Effective management of special education programs Book

	Preface
1	Managing Special Education Programs	1
	Role of the Administrator of Special Education	2
	Administrative Structure of Special Education Service Delivery	6
	Eligibility and Termination of Eligibility	7
	Summary	18
2	Assessment of the Instructional Program	19
	Program Evaluation	20
	An Assessment Model	28
	Judging Evaluation Proposals and Reports	30
	Legal Standards of Program Adequacy	32
	Summary	35
3	Managing the Human Element	36
	Leadership in Special Education	37
	Personnel Issues	41
	Staff Development	46
	Summary	48
4	Team Decision-making	50
	The Multidisciplinary Team Meeting	51
	Team Composition	52
	Role of the Parents	53
	Team Decisions	53
	Improving the Decision-making Process	61
	Summary	65
5	Planning and Budgeting for Special Education	66
	Costs the School District is Responsible For	68
	Schools as Social Systems	71
	Types of Decision Making in Budget Planning	73
	Planning Process in Budgeting	76
	Obtaining, Managing, and Auditing Federal Funds	81
	Summary	84
6	Legal Aspects of Management in Special Education	85
	Special Education Legislation	86
	Administrative Due Process and Judicial Review	89
	Selecting an Attorney	96
	Areas of Future Concern	97
	Summary	98
	An Annotated Bibliography of Legal Resources	99
	Epilogue: Reorganizing Special Education for the Twenty-first Century	103
	School Reform: The Second Wave	104
	School Reform in the 1980s	105
	Implications for School Organization in the Twenty-first Century	108
	Education for All Children	111
	Appendix	113
	Form A: Letter Requesting Permission to Evaluate	113
	Form B: Request for Permission to Evaluate	114
	Form C: Notice of Rights of Parents and Children	114
	Form D: Notice of Evaluation Team Meeting	115
	Form E: Letter Accompanying Individualized Education Program	116
	Form F: Request for Permission to Re-evaluate	117
	Form G: Teacher Assessment	118
	Form H: Classroom Performance Inventory	120
	Form l: Pre-referral Modifications	123
	Form J: Special Education Evaluation Summary	125
	Form K: Cumulative Chart of Pupil Progress	126
	Form L: Progress Report	127
	Form M: Sample Entrance-Exit Policy	128
	References	131
	Index	137
	About the Authors	145