CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS WITH MILD/MODERATE INTERVENTION NEEDS

SPED 4/53050INSTRUCTOR: BRIAN FRIEDT

Week eleven: Service delivery

Special education

Special education is a service, not a place A student with a learning disability might need to preview

vocabulary before entering a new unit in a science class. That preview is a service that could be provided in a variety of

places. A student with an emotional or behavioral disorder might

need a token economy to maintain school-appropriate behavior. The token economy is a service that could be provided in a

variety of settings. A student with a cognitive disability might need modified

instruction The modified instruction is a service that could be provided in

a variety of settings.

Least Restrictive Environment

IEP teams have to make decisions about placement.

That decision driven, at least in part, by LRE: “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 educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.”

This exists concurrently with the federal mandate to provide FAPE

Continuum of Services

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Special education

Special education

Self-contained classroom

Support of general education curriculum Skill based Content based

Provision of alternate curriculumSmall groupHigher instructional intensity(Perhaps) more flexibility in service options

General education classroom

With co-teachingWithout co-teachingDirect access to general education

curriculum(Perhaps) less flexibility in service options

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Speech Language ServicesPhysical TherapyOccupational TherapyVision and Motility ServicesSchool Psychologist...