| Special Education
programs are available to all students with disabilities who
qualify for the services. A referral process is used to identify
students who demonstrate needs, beginning with the recommendation
of the building assessment team. When the evaluation process
is completed, a determination is made as to whether the pupil
qualifies for special education services. A meeting is held
with the IEP (Individual Educational Plan) committee, which
is composed of a Special Education teacher, general education
teacher, administrator, parents(s), and an assessment specialist.
Testing is explained, and an IEP is developed, if the pupil
qualifies for services.
Another service
area of Special Education is speech and language therapy where
communication disorders such as articulation, language, voice
and fluency are treated in intervention and remediation sessions.
A Speech-Language Pathologist is the educator who is responsibile
for treating and working on these types of disorders.
Some common speech-language problems include articulation
impairments that cause people to pronounce sounds incorrectly,
and language disorders that cause people to have trouble expressing
their thoughts or understanding spoken or written language.
A full range of service model contimuum options from small
group to in-class collaboration and observations are geared
to suit the needs of the student. Most students with
speech and language problems can be helped by a Speech-Language
Pathologist to improve classroom performance and social interactions. |
