1. §504 I.D.E.A.S. about Special
Education
Peter Hilts
The Classical Academy
Colorado Springs, CO
hiltsp@asd20.org
charterinsights.blogspot.com

2. or
“I’ve made the leap into charter
school administration and I don’t
know what to do about special
education.
Help!”

3. Peter Hilts
at home:
3 IEP’s•3 ELL’s•2 504’s
Asperger’s Syndrome
ADD•OCD•Low Cognition
Neurological Disorder N.O.S.

4. Peter Hilts
at work...
hundreds of IEP’s
dozens of §504 Plans
successful due process decisions

5. Educating Exceptional
Children is hard!

6. The Building Blocks
I.D.E.A. | I.D.E.I.A
§504
The Individuals of the
with Educational
Rehabilitation Act
Disabilities
[Improvement] Act of 1973
A.D.A. NCLB + State
The Americans laws and
with Disabilities
regulations
Act

7. How to Speak SPED
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
RtI Response to Intervention
Positive Behavioral
PBIS Interventions & Supports
ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis
LEA Local Education Authority
Regular General & Special Education

8. Document Flavors
I.E.P. Golden Teflon
504 Plan All Access
I.L.P. Literacy Lessons

9. delegated to a student
VERHOEVEN Office
Parent Buy-In: A Mobility Plan
Ross
ROSS
deliver Algebra
backpack
to biology
Tue/Thu Mon/Wed/Fri
Titan Time elevator
RAILE
LUNCH TEACHER Lunch
elevator
backpack
S.H. TEACHER Study Hall
Summers deliver
SH Teacher
wheelchair to SH
office
elevator deliver walker to
reading
VERHOEVEN
SCHWARZ-SOPER Band PUSH BRAD TO BAND
wheelchair
elevator
Nordgren deliver
NORDGREN Reading
wheelchairto JH office
walker
elevator
UPCHURCH Biology
Carpool

10. Simple Math
Appropriate Evaluation
+ Proper Procedure
+ Need for Services
= Eligible for an IEP

11. How to lose a due process hearing
Fail to document
Ignore IDEA
procedures Parents
Disregard
Ignore Attorneys

12. ...a final perspective

13. if he can do it...