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referral (request for evaluation) uses multiple means to get data on how a child develops, learns & functions.
| PARENT (I) | | SCHOOL | | ODE |
| Suspect a disability | Suspect | | Suspect | | Suspect |
| Request for Evaluation (Referral) | Request | | Request | | Request |
If the school or ODE refers my child, contact me. | | | Refer/Contact | | |
| Start steps within a plan to evaluate. | | | Start | | |
| Send explanation of referral process to parent. | | | Send | | |
| Send copy of Whose IDEA is This? | | | Send | | |
| Read how referral process works. | Read | | | | |
| Read Whose IDEA is This? | Read | | | | |
Send a PWN to me: • Qualify the child for Spec Ed; OR • Dis-qualify the child for Spec Ed | | | Send | | |
| Contact parent support groups -- if needed. | Contact | | | | |
Ask for consent to evaluate, if the plan is to evaluate my child. | | | Ask | | |
| Consent to evaluate my child. | Consent? | | | | |
| Receive my consent to evaluate. | | | Receive | | |
If I will NOT consent to an evaluation of my child, use mediation or due process. | | | Use | | |
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Qualifications for Spec Ed are stated for each disability recognized in federal & state law.