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California Modified Assessment
- See the Alternate Assessment IEP Team Guidance section on the CAASPP System from the California Department of Education.
Educationally Related Mental Health Services for Students with Disabilities (ERMHS)
Effective July 1, 2011, the California Legislature and the Governor shifted responsibility for mental health services for students with disabilities from County Mental Health to Public Schools, repealing certain portions of AB3632. Mental health as a related service is identified as mental health services necessary for a student to benefit from their special education program.
Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)
Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS): The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool is an assessment strategy that is designed to be used for decision support and outcomes management. The CANS can be used as an active component of ERMHS planning. This version of the CANS is designed to focus on the educational needs of students related to their mental health. School psychologists employed by an LEA in Sonoma County have access to the CANS survey and are expected to be certified to administer the CANS and to maintain their certification annually. The CANS certification website is: http://www.canstraining.com/register
Out of County Contracts
Rates and Funding
Legal Resources
Eligibility Criteria
Interagency Agreements
- Community Action Partnership/Early Head Start 7/12
- Community Action Head Start 7/12
- E Center/Head Start 8/08
- Marin County Special Education Local Plan Area 7/12
- Napa County Special Education Local Plan Area 7/12
- North Bay Regional Center 7/12
- Sonoma County California Children Services 6/09
Local Plan
Policies and Procedures
- 1 Admission of LEAs to the Sonoma County SELPA 4/01
- 2 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) 12/00
- 3 Consortium/JPA Formation Standards 2/00
- 8 Funding Allocation Plan for Special Education 4/16
- 11 IEE Policy and Rates (Revised Jan 2017)
- 17 Program Transfers 2/14
- 18 Special Education Services in Charter Schools 10/12
- 19 Special Education Housing 6/09
- 21 Surrogate Parents 5/26/2016
- 22 LEA Responsibility for LCI and Foster Home Students 1/10
- 26 Special Education Student Movement Between LEAs 12/3/12
- 27 Joint Physical Custody of Students 12/2/13
- 28 Review of Programs 6/06
- 29 Resource Specialist Program Caseload 9/08
- 31 Special Education Discipline 12/08
- 32 Age/Grade at which Financial Responsibility Transfers 5/09
- 40 Maintenance of Effort (MOE) 4/2/12
Processes
Program Guidelines
- Guideline for Students with Severe Disabilities
- Guideline for Temporary Support Assistants
- Guideline for Students with Severe Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Guideline for Preschool Program Operation
- Guideline for Students with Emotional Disorders
State Testing Information
- See the State Testing Information section on the Common Core/SBAC page
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FORMS
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- Adaptive Technology Referral Information (03/2021)
- Adaptive Technology Referral Form
- Adaptive Technology Consent Form
- ATC Services Flowchart
All IEP and Special Education Forms
- Meeting Norms and Survey-Bilingual
- Consent to release confidential information-English
- Consent to release confidential information-Spanish
- Parents Right and Procedural safeguards-English
- Parents Right and Procedural safeguards-Spanish
- Special Education Parent Handbook-Coming soon
Behavior Planning Forms
Behavior Intervention Plan
The BIP is used when a plan is needed to address a behavior that is interfering with a student's learning or the learning of peers. The plan focuses on teaching replacement behavior(s) that meets the students need in a more acceptable manner.
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
In order to determine why a student is engaging in problematic behavior that interferes with learning, an assessment is conducted. The results of that assessment are reported on this SELPA form. The results of a functional assessment form the basis of a BIP.
Related Policies and Procedures
Questions about the behavior planning forms should be directed to Suzanne Tribbey, stribbey@sonomaselpa.org, (707) 524-2758.
Private School Referral for Assessment
- Private School Assessment Letter in English
- Private School Assessment Letter in English
- Annual/Triennial Offer of FAPE - Notification of Parental Intent
- Annual/Triennial Offer of FAPE - Notification of Parental Intent
- Private Schools Fiscal Notification Form
- Private Schools Service Form
