{"id":252,"date":"2023-02-21T14:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/special-education\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:34:48","slug":"special-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/special-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special Education Evaluation Information<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Young children develop at varying rates and many of the concerns parents have regarding their children are often typical for their stage of development.\u00a0 If you have concerns regarding your child’s development in the following areas, please call the special education department at<\/b> (413) 323-0425<\/span> <\/b>to share information about your concerns:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Communication (Speaking or Understanding Language)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Cognition (Basic Knowledge, Processing Information)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Fine Motor Skills (Hand Skills)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Gross Motor Skills (Movement, Strength, Balance)\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Children with disabilities are identified through the special education evaluation and eligibility process.\u00a0 Students who require special education have significant impairments in the areas of receptive and\/or expressive language; cognitive abilities; physical abilities; social, emotional, or adaptive functioning; and\/or self help skills. For specific information regarding this process, please visit the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website and click on Special Education.\u00a0 Below is a summary of the process and timeline:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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      Consent to evaluate is sent to parents\/guardians<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Evaluators set appointments to evaluate within 30 school days of receiving the signed consent\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Initial eligibility meeting is held within 45 school days to review results and determine eligibility for services. If your child is found eligible for services, an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) will be created by the team, which includes parents\/guardians<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Parent\/guardian must complete and return school registration forms<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      The proposed IEP is sent to parents\/guardians for review and signatures<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Your child can begin once registration is complete and a signed IEP is received<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \n* Please note that weekends, holidays, school vacation days and school cancellation days are not included in the timeline.\u00a0 This is a lengthy process.\u00a0 Please be patient with us, as we typically have many children going through this process simultaneously and are unable to expedite the process for individual families.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

      Children who do qualify for services may enter the program on or after their third birthday.\u00a0 Transportation can also be provided to and from school at no cost in order to ensure each child receives the services he or she needs.\u00a0 Pick up and drop off locations can vary; however, our vans can only travel within the Belchertown district.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Special Education Evaluation Information Young children develop at varying rates and many of the concerns parents have regarding their children are often typical for their stage of development.\u00a0 If you have concerns regarding your child’s development in the following areas, please call the special education department at (413) 323-0425 to share information about your concerns: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-252","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 20:27:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belchertownps.org\/cold-spring-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}