- Dublin City Schools
- Special Education
- News and Events
Academics
Page Navigation
- Academics and Student Learning
- College Planning Events
- Curriculum
- Data and Assessment
- DCS Virtual
- English Learners
- Gifted Services
- Global Travel Program
- Home Education
- Instructional Technology
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
-
Special Education
- 504 Plans
- A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education
- Assistive Technology
- Behavior Team
- Child Find
- Home Instruction
- Learning Opportunities
- News and Events
- Parent Mentor
- PATHS (Postsecondary Access to Transition After High School)
- Recreation
- Regional Resources
- Service Delivery Options
- Special Education Glossary And Acronyms
- Special Education Links
- The Bridge
- Transition Services
News and Events
-
ADOPTION OF WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING DETERMINATION OF A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY
The Operating Standards specifically permit each school district and community school to choose which process it will use to determine whether a child has a specific learning disability, and does not require the use of a severe discrepancy model. See OAC Rule 3301-51-06-(H)(1). The Operating Standards do, however, require districts/schools to develop written procedures for the implementation of any method used to determine the existence of a specific learning disability, which, at minimum, incorporate guidelines developed by the Ohio Department of Education. OAC Rule 3301-51-06(H)(3)(f).
Dublin City Schools has chosen to meet this obligation by using valid, reliable techniques to assess discrepancies between the child’s achievement and ability, or using a process based on the child’s response to scientific, research-based intervention, or a combination of these two methods and implementing that method in accordance with guidance set forth in Procedures and Guidance for Ohio Educational Agencies Serving Children With Disabilities at §6.7, Specific Learning Disabilities. This process was adopted by the Dublin City School's Board of Education.