• SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

  • The Special Education department offers a wide array of services to meet the needs of our students. The department is designed to serve students with disabilities and provides a continuum of programs and services in the least restrictive environment as recommended in each student’s Individual Education Program.

    Schedules for these students are developed to meet individual student needs, as prescribed in their Individual Education Program (IEP). The special needs student and parents work with the case manager to develop the appropriate schedule of classes to meet the individual needs. The School District of the Chathams offers a variety of programs designed to meet the needs of our students. 

    The programs include:

    • Half Day Preschool Child with disabilities class/Half Day Preschool Inclusion class/Full Day Preschool Child with disabilities class

    • Self-contained classes (LLD, BD, MD, life skills, 18-21 program)

    • Resource Center classes (class and grade specific as needed) 

    • In-class Resource with General Education and Special Education Teacher in general education classroom. (class and grade specific as needed)

    • General education classes with supplementary aids and services

    • Related services such as speech & language, occupational therapy and physical therapy

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES

    • autism spectrum disorder  

    • deaf-blindness  

    • deafness  

    • emotional dysregulation impairment 

    • hearing impairment  

    • intellectual disability  

    • multiple disabilities  

    • orthopedic impairment  

    • other health impairment  

    • preschool child with a disability

    • specific learning disability  

    • speech or language impairment  

    • traumatic brain injury  

    • visual impairment, including blindness