Policy – Category 5000 (Students)
BP 5005 – Supports and Services
needed services are not available within the DMSELPA, they are contracted through private vendors. This is accomplished through the referral of the case to the DMSELPA Due Process Manager or designee who participates in the IEP team meeting. This team, in cooperation with parents and teachers, determines the necessary services and the appropriate provider. The DMSELPA initiates all contracts for private services and is responsible for evaluating and monitoring those services to students and parents.
3.1
Specific Provisions for Nursing Services
DMSELPA policy specifies the appropriate use of nursing services for medically fragile students who meet appropriate criteria. Additional information is available in Chapter 20.
4.0
Service Animals
The DMSELPA recognizes that animals can be an effective teaching aid, and that animals may perform vital service functions for individuals with disabilities. In addition, that instruction related to the care and treatment of animals teaches students a sense of responsibility and promotes the humane treatment of living creatures. The following information is designed to provide guidance regarding the use of guide dogs, signal dogs, and service dogs by students with disabilities enrolled in schools within the DMSELPA region, as well as the use of such dogs by visitors and personnel on school property and at school-sponsored programs and activities.
4.1
Definitions
a. Individual with a Disability: as defined by section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
b. Guide Dog: defined by California Civil Code section 54.1 as any dog trained by an appropriately licensed person to assist an individual with a disability. c. Signal Dog: defined by California Civil Code section 54.1 as any dog individually trained to alert an individual, who is deaf or hearing impaired, to intruders or sounds. d. Service Dog: defined by California Civil Code section 54.1 as any dog individually trained to the requirements of the individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.
BP 5005 – Supports and Services
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 10/19)
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