SPECIAL EDUCATION: PARENTS RIGHTS

For a copy of the current Procedural Safeguards Notice Parent Rights booklet, all language versions are available on the ODE website at the following link:

Procedural Safeguards Notice Parent Rights for Special Education K-21 (English)

Special Education services are available in the Siuslaw School District for all students who have been identified as eligible for special education services based on a system of RTIi, assessment, evaluation and team agreements. 

Students identified as eligible for special education services must meet both of the following two requirements:

1. Meet the federal and state eligibility requirements as having a disability in at least one of the following 11 handicapping conditions categories:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Communication Disorder

  • Deaf/blindness

  • Emotional Disorder

  • Hearing Impairment

  • Intellectual Disability

  • Orthopedic Impairment

  • Other Health Impairment

  • Specific Learning Disability

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Visual Impairment

2. Need specially designed instruction:

Siuslaw School District offers a continuum of services to eligible special education students. This continuum assures that the student will be educated in the least restrictive environment possible to meet the student’s unique learning needs.

Students will be served in their local school whenever appropriate. If the student’s educational needs can not be met adequately in the local school then other options will be provided such as special programs in other schools, day treatment, home tutoring or placement in residential facilities.

Special education staff will provide instruction utilizing research-based best practices for students receiving special education services. Staff is provided with on-going professional development to assure students receive the best instruction possible.