How can appropriate special education services be provided to all youth with disabilities in juvenile correctional facilities?
While the model for special education service delivery specified in IDEA inherently is multidisciplinary and collaborative, special education in correctional settings often is not meaningfully linked to academic and vocational programs or to treatment services. To illustrate, we review five situations that present problems in correctional settings, and provide recommendations to meet the letter and the spirit of IDEA for incarcerated youth. Problem Situation One: Juvenile correctional facilities do not screen, evaluate, and identify all eligible youth with disabilities. All schools, including those in correctional facilities, are required to implement a referral process to locate, screen, and assess youth suspected of having a disability within prescribed timelines. This requirement includes identifying youth without a prior history of receiving special education, as well as youth who received services from prior school systems but who do not have a current IEP. Recommendation: Screeni
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