Sharon Yeager

Education 201
October 25, 2015

Special Schools

Public Law 94-142

All children with disabilities have available to them a free, public education which includes special
accommodations for their needs.
The rights of children with disabilities and their parents are protected.
Assists states and localities in providing education to the disabled.
Provides assessment of results of education of disabled students.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

To protect the rights of children with disabilities. IDEA ensures students with disabilities have access to
a free and APPROPRIATE public education. Schools are required to provide special education in the least
restrictive environment, which means schools must teach students with disabilities in general education
classroom whenever possible.
Through procedural safeguards, parents are given a voice in the construct of their childs education.
IDEA outlines specific rights and protections for parents.

IEP (Individualized Education Program)

General purposes:

Setting reasonable learning goals for a child with disability.

Stating the services that the school district will provide for the child.
The IEP is developed with the cooperation of teachers, parents, the student, and key school staff to find a
reasonable and attainable goal for the disabled childs progress.
The IEP Team must evaluate the childs progress at least once per year. The program is adjusted to facilitate
progress.

John F. Miller School

This school serves the most severely disabled or medically fragile students in the CCSD.
Students range in age from 3-21.
They have multiple impairments; including severe/profound mental challenges and at least one additional
eligibility category, such as health impairment, orthopedic impairment, visual impairment, and/or traumatic
brain injury.
They receive Speech or Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy,
and Health Services.
Instruction is aligned with the Common Core Standards and is guided by each
students IEP.

Helen J. Stewart School

A special education school specializing in students with significant intellectual disabilities and other,
secondary disabilities.
Students range in age from 6-22.
They provide specialized instruction in daily living, functional academics, vocational, communication,
behavioral, and transitional needs.
They have specialists in music, art, transition services, and adaptive physical education, as well as speech
therapists, a physical therapist, and an occupational therapist working with students.
The campus includes an indoor swimming pool, a cardio room, a barn with farm animals, a sensory room, a
computer lab, a daily living skills room, and a greenhouse facility.

Miley Achievement Center

Specializes in students in the CCSD affected by emotional and or behavioral disorders.

Students range in age from 3-21.
The focus of the school is providing students a sound academic program, social skill instruction, selfmanagement and responsibility training.
They utilize a counseling base for instruction. Students are empowered to make better choices for
themselves and build self-esteem skills through encouragement and self-reflection.
The Miley Achievement Center program is based on the fundamental belief that all people have the basic
right to be treated with dignity and respect. They also have the right to benefit from an educational program
that is most appropriate to meet their individual needs.
Standard curriculum encompasses the arts, music, technology, counseling, foreign language, community
service, vocational internships and college prep classes.

Variety School

Variety School caters specifically to students with the most severe emotional and mental challenges.
Students range in age from 6 22.
The school emphasizes academic and vocational skills to help developmentally challenged students
succeed after high school.
A copy room, kitchen, laundry, and mock apartment serve to help students learn life skills.
All of the school's 27 classrooms have access to several small, fenced-in courtyards, providing students
with easy access to the outdoors.

Homebound

The Homebound Program provides instruction to general and special education students who are ill or
injured and unable to attend school for a minimum of fifteen consecutive days.
Teachers travel to the students residence and provide direct, one-on-one instruction for elementary
students and those with specialized educational needs as determined through an IEP.
General education students, grades 6 thru 12, receive direct instruction via Distance Education utilizing
Saba-Centra (interactive computer), independent study, and Compass Learning.

Least Restrictive Environment

The least restrictive learning environment for disabled students is that

which is most feasibly integrated to the general education environment.
Disabled students learn side-by-side with the general student population
whenever possible.