Policy – Category 5000 (Students)
BP 5002 – Evaluation and Assessment
assessments, and clinical observations of the child in different settings. Preferred practices include:
• Parents and family members, as team members, provide information.
• Assessment as a coordinated intervention plan encourages parents/families to learn about procedures, observe the work of professionals, and learn to interpret data. • The California Code of Regulations requires that evaluations and assessments be conducted in natural environments, whenever possible. This ecological model of assessment allows the child to interact with his/her environment in light of regular daily activities and routines.
• The team of evaluators/assessors designs procedures to obtain information that is appropriate and based upon activities that are reliable and valid.
• The results and recommendations are provided to families in a written report that uses lay terms. Other conditions for the assessment process, such as obtaining a signed consent are also appropriate for students aged birth to five years.
BP 5002 – Evaluation and Assessment
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 02/14)
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