Special Education Evaluations & More

LSSPs conduct evaluations (and often reevaluations) to determine if your students are eligible for, or can continue in, special education services, academic and behavior intervention plans, and counseling as a related service. We also help assess disabilities that are listed under IDEA’s 13 categories, with the exception of visual impairment, hearing impairment, and speech or language impairment. 

A Full and Individual Evaluation (FIE) is used to determine eligibility for special education services, summarize present levels of academic and functional performance (PLAAFP), and to guide development of the Individualized Education Program (IEP). 

IDEA states that related services are to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum. Counseling services mean services provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, guidance counselors, or other qualified personnel. IDEA states that “related services designed to meet students’ unique needs and prepare them for employment and independent living.” Furthermore, in order to qualify the student must have an “adverse impact on educational performance.”