NO MORE - EMH-TMH-PMH !!!!! Hooray!!!
*Parents need to know this NEW RULE CHANGE like the back of their hand and understand what it is REALLY SAYING..especially 'the SAMPLE WORKSHEET' on the last page! This is now in effect and will have to do with many of our Children with Developmental Disabilities especially those with Down syndrome!

Contact FL DOE if you have any questions about it, be sure to really take the time to READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS SAYING...this is the main FL DOE RULE THAT becomes 'the label' aka ELIGIBILITY for our Children to receive ESE Special Education Services!

Instead of your Child being "called" for example: TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED aka TMH your Child would now be identified as InD eligible on their IEP Document. (Or EMH=Educationally Mentally Handicapped or PMH=Profound Mentally Handicapped)

The Department of Education has issued the following memorandum regarding the DPS:2009-014 Questions and Answers: Rule 6A-6.03011, Florida Administrative Code (FAC.), Exceptional Student Eligibility for Students with Intellectual Disabilities. The memorandum may be viewed at: http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-5296/dps-2009-014.pdf
PRINT OUT READ AND REREAD THIS TILL YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS NEW ESE RULE CHANGE IS REALLY SAYING! (*Mark it up with pencil like it's a college textbook!)

*I was invited and was part of the rewriting of this ESE Rule change and have a personal passion to make sure it serves our families correctly!