APPEL-SpEd Resources

Here are some helpful resources as you navigate through the program:

 

 

  • Postsecondary Transition Clinical Experience/Competency Information
    • Professional licensure in special education is a K-12 license area that requires both elementary and secondary competencies in special education. Some participants who work in elementary schools may require additional planning in order to meet postsecondary transition competencies. 
    • If you are unable to obtain necessary clinical experience competency in postsecondary transition in your current assignment, you may be able to obtain necessary clinical experiences by partnering with another school within or outside of your LEA. Please work with your administrator and local HR to work out a solution for you to obtain the necessary clinical experiences. Once you have identified a supporting school or LEA where you can meet your clinical experience requirement, please keep in mind that you will need to ensure that you complete the following steps before accessing any individual student information:
        • Work with the supporting LEA to obtain advanced written, signed consent from the parent of the student with a disability (or an adult student with a disability) to access student files, attend any IEP or post-secondary transition planning meetings, and any other activities or review for which consent should be sought;

        • Once written, signed consent is obtained, work with the supporting LEA to ensure that you are included among the notice of meeting participants, that the purpose of the meeting is duly noted, and that all other IEP meeting and notice requirements are met; and

        • Sign your name to the Record of Access that should be available in every IEP file. If a Record of Access is not available, participants should ask for one to be included in the file and appropriately execute it.