Policy – Category 5000 (Students) BP 5002 – Assessment and Evaluation
Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 3030(b)(4). The disability terms used in defining an individual with exceptional needs are as follows…(4) Emotional disturbance means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance: (A) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors. (B) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers. (C) Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances. (D) A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression. (E) A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. (F) Emotional disturbance includes schizophrenia. The term does not apply to children who are socially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have an emotional disturbance under subdivision (b)(4) of this section. 11.5 Transfer Students Assessments of children who transfer from one public agency to another public agency in the same school year are coordinated with those child’s prior and subsequent schools, as necessary and as expeditiously as possible, to ensure prompt completion of full assessments. 11.6 Individuals Conducting the Assessments Assessments must be administered by qualified personnel who are competent in both the oral and sign-language skills and written skills of the child’s primary language or mode of communication and have a knowledge and understanding of the cultural and ethnic background of the child. If it is clearly not feasible to do so, an interpreter must be used, and the assessment report must document this condition and note that the validity of the assessment may have been affected.
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/16)
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