November 1, 2011
Port Washington Union Free School District Pupil Personnel Services Presented by: Mehri Fryzel Executive Director of Pupil Personnel Services Marlon Villalva Curriculum Associate Leslie Anesta Associate Administrator of Pupil Personnel Services
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Special Education Students with disabilities have special needs
significant enough to warrant the provision of special educational services in accordance with an individualized education program.
The term student with a disability means a student
under the age of twenty-one who is entitled to attend public school and “who, because of mental, physical or emotional reasons has been identified as having a disability and who requires special services and programs. In making a determination of eligibility for special education and related services, a student may not be identified as a student with a disability if the determinant factor for such determination is a lack of instruction in reading or math, or limited English proficiency, cultural or economic factors.”
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Definition The term special education means specially
designed individualized or group instruction or special services or programs, and special transportation, provided at no cost to the parent, to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities. Such instruction includes but is not limited to instruction conducted in classrooms, special school, hospitals, institutions and if necessary the home.
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LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT The District provides a wide continuum of services
and is committed to the policy of placing students in the least restrictive environment consistent with their needs. “Least Restrictive Environment” means that the placement of students with disabilities in special classes, separate schools or other removal from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that even with the use of supplementary aids and services, education cannot be satisfactorily achieved.
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Special Education Programs and Services:
Resource Room Consultant Teacher Co-Teaching Special Class: Manorhaven Guggenheim Daly Weber Schreiber Related Services
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K-2 K, 1, 2 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8 9, 10, 11, 12
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LRE in Action Behavioral Consultant Twenty eight (28) students with disabilities
served in our district schools require the services of a Behavioral Consultant to be educated in a meaningful way. The cost associated with this level of intensive support is nearly $500,000 annually. This intensive level of support now available to our in district students has positively impacted the number of students referred for an out of district placement.
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OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENT Students with disabilities whose needs are too
intensive to be addressed appropriately in an indistrict special education program, may be placed in one of the following, listed from least restrictive to more restrictive: Special class operated by another school district BOCES program Private School (day) State Operated schools (Henry Viscardi, Mill Neck) Residential School Placement
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School Age Students by Disability as of October 6, 2011 Disability
Total Total Total 10/7/2009 10/6/2010 10/5/2011 Autism 35 33 34 Emotional Disturbance 44 40 34 Learning Disability 141 131 128 Intellectual Disability 2 2 3 Deafness 1 1 1 Hearing Impairment 4 6 6 Speech/Language Impairment 232 238 235 Visual Impairment 2 2 4 Orthopedic Impairment 2 3 6 Other Health Impairment 257 273 280 Multiple Disabilities 34 28 33 Deaf-Blindness 0 0 0 Traumatic Brain Injury 0 0 0 Total 754 758 *764 *Note: District of Location students are not included in this chart. Currently we have 33 DOL students.
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Students Served In-District Where do they receive instruction? 80% or more of the school day inside the regular
class
497 students
40-79% or more of the school day inside the regular
class
97 students
Less than 40% of the school day inside a regular
class Total:
91 students 687 students
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Students Served in Other Placements Other Public Schools BOCES
8 32
Approved Private Day Schools And State Supported Approved Residential Schools TOTAL:
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27 10 __________ 77
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Student Placements
687 students 89.92%
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In District Other P.S. BOCES Private Day Approved Resid.
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Out of District Placements by Grade Levels Elementary 22 students @ 11 different school programs Middle School 13 students @ 8 different school programs High School 42 students @ 19 different school programs ______________ TOTAL – 77 students
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Preschoolers with a Disability October 2011 Children between the ages of three and five years old
can be considered for special education programs/services at a CPSE meeting. Current number of CPSE Students
86
Anticipated Referrals during 11/12
100
Anticipated number of Preschoolers who
will be found eligible after evaluation (based on previous years data) Anticipated Preschoolers as of June 2012
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60 146
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Educational Placements of Preschool Students with Disabilities Regular Early Childhood Program with
Services Special Education Preschool Program Services provided at home or at service
providers location
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In District Staffing for CPSE and CSE Students Special Education Teachers: 46 FTE Speech Teachers: 14.3 FTE Psychologists: 10.6 FTE
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Staff Funded Through our Federal IDEA Grant Approximately $693,000 or 66.8% of our
grant is used to support the following district staff in our schools: Special Education Teachers Speech Teachers Psychologists
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1.2 FTE 2.4 FTE 3.4 FTE
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Student Post Secondary Plans June 2011 Report of Students with Disabilities June 2011 Postgraduate Plans
Number to Postsecondary Education
Total
Basis of Exit
4-Year College
2-Year College
Other Post –Secondary School
Seek Employment
Military Service
Adult Services
Regents Diploma
15
10
1
1
1
0
28
Local Diploma
2
9
1
1
1
0
14
IEP Diploma
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Total
17
19
2
2
2
2
44
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PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT LRE REQUIREMENTS The student will receive a comprehensive,
nonbiased, individual evaluation to determine his/her educational needs. The CSE must review evaluation information to determine whether any additions or modifications to special education services are needed to enable the student to participate, as appropriate, in the general curriculum.
Appendix
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LRE A student’s educational program will be
developed with the meaningful involvement of the student’s parent or guardian and teacher and the student, when appropriate. The Committee will include persons knowledgeable about the student, the meaning of the evaluation data, and the continuum of placement options. Appendix
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LRE The Committee on Special Education or
Committee on Preschool Special Education will first consider placement in general education with appropriate support for the student. The IEP must include statements of the student’s present levels of academic achievement and functional performance, including how the student’s disability affects involvement and progress in the general curriculum; or for preschool students, as appropriate, how the disability affects the child’s participation in appropriate activities. Appendix
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LRE Alternative placements, such as special
classes, special schools or other removal from the general education environment, will be considered only when the CPSE/CSE determines that a student’s education in regular classes cannot be satisfactorily achieved even with the use of supplementary aids and services. Appendix
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