The materials listed on this page relate to the latest reauthorization of IDEA--IDEA 2004---in other words, the statute as it was passed by Congress and signed by the President in 2004, AND the implementing regulations, published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006.
NICHCY is pleased to provide this list of selected published materials that have been reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for consistency with the IDEA Amendments of 2004. Each listing either has a link to the publication online, or information on how to obtain the publication.
Statewide and Districtwide Assessments
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on IDEA 2004 that have been prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding statewide and districtwide assessments. A Word version of Statewide and Districtwide Assessments also is available.
Behavior / Discipline / Safe Schools
Discipline (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding its discipline provisions. A Word version of Discipline also is available.
Discipline (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where OSEP's 2005 brief on discipline (above) left off---same topic, but examined this time via IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. A Word version of Discipline (Regs!) is also available.
Questions and Answers On Discipline Procedures
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on discipline procedures under IDEA 2004, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Disproportionality and Overrepresentation
NICHCY, 2007
This is a module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004. It thoroughly explains IDEA's provisions regarding disproportionality and overrepresentation, provides current statistics on the problem, includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training on the subject, and provides handouts for trainers to use with participants.
Disproportionality and Overidentification
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to IDEA provisions regarding disproportionality and overidentification that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Disproportionality and Overidentification also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Due Process Hearings (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding the procedural safeguard of "due process hearings." A Word version of Procedural Safeguards: Due Process Hearings also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearings (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the OSEP's 2005 brief on due process hearings (above) left off. The same topic is a bit expanded (to include Resolution Meetings) and examined this time via IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearing (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Questions and Answers On Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures For Parents and Children With Disabilities
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on Procedural Safeguards, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Early Intervening Services (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding early intervening services that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Early Intervening Services also is available.
Early Intervening Services (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where OSEP's 2005 brief above left off. The topic is the same, but this time the frame of reference is early intervening services in IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. Early Intervening Services (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Questions and Answers On Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on RTI and EIS, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention
NICHCY, 2007
This module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004 thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding early intervening services, response to intervention, and the connections between the two. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding initial evaluations and reevaluations that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations also is available.
Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the one above on left off---same topic, but examined this time using IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. Changes in Initial Evaluations and Reevaluations (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Introduction to Evaluation
NICHCY, 2007
This is a module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004. It provides foundational information about evaluation under IDEA with emphasis upon its requirements for conducting a technically sound evaluation. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation
NICHCY, 2007
This module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004 builds upon the foundation laid in Introduction to Evaluation (above). It thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding initial evaluation of children suspected of having a disability, as well as provisions for reevaluation. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities
NICHCY, 2007
This module is the third and final chapter in the Evaluation theme of the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004. It builds on the information provided in Introduction to Evaluation and Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation (above) and thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding evaluation and identification of children suspected of having a specific learning disability (SLD). The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Questions and Answers On Individualized Education Programs (IEP's), Evaluations and Reevaluations
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on IEPs and on evaluations and reevaluations under IDEA, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Local Funding
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to IDEA provisions related to local funding that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Local Funding also is available.
State Funding
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to IDEA provisions related to state funding that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of State Funding also is available.
Highly Qualified Teachers (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding highly qualified teachers that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Highly Qualified Teachers also is available.
Highly Qualified Teachers (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
How is the subject of "highly qualified teachers" (HQT) treated within IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006? Find out in OSEP's 2006 topical brief, which updates its 2005 examination of how the statute treated HQT. Highly Qualified Teachers (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Questions and Answers On Highly Qualified Teachers Serving Children with Disabilities
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on HQT, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding the content of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Individualized Education Program also is available.
Individualized Education Program (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
IEPs are an extremely important topic in special education. OSEP updates its 2005 treatment of the subject in this 2006 Topical Brief that looks verbatim at IDEA 2004's final regulations on IEPs. Individualized Education Program (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meetings and changes to the IEP that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP also is available.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
More on the story of IEPs---this time, team meetings and what IDEA 2004's final regulations have changed in the IEP. Individualized Education Program Team Meetings and Changes to the IEP (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Model IEP Form
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice. The link above will connect you with the model form on the IEP document, in Word and PDF formats.
Questions and Answers On Individualized Education Programs (IEP's), Evaluations and Reevaluations
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on IEPs and on evaluations and reevaluations under IDEA, prepared in response to questions from the field.
The IEP Team: Who is a Member?
NICHCY, 2007
Module 12 in the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004 thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding who's a member of the IEP team. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Meetings of the IEP Team
NICHCY, 2007
Module 14 in the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004 takes an indepth look at what IDEA requires in terms of IEP Team meetings, including some exciting new provisions. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training, handouts for participants, and extensive additional resources for trainers.
Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This OSEP Topic Brief looks specifically at how IDEA 2004's final regulations amend, change, or maintain IDEA provisions about identifying specific learning disabilities. A Word version of Identification of Specific Learning Disabilitiess is also available.
Identification of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities
NICHCY, 2007
This module is the third and final chapter in the Evaluation theme of the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004. It builds on the information provided in Introduction to Evaluation (Module 9) and Initial Evaluation and Reevaluation (Module 10) and thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding evaluation and identification of children suspected of having a specific learning disability (SLD). The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding mediation and resolution sessions that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Mediation (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the one just above on left off---same topic, but examined this time using IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. Procedural Safeguards: Mediation (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Model Forms
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice. Each may be found at the link above, in Word and PDF formats.
Questions and Answers On Monitoring, Technical Assistance and Enforcement
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on IDEA's requirements related to monitoring, technical assistance, and enforcement, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses provisions of IDEA regarding the alignment between IDEA and No Child Left Behind (referred to in this document as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965), which took on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act also is available.
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses new provisions within the IDEA statute regarding NIMAS. A Word version of National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard also is available.
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
NIMAS in IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Final Regulations for NIMAS
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
The Final Regulations for the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) were published July 19, 2006 in Part III of the Federal Register.
Questions and Answers On the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on NIMAS, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Part C Amendments in IDEA 2004 (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses major changes in Part C provisions of the IDEA statute that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Part C Amendments in IDEA 2004 also is available.
Part C Option: Age 3 to Kindergarten Age (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses provisions in the IDEA statute regarding the Part C option to make Part C services available to children after age 3 that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Part C Option: Age 3 to Kindergarten Age also is available.
Model Form: Prior Written Notice
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice. The link above will connect you with the model form on the prior written notice, in Word and PDF formats.
Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses provisions of the IDEA statute regarding children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private schools that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools also is available.
Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
The 2005 version of this OSEP Brief told you what the statute changed or maintained with respect to children enrolled by their parents in private schools. In the 2006 brief linked here, it's IDEA's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006, that drive the examination of the same topic.Children Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools (Regs!) is also available in Word.
Questions and Answers On Serving Children With Disabilities Placed by Their Parents at Private Schools
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on serving "parentally placed" children in private schools, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice and Consent (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the procedural safeguards regarding notice to parents, provisions related to surrogate parents, and parental consent within the IDEA statute that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice and Consent also is available.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice, and Parental Consent (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This document takes up where the one just above on left off---same topic, but examined this time using IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. A Word version of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Surrogates, Notice, and Parental Consent is also available.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding mediation and resolution sessions that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Mediation and Resolution Sessions also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Mediation (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
Mediation again, this time alone and seen through the lens of its provisions within IDEA 2004's final regulations, published on August 14, 2006. A Word version of Procedural Safeguards: Mediation (Regs!) is also available.
Procedural Safeguards Regarding Due Process Hearings (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding due process hearings that took effect on July 1, 2005.A Word version of Procedural Safeguards Regarding Due Process Hearings also is available.
Procedural Safeguards: Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearings (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
And what do IDEA 2004's final regulations have to say about resolution meetings and due process hearings? Find out in this OSEP Brief developed especially to discuss changes in the regulations. Resolution Meetings and Due Process Hearing (Regs!) is also available in Word.
State Complaint Procedures (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This OSEP Topic Brief looks specifically at how IDEA 2004's final regulations amend, change, or maintain IDEA provisions regarding state complaint procedures as a means for dispute resolution. A Word version of State Complaint Procedures is also available.
Model Form: Procedural Safeguard Notice (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
OSEP was required by law to publish model forms at the same time that final regulations for the IDEA 2004 were published. The model forms address the individualized education program (IEP), the procedural safeguards notice, and the prior written notice. The link above will connect you with the model form on the procedural safeguards notice, in Word and PDF formats.
Questions and Answers On Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures For Parents and Children With Disabilities 
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on Procedural Safeguards, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Questions and Answers On Response to Intervention (RTI) and Early Intervening Services (EIS)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2007
Read OSEP's Q&A on RTI and EIS, prepared in response to questions from the field.
Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention
NICHCY, 2007
This module within the Building the Legacy training curriculum on IDEA 2004 thoroughly examines IDEA's provisions regarding early intervening services, response to intervention, and the connections between the two. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show for use in training and handouts for participants.
State Complaint Procedures (Regulations!)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2006
This OSEP Topic Brief looks specifically at how IDEA 2004's final regulations amend, change, or maintain IDEA provisions regarding state complaint procedures as a means for dispute resolution. A Word version of State Complaint Procedures is also available.
Secondary Transition (Statute)
Office of Special Education Programs, 2005
This is one in a series of documents on the IDEA 2004 statute prepared by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. This document addresses only the changes to the IDEA statute regarding transition services of IDEA that took effect on July 1, 2005. A Word version of Secondary Transition also is available.
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