New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 14 - SPECIAL EDUCATION
Subchapter 4 - PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION
Section 6A:14-4.5 - Program criteria: supplementary aids and services

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 6A:14-4.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Supplementary aids and services are provided in the general education classroom to enable students with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.

(b) A teacher aide may provide supplementary support to a student(s) with disabilities when the IEP team has determined that the student requires assistance in areas including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Prompting, cueing and redirecting student participation;

2. Reinforcing of personal, social, behavioral, and academic learning goals;

3. Organizing and managing materials and activities; and

4. Implementation of teacher-designed follow-up and practice activities.

(c) Supplementary services as described in (b) above shall be provided individually or in groups according to the numbers for in-class resource programs.

(d) The district board of education shall provide to the teacher aide and the appropriate general or special education teaching staff time for consultation on a regular basis, which shall be set forth in policies adopted by the district board of education.

(e) Consultation as a service on behalf of a student with disabilities or a group of students with disabilities may be provided by a related services provider, a teacher of students with disabilities, or a child study team member to the general education teacher and/or the teacher aide. Such consultation shall be specified in each student's IEP. The frequency and duration of the consultation (s) shall be indicated in the IEP. Consultation may include, but is not limited to, the following:

1. The development and demonstration of techniques and strategies;

2. Data collection on the effectiveness of the techniques and strategies; and

3. Development of positive behavioral supports.

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