Happy Summer everyone!!! I hope you are enjoying the best, sun-filled days!
Lots of interesting stuff happening in Special Education these days. If you haven't, you need to check out the Endrew case and really start thinking about how this impacts our profession.
Since we are right in the middle of everything, I'd like to take a minute and talk about ESY...what is it really??
ESY is the extension of special education and related services beyond the school year. There are 13 reasons the school looks at to determine the necessity of these services. None of these factors carry more weight than any of the others. Regression is not a required factor, although if a student does show regression, the team should seriously consider ESY.
ESY is utilized mainly to maintain skills learned throughout the school year.
If you have any questions regarding Endrew or ESY, please contact me. Have a great summer!
