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Special Education

Special Education Data Dashboard

The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is a one-stop-shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely view their unique education data and provide public statewide data with redaction. The Special Education Data Dashboard will continue to be expanded, and more information, such as training videos, will be coming soon. 

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College & Career Competencies Project

Now recruiting for the 2025–2026 school year!

The College and Career Competency Framework supports educators in systematically embedding intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies into course content to help students become career-equipped, life-long learners.

Educators have seen the following impacts from competency instruction:

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Assistive Technology (AT)

 

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Restraint and Seclusion

Discipline of Students with Disabilities

Dear Colleague Letter, US DOE/Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), 2022.

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Key Definitions

In any conversation it is important that the parties share a common vocabulary. Sometimes the common terms used in special education are misunderstood. Below are some commonly used special education terms with their accompanying definitions to help ensure effective communication.

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IEP Practical Suggestions

The suggestions below are practical advice, not requirements. ESS and Dispute Resolution staff have collaborated to share their ideas about how to develop, nurture and maintain good relationships with parents, how to make the IEP process smoother and more understandable, and how to help build a culture of ongoing compliance along the way.

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Surrogate Parents

Parents play an integral role in the special education process. When, for any number of reasons, a parent is not available to participate in this process, the IDEA has procedures in place to ensure a child’s rights are represented. These procedures involve the appointment of a “surrogate parent.”

34 C.F.R. § 300.30 Parent

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Professional learning is offered to ensure that all schools in Arizona receive competent technical assistance to meet the needs of children who have sustained traumatic brain injuries. 

 

Definition

Traumatic brain injury means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.

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Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)

The state has established and maintains an advisory panel for the purpose of providing policy guidance with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities in the state.

Panel Information

2024–2025 Calendar

About SEAP

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