SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
The district provides special
education services to approximately 4700 exceptional students through a
continuum of placement options. Itinerant teachers serve students that require
very few changes in regular classroom instruction; special education staff team
with classroom teachers providing integrated services in addition to pull-out.
Self-contained staff provides self-contained or integrated classroom services
for students with moderate and severe needs.
Mesilla Valley Training Center
provides training and work-study experiences for students who may require
extensive modification of instructional content methods and the learning
environment. Upon picking up basic work skills students are placed in work
stations in the community.
Advanced Educational Services provides
supplemental and accelerated instructional programming for students, grades
K-12, whose abilities in one or more instructional areas go beyond that which
can be met successfully within the student's grade level program.
The Early
Childhood Developmentally Delayed Program offers services to three and four year
old children who are experiencing developmental delays in the areas of language,
social, motor, or cognitive ability or who are at-risk due to medical conditions
as determined by Special Education standards. Instruction is provided in an
integrated model. It is a family oriented program offering social services,
family counseling and parental involvement.
The district also identifies and
services special needs students attending private and parochial schools in
accordance with PL 94-142, Part B, and Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act.
The programs for students with behavior disorders offer structured
educational and psychological interventions to students grades K-12 who are
experiencing moderate to severe behavior problems at school. The BD Programs
provide itinerant services, moderate services with inclusion, and self-contained
services. Work study is offered for high school students.
RELATED
SERVICES
Special needs students may need related services to benefit from the
special education being provided them. The need for services such as an
audiologist, assistive technology, occupational and physical therapy, social
work services, adapted physical education, speech/language therapy,
psychological services and sign language interpreters is determined at the IEP
Committee meeting.