BULLITT COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION

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BULLITT COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION

• No Child Left Behind

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REGULATIONS

• IDEA-federal regulations
• KAR-Kentucky laws-policy
• BCPS Procedures-the how
• Areas addressed by law
• Definitions
• Child Find
• FAPE
• Evaluation
• Eligibility
• IEP
• Placement
• Delivery of Services
• Private Schools
• Due Process
• Discipline
• CSPD

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Areas of Eligibility

• Autism
• Deaf-Blind
• Developmental Delay
• Emotional-Behavior Disability
• Hearing Impairment
• Mental Disability
• Multiple Disability
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Other Health Impairment
• Speech or Language Impairment
• Specific Learning Disability
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Visual Impairment

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EARLY INTERVENTION

• Hospitals and doctors refer children with at-risk
  concerns to area agencies who coordinate
  programming from birth to age three
• At the age of two, a transition meeting is
  scheduled with personnel from BCPS to begin the
  process of introducing the family to the school
  system
• Prior to the age of three, a referral meeting is
  scheduled with BCPS and evaluations are conducted
  to ensure a smooth transition into school
• At the age of three, services for children
  determined eligible for specially designed
  instruction begin
• BCPS offers Head Start and At-Risk Preschool

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CHILD FIND

• It is the responsibility of the district to
  locate and identify students who may need special
  education services.
• Public notice is given regarding the services
  offered by BCPS each year
• A FAPE letter is sent to parents of IDEA
  identified children who are attending private
  schools. Those students who drop out of school
  also receive this letter.
• Students are tracked until the age of 21

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SERVICE DELIVERY

• Students are served in the least restrictive
  environment as determined by an Admissions and
  Release Committee
• Types of delivery may include special class,
  resource, and collaboration/consultation
• Community-Based Instruction
• Community-Based Work Transition Program
• Transition Programs
• KSB and KSD
• Other placements as determined by the ARC

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TRANSITION SERVICES

• First Steps to BCPS
• BCPS to other agencies
• post-secondary
• Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Options Unlimited, and other like agencies
• DJJ and other court ordered placements
• Seven Counties
• Head Start

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Teachers are encouraged to use their flexible
  professional development days to further their
  knowledge of best practices in special education
• PD accessed during the 2003-2004 school year
• IEP/Monitoring of Progress CHAMPS
• ARC Chairperson Training Augmentative
  Communication
• Stevenson Language Program SHIPP(preschool)
• Autism Conference TEACHH
• Behavior Institute PECS
• Aspergers Syndrome Reading Strategies
• Deescalation Strategies Brain Gym
• Safe Crisis Management
• Handwriting without Tears
• Peaceful Intervention

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PARENT TRAINING

• Procedural Safeguards
• Complex Needs Support Group
• ADHD Support Group
• Parent Resource Fair-Spring 2005
• The Newly Identified Student Parent Workshop
• Deescalation Strategies for the Home
• Website

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SPECIAL EDUCATION FACTS

• Child Count December 1, 2003-1630
• Preschool Child Count December 1, 2003-221
• 97.5 Special Education Teachers
• 1 Special Education Director
• 1 Child Find Coordinator
• 3 Special Education Consultants
• 8 School Psychologists
• 14.5 Speech Pathologists
• 3 Occupational Therapists
• 1 Occupational Therapy Assistant
• 1 Part-time Physical Therapist
• 2 Physical Therapy Assistants

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FACTS CONTINUED

• 2 Educational Evaluators
• 1 Assistive Technology Coordinator
• 1 Visual Impaired Teacher
• .5 Preschool Consultant
• 3 Job Coaches
• 57 Special Education Instructional Assistants