Special Education Services
"Opening Doors for Student Success"
Special Education provides supports to help students who have special needs. Special education serves students with a variety of disabilities that require additional services or assistance in order to make educational progress. To be eligible for services, a student must have one or more of the below listed disabilities and must need specialized services which cannot be provided through general education alone. Students are eligible from ages 3-21. Those with visual or auditory impairments are eligible at birth.
Disabilities include:
*Specific Learning Disability |
*Speech or Language Impairment |
*Hearing Impairment /
Deafness |
*Visual Impairment /
Blindness |
*Serious Emotional Disturbance |
*Orthopedic Impairment |
*Autism |
*Traumatic Brain Injury |
*Deaf-Blindness |
*Multiple Disabilities |
*Other Health Impairment |
*Mental Retardation |
*Non-categorical Early Childhood |
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Special education services are based on assessment and are developed through a team effort. The team includes the parents, school administrator, teachers, assessment personnel and individuals with specialized knowledge in serving students with disabilities.
Created by: Celestina Gutierrez
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