Eastchester Union Free School District

1. Eastchester Union Free School District Pupil Personnel Presentation Noreen Urso, Ed.D. Director of Pupil Personnel February 26, 2013

2. Pupil Personnel &Special Education Budget * Special Education Program costs are within building budgets

3. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004

4. IDEA, 2004Points of Emphasis • Right to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - where a student receives their mandated services • Response to Intervention (RTI) - Research-based instruction designed to prevent the over-identification of learning disabilities • Development of an Individual Education Plan (IEP)for each eligible student • Access to programs and services • Transition services All lead to….. • Students working to their potential and beyond

5. Pupil Personnel IDEAMandated Providers • Special Education Teachers • Psychologists • Speech Teachers • Occupational Therapists • Physical Therapists • Vision Specialists • Hearing Specialists • School Physicians • Nurses • Teaching Assistants • Monitors • Contracted Service Providers

6. Pupil Personnel Oversight • Committee on Special Education (CSE) • Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) • 504 Committee • Out of district intake placements • Parentally placed students in private schools • Home schooled students; home instruction • Health Services, homeless liaison • Supervision/Hiring of PPS staff and administrative staff • State Aid/Grants for Special Education • State reporting for Special Education

7. Mandated Programs and Services Required Under IDEA, 2004 RTI • Benefits all students by monitoring grade level progress in the areas of reading and math for all students K-5. • Provides research-based data driven information to identify at risk students early. • Prevents over-identification of Learning Disabilities (LD’s). IDEA Mandated Programs • Provides individualized programs and related services, recommended by the Committee on Special Education (CSE) or the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)

8. Meeting the Individual Needs of All Students with Disabilities • Develop programs and services based on the unique needs of a particular cohort of students. • Assess services district-wide each year to ensure that we have developed programs and services for all students who are moving from grade to grade or building to building.

9. Integrated Co-Teaching: Specially designed instruction provided to a group of students with disabilities and non-disabled students Consultant Teacher Services: Direct and/or indirect services to students with disabilities who attend regular education classes Related Services: Services in conjunction with a general education program or with other special education programs and services Resource Room: Designed for the purpose of supplementing the general education classroom instruction Special Education Programs

10. Part-Time Special Classes Small grade level classes that provide a modified curriculum to students with learning disabilities, attentional difficulties, or language difficulties Adaptive Physical Education, Art, and Music A diversified program of developmental activities, games, sports, and rhythms designed to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities Special Education Programs cont’d

11. Special Education Programscont’d • Communication Development • Programs designed for students who have moderate language delays and require intensive instruction using grade level curriculum as a guide • Social skills and community-based instruction are built into the program, as well as academics for every-day living

12. One of Our Summer School Programs • Each week the children studied a particular city or country. • Through community outings students gained multifaceted learning opportunities in both the academic and social domains. • Through these community based activities students were provided the opportunity to apply their new skills.

13. Special Education Programscont’d • Intensive Needs Classes • We offer specially designed programs for students with communication delays including Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. • Students may require a specialized way of learning, such as Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), in a class with no more than 8 students. • Behavior intervention and modifications are an important part of the program.

14. Intensive Needs Classroom Middle School

15. Intensive Needs Program at Waverly

16. School To Work Partnerships Eastchester High School • This program is provided during the school day for students with special needs to assist in the development of social skills and to help students gain work experience. • The employer gains access to reliable and productive workers, and • prepares students to transition to a productive adult life and become active members of their community. Participating community businesses include: • Value Drugs, Lake Isle, Whitson’s Food Service, and Elizabeth Arden Salons

17. Café High School

18. Café at the High School • Using a Business Model Students Learn • Math • Cash register operation • How to make change • Inventory • Calculation of profit and loss • Shopping • Stock replenishment • Social skills development

19. Integration of TechnologyUsing iPads • iPads continue to be instrumental for students with disabilities. • Students are using iPads to learn and reinforce academic skills using appropriate educational apps; to develop social skills; to share information and in some instances iPads are used to help students communicate. • We are learning more about how to use iPads to support curriculum for students.

20. Student in Intensive Needs Classroom Learning to Count Using the iPad

21. Using The iPad in The Classroom

22. Using the iPad for Communication

23. Working Together With SEPTA Special Education PTA • Create and fund after-school programs for students with special needs • Provide specialized consultants, such as a technology and music consultant District-wide • Provide grants for specialized reading and math programs, as well as, supplies to all teachers who are members of SEPTA • Annual teacher appreciation party • Provide scholarships every year to our students who are graduating