IDEA '97 Highlights, Goals, Objectives, Documentation of Results and Deadlines
Discipline Requirement
Idea '97 Highlights
Goal A: Ensure that all school personnel and parents are familiar with and comply with discipline requirements.
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Develop training materials for school personnel and parents | -Disseminate information, train, support and monitor | -Train school personnel and parents -Implement discipline requirements |
| -Develop a discipline handbook which includes a policy statement for parents and educators [See Goal D for other components of the discipline handbook.] | -Disseminate information, train, support and monitor | -Rewrite student handbooks; include
students -Provide discipline handbook to parents and educators |
Documentation of Results
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Training materials -Discipline handbook
Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs -Monitoring logs Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs -Revised student handbooks Beginning August, 1998 |
Goal B: Develop a model for school-wide behavior management.
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Develop/establish research-based
model(s) for school-wide behavior management [See Goal D] -Use the principal's academy to train building administrators |
-Disseminate information, train, support and monitor | -Train school personnel -Implement school-wide behavior management model |
Documentation of Results
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Research-based behavior management
model(s) -Training agenda -Attendance logs Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs -Monitoring logs Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs Beginning August, 1998 |
Goal C: Facilitate collaboration between schools and parents in implementing the discipline requirements.
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Develop a model form to be used to
disseminate information -Develop list of suggested means to communicate with parents, e.g., In writing, meetings, person, via home visits, via audio or video tapes |
-Disseminate information, train, support and monitor | -Implement a consistent and timely
system, based on the BEE model, for communication with
parents -Communicate directly with parents on a regular basis and immediately following an incident |
Documentation of Results
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Model form -List of communication modes Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs -Monitoring logs Beginning August, 1998 |
-Parent contact logs -Copies of forms sent to parents Beginning August, 1998 |
Goal D: Identify and expand research-based behavior intervention models used with students.
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Include behavior interventions and references to other resources in discipline handbook | -Disseminate information, train, support and monitor | -Implement behavior intervention
model -Train all school personnel |
Documentation of Results
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Discipline handbook
Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs -Monitoring logs Beginning August, 1998 |
-IEPs -Progress of implementation and results report Beginning August, 1998 |
Goal E: Improve the implementation of discipline requirements, the communication regarding, and the reporting of discipline related incidents.
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Coordinate with OIEP School Reform Team Leaders to revise reporting forms | -Disseminate information, train, support and monitor | -Implement revised implementation
forms -Train all school personnel, including Home School Coordinators, Residential staff, Counselors |
Documentation of Results
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Revised reporting form Beginning August, 1998 |
-Training agenda -Attendance logs -Monitoring logs Beginning August, 1998 |
-IEPs -Progress of implementation and results report Beginning August, 1998 |
Goal F: Facilitate collaboration between schools and outside agencies, including social agencies, juvenile probation, child protection groups, law enforcement, public schools, tribes, Indian Health Service, etc.
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Establish a collaborative model for agreements (e.g., MOA's, CAU's, intergovernmental agreements, etc.) to ensure FAPE and LRE which includes roles and responsibilities of outside agencies | -Contact outside agencies and implement collaborative model | -Contact outside agencies and implement collaborative model |
Documentation of Results
| Branch of Exceptional Education | Education Life Officers/ Special Education Coordinators | Schools |
| -Collaboration model Beginning August, 1998 |
-Correspondence with outside
agencies Beginning August, 1998 |
-Correspondence with outside
agencies Beginning August, 1998 |