511 IAC 7-32-65 - "Multidisciplinary team" defined
Authority: IC 20-19-2-8; IC 20-19-2-16
Affected: IC 20-19-2; IC 20-35
Sec. 65.
"Multidisciplinary team" means the group of qualified professionals who conduct a student's educational evaluation with input from the student's parent. The qualified professionals include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) At least one (1)
teacher licensed in, or other specialist with knowledge in, the area of
suspected disability.
(2) A school
psychologist, except for a student with a suspected:
(A) developmental delay, in which case the
multidisciplinary team shall be at least two (2) qualified professionals from
different disciplines based upon the needs of the student;
(B) language impairment, a speech-language
pathologist and at least one (1) qualified professional from a different
discipline based upon the needs of the student; or
(C) speech impairment only, a speech-language
pathologist may serve as the sole qualified professional on the
multidisciplinary team.
(3) For a student with a suspected specific
learning disability, the following:
(A) The
student's general education teacher or, if the student does not have a general
education teacher, a general education teacher qualified to teach students of
the same age.
(B) For early
childhood students, an individual who holds an appropriate license to teach
early childhood special education.
(4) For a student who is blind or has low
vision, is deaf or hard of hearing, or has suspected multiple disabilities, the
public agency may request that representatives of the state-operated schools
serve as part of the multidisciplinary team only if the parent has provided
written consent, in addition to the written consent to conduct the initial
educational evaluation, for the representative's participation in the
educational evaluation.
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