plan to try?<\/li>\n<li>What were the outcomes?<\/li>\n<li>When was the team supposed to meet to discuss and possibly revise the Intervention Plan?<\/li>\n<li>What were the dates of the review?<\/li>\n<li>Is there documentation of the discussion and follow-up?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Supporting Documents from Virginia\u2028<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span> Check your state regulations or instruction policy about tiered system supports.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the documents listed below when this post was initially published in 2015, are no longer available on the VA DOE site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/instruction\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/training\/cohort\/2013\/feb\/day_1\/individual_intervention_plan_template.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Student Intervention Plan<\/span><\/a> at http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/instruction\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/training\/cohort\/2013\/feb\/day_1\/individual_intervention_plan_template.pdf [No longer available]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/instruction\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/training\/cohort\/2011\/july_19\/student_intervention_plan_checklist.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Intervention Plan Checklist<\/span><\/a> at http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/instruction\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/training\/cohort\/2011\/july_19\/student_intervention_plan_checklist.pdf [No longer available]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/instruction\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/training\/cohort\/2011\/july_19\/intervention_plan_template%20.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Intervention Team Plan<\/span><\/a> at http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/instruction\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/training\/cohort\/2011\/july_19\/intervention_plan_template%20.pdf [No longer available]<\/p>\n<p>The following documents at VA DOE, available as of 10\/2018, may contain some additional information.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/parents\/parents_guide.pdf\">Parents Guide to Special Education<\/a><\/span> (2010), page 11.\u00a0 School-Based Team &#8211;<br \/>\nEach school establishes a school-based team to process referral requests<br \/>\nfor children suspected of having a disability.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/parents\/parents_guide.pdf\">http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/parents\/parents_guide.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/early_childhood\/transition_from_c_to_b_q_a.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Q and A Document &#8211; Transition from Part C to Part B<\/span><\/a>, page 1. The Child Study Team<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/early_childhood\/transition_from_c_to_b_q_a.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/early_childhood\/transition_from_c_to_b_q_a.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">VDOE Eligibility Determination Conference (2014): Addressing the Needs of All Students &#8211; Multi Tiered Interventions and Supports<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> &#8211; Child Study Team,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>page 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/program_improvement\/eligibility_determination\/eligibility_determination_conferencefinal_handout.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/tech_asst_prof_dev\/self_assessment\/disproportionality\/student_intervention_checklist.pdf\">Student Academic Intervention Checklist<\/a><\/span> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/tech_asst_prof_dev\/self_assessment\/disproportionality\/student_intervention_checklist.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/special_ed\/tech_asst_prof_dev\/self_assessment\/disproportionality\/student_intervention_checklist.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/school_improvement\/academic_reviews\/training\/using_targeted_interventions_to_support_si.ppt\">Using Targeted Interventions to Support School Improvement<\/a> <\/span>at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/school_improvement\/academic_reviews\/training\/using_targeted_interventions_to_support_si.ppt\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/school_improvement\/academic_reviews\/training\/using_targeted_interventions_to_support_si.ppt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/prevention\/mental-health\/professional-learning\/2017\/aug\/framework-for-safe-and-supportive%20schools.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Framework for Safe and Successful Schools<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/prevention\/mental-health\/professional-learning\/2017\/aug\/framework-for-safe-and-supportive%20schools.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">http:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/prevention\/mental-health\/professional-learning\/2017\/aug\/framework-for-safe-and-supportive%20schools.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Private Sector Evaluation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It may be time to consider a <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/test.indep.evals.htm\">comprehensive evaluation<\/a> <\/span>(or re-evaluation) of your child by an independent evaluator in the private sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is is legal to keep a child on a Child Study Intervention Plan for years after the eligibility process? 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