Contact Army Community Service Exceptional Family Member Program
Manager at (973)724-3568 for a complete listing of private special education
schools.
Below are the special education programs offered by the public
school districts serving Picatinny Arsenal residents.
Copies of the New
Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Students with Severe Disabilities
may be reviewed on line at the link below or purchased from the State Department
of Education, Distribution Services Office for $6.00, call (609)
985-0905.
Students with Disabilities and the New Jersey Statewide
Assessment System; Information for families.
Contact the Office of
Special Education Programs at (609) 292-3065 for information.
MORRIS
KNOLLS HIGH SCHOOL
The Morris Hills Regional District Special Education
Department is viewed as one of the finest in New Jersey, boasting two New Jersey
Teachers of the Year, a Morris County Teacher of the Year, an ARC new Jersey
Professional of the Year, and two nationally acclaimed pilot programs.
Satisfying the special needs of each individual student, and providing students
an integrated education in the least restrictive environment make the Morris
Hills Regional District's Special Education program a success.
Paramount
to the success of the Morris Hills Regional District's Special Education program
is the networking the exists among the classroom teachers, Child Study Team
members, counselors, support personnel and parents. Close communication,
appropriate praise and encouragement, career assessment, proper scheduling and
course sequencing, remediation, the tailoring of student programs, and extensive
support services, have enabled the district to:
Improve employability of
students with disabilities
Reduce the dropout rate within the classified
population
Improve daily attendance of the population
Reduce course
failure rates
Decrease the number of discipline referral
Students
between the ages of 15 and 21 receive intensive instruction in both the special
education and mainstream classrooms. Within the special education program,
students travel among three or more "teachers of the handicapped" for academic
instruction, preoccupational training, and life skills education. Yet, unlike a
typical self-contained program, the Morris Hills Regional District's structure
encourages mainstreaming of its moderate to severely-disabled students by
enrolling these children in music, art, physical education, health education,
and other selected mainstream classes, as well as integration within the public
school programs.
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (MD) The MD program provides
students with instruction in functional skills, such as language arts,
mathematics, computers, life skills, consumer education and pre-vocational
education, as well as other courses related to the development of independent
living skills. Students receive related services, such as physical therapy and
Adaptive Physical Education, in accordance with their IEP's. A heavy emphasis is
placed on speech and language development throughout the program. Students
receive job skills through a sequential program that involves pre-occupational
training, participation in the Morris County School of Technology Special Needs
program, or supervised evaluation and employment training at the local
Occupational Training Center. As appropriate, students are placed at work sites
both within the school and in the community. Supervision and job coaching is
incorporated into each student's work training program.
LEARNING/LANGUAGE
DISABILITIES PROGRAM (LLD) The LLD program provides students instruction in
language arts, social studies, science, math, computers, occupational education,
social skills, health education and physical education. As appropriate, students
are enrolled in occupational training courses and participate in co-op
work/study and job training programs.
Mainstreaming is an important part
of the district's special education program. Students in all areas are
integrated with the school population as a means of giving these students
greater independence and an improved self-image.
GUIDANCE
SERVICES
A special counselor in each high school is assigned to all
classified students. Emphasis is placed on personal counseling, career
assessment, monitoring and program planning. The special counselor attends all
Child Study Team meetings and confers regularly with special education personnel
and mainstream teachers.
RELATED SERVICES
Speech Specialist -
Students in need of speech assistance meet at least once a week with the Speech
Specialist for speech correction, as outlined in the IEP. Individualized
referrals are made to the Speech Specialist through the student's counselor or
Case Manager.
Physical Therapy - is provided to Orthopedically Impaired
and Multiply Disabled students, as noted in the students' IEP's. These students
are evaluated by the Physical Therapist and an educational plan is developed to
meet individual needs.
Support Study - Students in need of organizational
skills, assistance with homework and help with classwork may be scheduled for a
Support Study during the school day or after school. Such support generally is
provided two to four hours per week.
Student Transportation - needs are
identified by the Child Study Team. Those students requiring alternate
transportation are serviced in accordance with their IEP's.
Adaptive Physical
Education - is scheduled for those students who require a more individualized
and specialized approach th physical activity.
Monitoring - Each
classified student is assigned an Instructional Monitor ( a member of the CST, a
Resource Center Teacher, or a Special Education Teacher) who monitors the
student in mainstream courses and communicates needs to the Child Study Team,
parent and/or counselor.
Department of Special Services (973)989-2792