NEW!!! Children’s Mental Health Disorder Fact Sheet for the Classroom - This document gives information regarding symptoms/behaviors, educational implications and instructional strategies/accommodations broken down by disorder. A very useful document.  

MI MDE Releases Revised Due Process & Complaints Documents: The Michigan Department of Education Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services has released revised and new guidance documents regarding the state and due process complaints and procedures. There are four documents, now available for download on the Administrative Forms and Procedures page of the OSE-EIS website: Model Special Education State Complaint Form (revised), Special Education State Complaint Procedures (revised), Model Special Education Due Process Complaint Form (revised), and Special Education Due Process Complaint Procedures. (12/10)

MI Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education Supplemented With IDEA Federal Regulations (4/09)

MI IEP Development Process: In an effort to build an integrated system to implement requirements and practices that are compliant AND focused on results for students, the OSE-EIS has developed awareness documents and training materials for the IEP Development Process. (5/10)

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• Information for Surrogate Parents from MDE: Revised Policy for the Appointment of Surrogate Parents for Special Education Services - click here. (PDF)

• Michigan Department of Civil Service Job Specification: Special Education Substitute Teacher (PDF) - Employees in this job function in a substitute capacity as professional special education teachers completing a variety of assignments to teach regular or special subjects.