PI 11.24(9)(b)3.e. e. Student related activities.

PI 11.24(9)(c) (c) Medical information. The school occupational therapist shall have medical information regarding a child before the child receives occupational therapy.

PI 11.24(9)(d) (d) Delegation and supervision of occupational therapy.

PI 11.24(9)(d)1. 1. The school occupational therapist may delegate to a school occupational therapy assistant only those portions of a child’s occupational therapy which are consistent with the school occupational therapy assistant’s education, training and experience.

PI 11.24(9)(d)2. 2. The school occupational therapist shall supervise the occupational therapy provided by a school occupational therapy assistant. The school occupational therapist shall develop a written policy and procedure for written and oral communication to the occupational therapist assistant. The policy and procedure shall include a specific description of the supervisory activities undertaken for the school occupational therapist assistant which shall include either of the following levels of supervision:

PI 11.24(9)(d)2.a. a. The school occupational therapist shall have daily, direct contact on the premises with the school occupational therapy assistant.

PI 11.24(9)(d)2.b. b. The school occupational therapist shall have direct, face-to-face contact with the school occupational therapy assistant at least once every 14 calendar days. Between direct contacts, the occupational therapist shall be available by telecommunication. The school occupational therapist providing general supervision under this subdivision shall provide an on-site reevaluation of each child’s occupational therapy a minimum of one time per calendar month or every tenth day of occupational therapy, whichever is sooner, and adjust the occupational therapy as appropriate.

PI 11.24(9)(d)3. 3. A full-time school occupational therapist may supervise no more than 2 full-time equivalent occupational therapy assistant positions which may include no more than 3 occupational therapy assistants.

PI 11.24(9)(d)4. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions under this paragraph, the act undertaken by a school occupational therapy assistant shall be considered the act of the supervising occupational therapist who has delegated the act.

PI 11.24(9)(e) (e) Responsibility of school occupational therapist. A school occupational therapist under this subsection shall conduct all occupational therapy evaluations and reevaluations of a child, participate in the development of the child’s IEP, and develop occupational therapy treatment plans for the child. A school occupational therapist may not be represented by a school occupational therapy assistant on an IEP team.

PI 11.24(10) (10) School occupational therapy assistants’ qualifications and supervision.

PI 11.24(10)(a) (a) Licensure. A school occupational therapy assistant shall be licensed by the department under s. PI 34.092.

PI 11.24(10)(b) (b) Supervision. The school occupational therapy assistant providing occupational therapy to a child under this section shall be supervised by a school occupational therapist as specified under sub. (9) (d).

PI 11.24 History History: Cr. Register, December, 1975, No. 240, eff. 1-1-76; am. (7) (b) 1 and (8) (b) 1, Register, February, 1976, No. 242, eff. 3-1-76; am. (7) (b) 4 and (8) (b) 2, Register, November, 1976, No. 251, eff. 12-1-76; am. (1) and (8) (b) 4., Register, February, 1983, No. 326, eff. 3-1-83; r. (11) (b) and (c), renum. (11) (a) to be (11), Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86; renum. from PI 11.19, Register, May, 1990, No. 413, eff. 6-1-90; am (7) (b) 4., Register, October, 1990, No. 418, eff. 11-1-90; am. (7) (a) and (8) (a), Register, March, 1992, No. 435, eff. 4-1-92; am. (1), (2) (intro.) and (3) (intro.), r. (2) (a) to (d), (3) (a), (b) and (11), r. and recr. (4) to (10), Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93; correction in (10) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, April, 1998, No. 508; r. (1) to (6), cr. (1) and (2), am. (7) (b) 1. (intro.), 3. (intro.), (e), (9) (b) 1. (intro.), 3. (intro.), (e) and (10) (b), Register, September, 1998, No. 513, eff. 10-1-98; am. (9) (c), Register, May, 2000, No. 533, eff. 6-1-00; corrections in (7) (a), (8) (a), (9) (a), and (10) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2010 No. 659; CR 16-027: am. (1) Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 8-1-16; correction in (7) (a), (8) (a), (9) (a), (10) (a), made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2019 No. 762.

PI 11.35 PI 11.35 Determination of eligibility. As part of an evaluation or reevaluation under s. 115.782, Stats., conducted by the IEP team in determining whether a child is or continues to be a child with a disability, the IEP team shall identify modifications, if any, that can be made in the regular education program, such as adaptation of content, methodology or delivery of instruction to meet the child’s needs identified under s. 115.782 (2) (b) 2., Stats., that will allow the child to access the general education curriculum and meet the educational standards that apply to all children.

PI 11.35 History History: Cr. Register, May, 1977, No. 257, eff. 6-1-77; am. (2) (intro.), Register, February, 1983, No. 326, eff. 3-1-83; r. (2) (c), renum. (2) (d) to (i) to be (2) (c) to (h), Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86; renum. from PI 11.34, Register, May, 1990, No. 413, eff. 6-1-90; r. and recr. (2) (b), cr. (2) (i) to (k), Register, April, 1995, No. 472, eff. 5-1-95; corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, March, 1996, No. 483; emerg. cr. (2) (L), eff. 6-25-96; cr. (2) (L), Register, January, 1997, No. 493, eff. 2-1-97; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, May, 2000, No. 533; r. (1m), (2) (intro.), (a), (ad), (c) to (h), renum. (2) (b) to be PI 11.36 (2) and (2) (i) to (L) to be PI 11.36 (8) to (11), cr. (2) and (3), Register, December, 2000, No. 540, eff. 7-1-01; CR 19-069: r. and recr. Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20.

PI 11.36 PI 11.36 Areas of impairment. All provisions in these rules shall be construed consistent with 20 USC 1400 et. seq. and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

PI 11.36(1) (1) Intellectual disability.

PI 11.36(1)(a) (a) In this subsection, intellectual disability means significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills and manifested during the developmental period that adversely affects the child’s educational performance.

PI 11.36(1)(b) (b) The IEP team may identify a child as having an intellectual disability if the child meets the criteria under subds. 1., 2., and 3. a. or b. as follows:

PI 11.36(1)(b)1. 1. The child has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on an individually administered intelligence test which takes into account the child’s mode of communication and is developed to assess intellectual functioning using this mode. More than one intelligence test may be used to produce a comprehensive result.

PI 11.36(1)(b)2. 2. The child has significant limitations in adaptive behavior that are demonstrated by a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments that include interviews of the parents, tests, and observations of the child in adaptive behavior which are relevant to the child’s age, including at least one of the following:

PI 11.36(1)(b)2.am. am. Conceptual skills.

PI 11.36(1)(b)2.bm. bm. Social adaptive skills.

PI 11.36(1)(b)2.cm. cm. Practical adaptive skills.

PI 11.36(1)(b)2.dm. dm. An overall composite score on a standardized measure of conceptual, social, and practical skills.

PI 11.36(1)(b)3. 3.

PI 11.36(1)(b)3.a. a. Except as provided in subd. 3. c., the child is age 3 through 5 and has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments, in the following areas: language development and communication, cognition and general knowledge.

PI 11.36(1)(b)3.b. b. Except as provided in subd. 3. c., the child is age 6 through 21 and has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments, in the following areas: written language, reading, and mathematics.