Cambrian School District Student Services

1. Cambrian School District Student ServicesPrepared By: Ginny Maiwald, Director of Student ServicesOctober , 2012

2. Cambrian School District Student Services • Special Education & 504 Accommodation Plans • Training • LRE district wide • EL students and Special Needs • ProAct Trainings • TEACHH Model Trainings • Instruction Assistants • Santa Clara County Autism Task Force • Special Education Transportation • Health Services and Home/Hospital Teaching • Student Attendance and Residency • Student Discipline and Behavior • Other Responsibilities as Assigned

3. Least Restrictive Environment To the maximum extent appropriate children with disabilities are to be educated with children who are not disabled Removal may only occur when education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily

4. PL 94-142Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act was signed into law on November 29, 1975 by President Gerald Ford. The law requires schools to provide a free and appropriate education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE)

5. The IDEA, at 29 U.S.C. Section 1412 (5)(B) states “[Local school districts are required to develop] procedure to assure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities…are educated with children who are not disabled and special classes, separate schooling or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular education environment occurs only when the nature and severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.”

6. OF SPECIAL NOTE Special education is a service not a place Children with disabilities must, to the maximum extent appropriate, be educated with students without disabilities. An IEP must provide justification for any segregation Removal into separate classes is appropriate only when the student cannot receive any educational benefit in the general education with supplementary aids and services

9. Cambrian School DistrictSpecial Education 2012Serving 440+ Students with Special Needs in the Least Restrictive Environment • Cambrian Student Services District Staff • Director of Student Services: Ginny Maiwald • Administrative Assistant: Jayne Selig • Cambrian Special Education School Staff • Speech/Language Pathologists (SLP) (4.9 FTE total for District) • School Psychologists (4 FTE) • Resource Specialist Program Teachers (1 FTE each K-5; 3 FTE at Price) • Special Day Class Teachers (13 FTE Total) • Instructional Assistants (various days/hours)

10. Cambrian School DistrictSpecial Education 2012Serving 440+ Students with Special Needs • Cambrian Special Day Classes (SDC) • Preschool (ages 3-5) SDC at Fammatre (3.0 FTE) • Three teachers - AM and PM class • Students grouped by age and special needs • Multidisciplinary team (Psych, SLP and OT) • K-3rd (4.0 FTE) and 3rd-5th (3.0 FTE) Grade • 3.0 FTE Bagby: Autism and Global Developmental Delays • 3.0 FTE Sartorette: Language and Learning Handicaps • 2.0 FTE Farnham: ADHD, Autism Spectrum and Related Social Impairments • Price Middle School (6th-8th grade) (1.0 FTE) • Social Thinking: ADHD, Autism Spectrum and Related Social Impairments

11. Cambrian School DistrictSpecial Education 2012Serving 440+ Students with Special Needs Cambrian Resident Students Placed by Individualized Educational Program (IEP) Teams Outside of Cambrian Schools (for more severe needs) • Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) Programs • Specialized Autism Programs = 8 • Deaf Program = 1 • Emotional Disturbance, Therapeutic Day Classes = 4 • BASIC Programs (significant global developmental delays) = 4 • Orthopedic Impairment (OI) Programs = 2 • Non-Public School/Agency (NPS/NPA) Services • Nonpublic School for Specialized Autism = 1 • NPA Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Consultation & Therapy (reduction to 2 cases) • NPA Occupational Therapy Assessments, Consultation & Services

12. Alternative Education C.A.S.A. (Collaborative Academic Success for All) program at Price utilizes RSP teacher for general education students needing more targeted support. Students who commit expellable offenses may be referred to SCCOE Alternative Education class (no Cambrian students placed in that class to start the year)

13. Cambrian School District Health Services • Health Services • School Health Clerks • Vision, Hearing and other Health Screenings • Documenting Immunization Records • Home/Hospital Teaching (for students medically unable to attend school) • Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) • Health/medical consultation and collaboration with staff, parents and local districts, providers/groups • Westside Children’s Health Initiative

14. Cambrian School District Student Attendance & Residency • Student attendance and residency issues • Principals • Staff • Parents • San Jose Police Department • Residency verification checks and residency related issues • School Attendance Review Board (SARB) • District Attorney Mediation

15. Cambrian School District Student Discipline and Behavior Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Staff Development Overseeing Suspensions and Expulsions Facilitating Behavior Interventions Review Board and Stipulated Agreements Student Counseling Resources and Social-Emotional/Behavioral Issues Student Study & Individualized Educational Program Team Meetings

16. Accomplishments Currently no students in most restrictive environment (residential, NPS) Complete elimination of County Mental Health expenses Addition of SCCOE class for Autism at Sartorette 2 - 3rd year psychology interns, new highly trained staff RSP at all sites Trainings = All Teachers/All Aides

17. Moving Forward Maintaining collaboration with SCCOE programs to avoid more restrictive placements Continued focus on student needs, programs, training and staffing Establishment of vertical continuum of programs Continued partnering with local universities for internships