Collaboration and Partnerships among Parents and Professionals in Special Education INTRODUCTION Parents are the best supporters of their children because parents are more aware of their children and their qualities better than other people. Hence, parents are vital, particularly, when talking about the special education needs of the child. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAMILIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION Parents need to permit the school to perform an assessment to their child to determine their needs based on the IDEA’s special education services. Parents have the right to be part of the team that complies with the requirements of the Evaluation Team Report following the assessment of the child. Parents have the right to demand an independent assessment if they are not in favor of the evaluation system of the school. Parents also have a right to get involved on the Individualized Education Program of the child and aid in deciding the kind of services that the school should offer to the child. In addition, the child possesses the right to obtain services in accordance to IDEA; however, the parents have the obligation to take part in the process and make requests. According to IDEA, the parents will be in-charge of the rights of the child for due process until the child reaches 18. INFORMATION AND A TIME LINE OF THE ETR PROCESS An ETR can be started by either the guardians or the school. The school has 30 days to react to the demand by either getting assent or sending a letter saying they don't speculate a handicap. On the off chance that the school at first speculates an incapacity, they will first contact guardians in composing, to get consent to direct an assessment. The ETR is commonly a progression of no less than 2 gatherings that is regularly driven by the school locale's therapist. The initially meeting is the underlying arranging meeting and the second is the genuine Evaluation Team Report. Amid the arranging meeting, the school will figure out what data is as of now accessible or requirements an assessment in the ranges identified with the child's presumed handicaps. In the event that there is now data accessible from earlier testing or private testing, the school may utilize it if the testing was finished in the most recent year or they can do their own evaluations. These appraisals will be finished by people within their territory of forte. An analyst may do mental/fitness, versatile conduct appraisal while an Occupational Therapist is the person who will lead engine evaluations. General Education Teachers would finish assessments identified with how the understudy is gaining ground toward the general training educational programs. Everybody ought to leave the ETR arranging meeting with a firm thought of what testing will be done, by whom and whether they will watch the kid, doing appraisal amid schoo ...

1. Collaboration and Partnerships among
Parents and Professionals in Special
Education
INTRODUCTION
Parents are the best supporters of their children
because parents are more aware of their children
and their qualities better than other people.
Hence, parents are vital, particularly, when
talking about the special education needs of the
child.
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
FAMILIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
Parents need to permit the school to perform an
assessment to their child to determine their
needs based on the IDEA’s special education
services. Parents have the right to be part of the

2. team that complies with the requirements of the
Evaluation Team Report following the
assessment of the child. Parents have the right to
demand an independent assessment if they are
not in favor of the evaluation system of the
school. Parents also have a right to get involved
on the Individualized Education Program of the
child and aid in deciding the kind of services
that the school should offer to the child.
In addition, the child possesses the right to
obtain services in accordance to IDEA; however,
the parents have the obligation to take part in the
process and make requests. According to IDEA,
the parents will be in-charge of the rights of the
child for due process until the child reaches 18.
INFORMATION AND A TIME LINE OF
THE ETR PROCESS
An ETR can be started by either the guardians or

3. the school. The school has 30 days to react to the
demand by either getting assent or sending a
letter saying they don't speculate a handicap. On
the off chance that the school at first speculates
an incapacity, they will first contact guardians in
composing, to get consent to direct an
assessment.
The ETR is commonly a progression of no less
than 2 gatherings that is regularly driven by the
school locale's therapist. The initially meeting is
the underlying arranging meeting and the second
is the genuine Evaluation Team Report.
Amid the arranging meeting, the school will
figure out what data is as of now accessible or
requirements an assessment in the ranges
identified with the child's presumed handicaps.
In the event that there is now data accessible
from earlier testing or private testing, the school

4. may utilize it if the testing was finished in the
most recent year or they can do their own
evaluations. These appraisals will be finished by
people within their territory of forte. An analyst
may do mental/fitness, versatile conduct
appraisal while an Occupational Therapist is the
person who will lead engine evaluations.
General Education Teachers would finish
assessments identified with how the understudy
is gaining ground toward the general training
educational programs.
Everybody ought to leave the ETR arranging
meeting with a firm thought of what testing will
be done, by whom and whether they will watch
the kid, doing appraisal amid school hours or
requesting that the kid be accessible outside the
normal school day or at another area than their
self-teach.

5. Once everybody finishes their evaluations or
perceptions, the group will re-assemble for the
ETR meeting. Amid the meeting, the expert will
disclose to the guardians and whatever remains
of the group what tests were done, how the
student performed on the test and if there is an
instructive need.
Toward the end of the meeting, the group will
figure out whether the understudy student meets
the qualification criteria for a specialized
curriculum or related administrations or not. On
the off chance that a understudy student is
qualified, the following stride is for the
colleagues, in the range the child meets all
requirements for administrations, to compose an
Individual Education Plan (IEP) for the
understudy.

