Appendix A: Notice to Parents Regarding IEEs
must be conducted by individuals certified as competent as determined by the LEA (Education Code § 56322) .
Clinical psychologists selected to perform independent evaluations must base the assessment on the required eligibility criteria (Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 300.8; Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 3030) that school psychologists utilize to determine eligibility for special education services and related services. While it is understood that psychological evaluations performed by clinical psychologists, who typically work outside of the school setting or in private practice, can include many of the same formal assessments as psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations in order to examine an individual’s psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning, these findings are typically intended to guide diagnosis and treatment from a medical perspective, not from an educational perspective. Therefore, independent examiners conducting psychological assessments under an IEE should align assessment with the eligibility requirements in federal and state law that school psychologists rely on to determine eligibility for special education and related services. The examiner’s assessment should assist in determining specific areas of need, services, or supplemental aides that will support children with disabilities in educational settings. The assessment must be sufficiently comprehensive to identify all of the ch ild’s special education and related service needs, whether or not commonly linked to the disability category being considered for the child and should help seek to understand the child’s learning style, and then guide the development of classroom accommodations and supports from an educational perspective. The IEE must be administered by the examiner in the same type of location and/or setting as that used by the LEA in providing similar evaluations (Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 300.502(e)) . If the LEA evaluation included classroom observations, the independent examiner will be given access to the classroom (Education Code § 56327) .
Type of Assessment
Proposed Estimate
Qualifications
Adaptive Behavior
$500 - $1,000 Credentialed Special Education Teacher Credentialed School Psychologist Licensed Clinical Psychologist Licensed Educational Psychologist
Adapted Physical Education
$1,000
Credential issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing that authorizes service in adapted physical education Credentialed Special Education Teacher Credentialed Speech and Language Pathologist Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist Credentialed Assistive Technology Specialist
Assistive Technology
$1,500 - $2000
BP 2009 – Guidelines for Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/21)
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