511 IAC 7-32-65 "Multidisciplinary team" defined

Sec. 65. "Multidisciplinary team" means the group of qualified professionals who conduct a student's educational evaluation with input from the student's parent. The qualified professionals include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) At least one (1) teacher licensed in, or other specialist with knowledge in, the area of suspected disability. (2) A school psychologist, except for a student with a suspected: (A) developmental delay, in which case the multidisciplinary team shall be at least two (2) qualified professionals from different disciplines based upon the needs of the student; (B) language impairment, a speech-language pathologist and at least one (1) qualified professional from a different discipline based upon the needs of the student; or (C) speech impairment only, a speech-language pathologist may serve as the sole qualified professional on the multidisciplinary team. (3) For a student with a suspected specific learning disability, the following: (A) The student's general education teacher or, if the student does not have a general education teacher, a general education teacher qualified to teach students of the same age. (B) For early childhood students, an individual who holds an appropriate license to teach early childhood special education. (4) For a student who is blind or has low vision, is deaf or hard of hearing, or has suspected multiple disabilities, the public agency may request that representatives of the state-operated schools serve as part of the multidisciplinary team only if the parent has provided written consent, in addition to the written consent to conduct the initial educational evaluation, for the representative's participation in the educational evaluation.