NAVY Exceptional Family Member Program Conference

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NAVY Exceptional Family Member Program Conference

• Office of the Secretary of Defense (MCFP)
• Ms. Lorie Sebestyen
• Special Needs Coordinator
• 16-18 June, 2009
• Norfolk, VA

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• Who are our clients?
• What are the rules/regulations/laws?
• How do we work together?

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DoDEA Today

• DoDEA operates 200 public schools in 13 districts
  in 10 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and
  Puerto Rico.
• All schools are fully accredited by a U.S.
  accreditation agency.
• Approximately 8,000 teachers serve DoDEAs 84,000
  students.
• Approximately 10 of students receive special
  education services.

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What You Need to Know About DoDEA and Special
Education

• Who are we?

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
Headquarters
Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS)
Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and
Secondary Schools (DDESS)
DoDDS-Europe (87 schools-, Belgium, Germany,
Italy, Netherlands, Portugal Spain, Turkey)
DoDDS-Pacific/ DDESS Guam (45 schools- Guam,
Japan, Korean, Okinawa)
DDESS (67 schools- Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,
New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Cuba)
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• What do special education services look like?
• Eligibility Categories
• Physical Impairment
• Emotional Impairment
• Communication Impairment
• Learning Impairment
• Developmental Delay (birth 7years)

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Special Education to a Parent and Child Could
Look Like
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DoDDS and EFMP- an Active Partnership

• DoDI 1315.19 Authorizing Special Needs Family
  Members Travel Overseas at Government Expense,
  December 20, 2005
• Goal Ensure children with special needs receive
  appropriate educational services following a move
  overseas
• Pinpointing, screening, clearance

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OCONUS DirectoryEfficient Use of Resources

• Provides information on the location of
  pre-established programs and staff in each OCONUS
  military community
• DoDDS-special education services
• Educational Development Intervention Services
  (birth-3), early intervention / related services
• Listings are by community and school

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• Identified for pre-existing level of support
  services in the areas of
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Communication Impaired
• Emotionally Impaired
• Hearing Impaired
• Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation)
• Specific Learning Disability
• Preschool
• Visually Impaired

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• Level of services range from consultative needs,
  to itinerant support, to direct daily support
• Levels are One, Two, or Three
• Schools located on the same base may not provide
  the same level of educational support

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Ansbach, Germany

• Schools Services Level
• Ansbach ES Autism x
• Ansbach HS Communication Impairment C2
• Rainbow ES Emotional Impairment x
• Hearing Impaired x
• Learning Disability L2
• Intellectual Disability x
• Developmental Delay P2
• Vision Impaired V1
• School Note
• Preschool at Rainbow ES

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For example

• Japan
• Iwakuni
• Perry ES, Perry HS
• Autism (not available)
• Communication (speech/language, individual/group
  setting NOT augmentative communication devices)
• Emotional (not available)
• Hearing (Itinerant consultation)
• Specific Learning Disability (Individualized
  instruction in general education classroom w/
  resource support NOT majority of time in
  resource room)
• Mental Retardation (Resource room support for
  students in majority of time in regular education
  setting NOT majority of time in resource room)
• Preschool (Elem only)
• Visually Impaired (Itinerant consultation)

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The overseas screening process

• The regulations 1315.19, 1342.12, and OCONUS
  Directory
• Know what the special education services look
  like
• Ensure all families are enrolled in the overseas
  screening process
• The focus Providing the necessary services for
  children with disabilities

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Helpful Websites

• DoDEA Special Education Website
• http//www.dodea.edu/curriculum/specialEduc.cfm?cT
  ypese
• Or
• www.dodea.edu (DoDEA home site)
• Or
• Military Homefront
• www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/efm

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• Any questions?
• Thank you