6. The ETR is critical in light of the fact that it
indicates which benefits an understudy needs to
gain ground towards the general training
educational modules. In the case of, amid an
ETR, the group establishes that the understudy
doesn't have shortages in fine/net engine
aptitudes then the understudy wouldn't be
qualified to get Occupational Therapy Services
in the IEP.
TIMELINE FOR IEP PROCESS
The IEP shall be created within 30 timetable
days taking after the arrival of the assessment
report. The school must furnish parent with
duplicate of IEP within 21 school days of IEP
Team meeting that built up the IEP. IEP must be
present at begin of every school year and must
be investigated at any rate every year.
Each IEP meeting must have in participation the

7. specialized curriculum instructor, locale
delegate, somebody to translate test information,
and a general training educator. The custom
curriculum educator recognizes what types of
uncommonly outlined direction can be
effortlessly done in that school; the general
instruction instructor is a specialist in the general
training educational modules of the review in
which the understudy is present put; the locale
delegate guarantees that the IEP is lawfully
agreeable and every one of the stipulations of
the IEP can be set up; the translator of test
information helps the group to comprehend the
testing data. At long last, the parent is not
commanded to go to, has the exceptional part of
comprehension the kid from birth and outside of
a school setting.
Once the IEP is composed, the time has come to

8. complete it—at the end of the day, to give the
child the specialized curriculum and related
administrations as recorded in the IEP. This
incorporates every single supplementary guide
and administrations and program alterations that
the IEP group recognized as important.
Parents can get involved with the teacher’s
classroom by participate in their child activities,
collaborate with the teacher and the school, and
join the class and school events.
FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS,
PLEASE CONTACT:
Mr. ___________
Special Education Teacher
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Contact No.: +1234567890
mailto:[email protected]
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BROCHURE

9. Narrative
The brochure on Collaboration and Partnerships among Parents
and Professionals in
Special Education will be used to inform parents of their rights
to provide the best special
education to their child with special needs. The brochure
contains the following items:
Information for families on the their roles in their students
special education, information on and
a time line of the ETR process, information on and a timeline of
the IEP process, a description
and timeline of IEP progress reports, and a lot more.
The brochure will be given to parents as soon as they step in the
premises and inquire
about the special education offering of the school. We clearly
understand that some parents have
hesitations and dilemmas whether getting their special child to
school would be the best option.
Hence, we aim at encouraging parents and making them
understand that the curriculum of the
school will be tailored to suit the needs of their child. Upon
showing interest, the parents will be
given an orientation on the content of the brochure. In case of

10. disagreement, parents are free to
express their thoughts and offer suggestions.
All inquiries, comments, and suggestions are highly welcomed.
It will be emphasized that
parents, as they decide to enroll their child in special education
class, will be part of the planning
process all throughout.
Customer Case Study
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Park Nicollet uses Cisco solutions to
streamline collaboration, improving patient
experiences.
Challenge
Park Nicollet Health Services is a nonprofit, integrated
healthcare system located near
Minneapolis, Minnesota, with more than 1000 physicians on
staff. One of 32 organizations
named a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) by the
Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, Park Nicollet maintains a high rate of
patient satisfaction, earning
Sun Newspapers’ Reader’s Choice Award in several categories,
including Best Clinic,

11. Best Urgent Care, and Best Hospital. Its network of care
includes Park Nicollet Methodist
Hospital, Park Nicollet Clinic, and St. Francis Regional Medical
Center, among others.
In 2013, Park Nicollet merged with HealthPartners to become
the second largest healthcare
institution in revenue in Minnesota. The new organization
serves more than 1.4 million
medical and dental members and more than a million patients.
Shortly after the merger, Park Nicollet opened a new clinic in
Champlin, Minnesota, the first
in an expansion strategy for the combined organization.
Recognizing that the new clinic had
to be equipped with the latest technology tools, Park Nicollet
decided to use Champlin as a
model for a new enterprisewide direction in communication and
collaboration.
“We had a vision to enhance communication and collaboration
across the organization
with voice and video to improve patient experiences,” says Julie
Flaschenriem, chief
information officer at Park Nicollet Health Services. “We saw
an opportunity to provide
a great patient experience while lowering the total cost of care,
and the new Champlin
clinic was the perfect pilot environment.”
Healthcare System Enhances Patient Care
with Collaboration
• Customer Name: Park Nicollet
Health Services

12. • Industry: Healthcare
• Location: St. Louis Park, Minnesota
• Number of Employees: 8200
Challenge
• Enhance collaboration among staff
to improve patient experiences
• Provide reliable IP communications
to all employees 24 hours a day
• Lower total cost of care by reducing
communication costs and improving
efficiency
Solution
• Deployed enterprise-class IP
telephony to entire organization
• Equipped employees with integrated
voice and video tools for high-
quality, collaboration experience
across devices

13. Results
• Introduced new opportunities for
innovative patient care
• Helped enable greater staff
productivity and more immediate
patient care
• Added new functionality and
reclaimed 30 data center racks
Executive Summary
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“Cisco collaboration tools
are helping us enhance
and redirect time back
into patient care. When
we hear from our users
that technology has made

14. their lives easier, we know
we’ve succeeded.”
— Julie Flaschenriem
Chief Information Officer
Park Nicollet Health Services