New Resource Documents on Special Education

In addition to policy documents, the ministry has published a number of resource documents to assist school boards in implementing policies and delivering high-quality special education programs and services.

• The Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Information Program, developed by the ministry, assists SEAC members in undertaking the roles and responsibilities ascribed to them by legislation.
  
  
• Highlights of Regulation 181/98: Identification and Placement of Exceptional Pupils provides a summary of the key provisions of this regulation. Readers should refer to Regulation 181/98 itself rather than to this summary for the exact wording of the relevant sections.

• Individual Education Plan (IEP) Resource Guide (Adobe Acrobat file, 119 KB) provides advice to school boards on the process, format, and content for developing Individual Education Plans for exceptional pupils.

• Transition Planning: A Resource Guide, 2002 assists school boards in implementing the requirement of Regulation 181/98 that exceptional pupils (except those identified solely as gifted) must have a transition plan as part of their Individual Education Plan beginning at age fourteen.