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Welcome!! This website is a starting point for educators, administrators, and parents needing information on special education disciplinary issues. |
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| Special education students: Those students who have been assessed and identified as having a handicapping condition, and who are receiving services through special education. |
| Manifestation Determination: The process by which an ARD (Admission, Review, Dismissal) Committee determines whether or not a student's misbehavior is a direct manifestation of his/ her disability. |
| Discipline: Matters which involve the misbehavior of students, and the consequences of their actions. |
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Link to page explaining educational acronyms (need Acrobat reader): |
Below are listed the pages of the site. Just click on the "chalkboard" to the left of each description to find out more on that particular topic.
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Rather than reinterpreting the law, I've provided links directly to it!! Links to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Texas Education Code of Discipline, and more. |
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My favorite topic, since I work in one! Here you'll find research regarding DAEPs and web sites of the schools themselves. |
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Many people are unfamiliar with this side of alternative education. Information is given for the Office of Juvenile Justice, as well as violence prevention programs, and phone numbers for our local (Williamson County, Texas) program. |
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Behavioral interventions are part of the steps that should be taken before considering removal of a special education student from the home campus. Listed are resources for behavior plans and definitions / symptoms of problematic behavioral disorders. |
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A page for all the sites that didn't seem to fit the other categories!! Tips for ARD committees, support sites for learning disabilities, parenting sites--anything that would help our teachers, administrators, and parents help our students. |
| My name is Chris Margocs, and I am an ARD Facilitator in Texas. I am currently working in my district's Discipline Alternative Education Program, where my primary duties are attending Manifestation Determination ARDs, and holding ARDs when students return to their home campuses. This web page was completed as an assignment for an online course sponsored by Connected University. |
| I would appreciate any comments or suggestions for my site! Please e-mail me at: |
Chalkboard graphic from : http://www.hoxie.org/clipart/clip00.htm
Last update: June 22, 2002