Resource
Students served in the resource program are provided individualized instruction and intervention to support the whole child including academics, behavior, communication, social, emotional, adaptive, sensory and physical needs in the least restrictive environment. Our purpose is to provide students with access to general education and grade level standards.
Related Services
Related services are determined by evaluation data and information gathered by the Individualized Education Plan (IEP). These services are provided to help students access the general curriculum. Individual service providers serve a variety of schools within Academy District 20. Related services include speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision, deaf and hard of hearing, and mental health.
Child Find Program
We make sure that young learners having difficulties or delays in development get the help they need to be successful in school. Our child find system helps identify children suspected of having a significant delay in development. The process may begin with a developmental screening and when appropriate, a multidisciplinary evaluation to determine eligibility for preschool through special education.
Center Based Programs
Center Based programs are specialized classrooms located in many neighborhood schools across the district. These programs provide an intensive level of support based on the individual needs of the student and access to additional resources and support. Students in center based programs can demonstrate deficits in academics, behavior, communication, social, emotional, and/or independence that are impacting their access to general education. These students are unable to get their needs met within the neighborhood school setting alone. The process for a center based program is data driven, an IEP team decision, and the district's Special Education Department must be included in the decision to change a student's placement. Our Center Based Programs are:
Affective Needs (AN): Affective Needs (AN) Programs serve students with social, emotional, or behavioral needs who require specialized programming based on their unique needs. In AN programs, we focus on building relationships in a safe and consistent environment within an academic setting. Students who come to AN programs have frequently had behavior challenges in their previous setting, and require more structure and time to build school-ready behaviors.
Significant Support Needs (SSN): Significant Support Needs (SSN) programs serve students who have cognitive, developmental, physical or orthopedic disabilities, including Traumatic Brain Injuries. Rigorous instruction and programming is designed to address individualized needs to maximize potential including increased communication and independence for further education, employment, and independent living. Instruction is guided by district-approved curriculum and the state modified standards.
Communication Social Development (CSD): Communication Social Development (CSD) programs support students identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder who require specialized programming based on their unique needs. Students who come to CSD programs demonstrate significant deficits in functional communication, social skills and/or restrictive interests/repetitive behaviors that are impacting their access to general education and are unable to get their needs met within the neighborhood school alone.