½ûÂþÌìÌÃ

The ½ûÂþÌìÌà conducts specific activities for the purposes of locating, evaluating and identifying students ages birth to twenty-one (21) with suspected disabilities and who reside within the district’s boundaries. This includes students attending private schools within the Portland Public School’s attendance area.

Evaluations birth to 5 years The Early Childhood Team conducts comprehensive developmental evaluations for children birth to 5 years old who are suspected of having a disability. The team determines eligibility for Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education and school age eligibilities. Once children are determined to be eligible for services,  (MECP) will work with families to develop an Individual Family Service Plan. For more information about early childhood services, contact MECP at 503-261-5535.

Evaluation Referrals- 

For children ages 5-21 years of age, please call Special Education Department at (503) 916-3152

Accessible Alternative to The Special Education Process

is a set of cards that show the Special Education process, eligibility categories, and placement/services options in ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. These procedures and concepts are often complex and create barriers for families that prevent their meaningful participation, which is critical to positive outcomes for their students.

The Toolkit currently consists of a Special Education overview, A Roadmap for the evaluation/IEP process, Eligibility cards that describe all the Disability Categories in ½ûÂþÌìÌà and a Placement/Services card. The cards represent these important ideas in a visual way using universal graphics along with the implementation of language access principles, including: family-friendly terms, plain language and translations.

The cards are available in the six supported languages at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, and Somali.

Special Education Family Toolkit (WEB) | English/Español Special Education Family Toolkit | English/Ti?ng Vi?t Education Family Toolkit | English/ÖÐÎÄ Education Family Toolkit | English/Soomaali Education Family Toolkit | §²§å§ã§ã§Ü§Ú§Û Education Family Toolkit

The roadmap for the evaluation/IEP process |  | Quy Trình Giáo D?c ??c Bi?t | ÌØÊâ½ÌÓý¹ý³Ì | Habka Waxbarashada Khaaska ah | §±§â§à§è§Ö§ã§ã §á§à§Ý§å§é§Ö§ß§Ú§ñ §å§ã§Ý§å§Ô §Ú§ß§Ü§Ý§ð§Ù§Ú§Ó§ß§à§Ô§à §à§Ò§â§Ñ§Ù§à§Ó§Ñ§ß§Ú§ñ

If you use these cards with your program or district, please cite ½ûÂþÌìÌà when sharing or distributing them.