Special Education

Our philosophy is to provide students with opportunities, tools, and strategies to live successful adult lives. We are fully committed to teaching our students to advocate on their own behalf and to be as autonomous as we believe each individual student is capable. Our program provides services to a wide spectrum of student needs ranging from mild, moderate, and severe disabilities. Students with mild disabilities are provided support in accordance with their Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). For students with moderate to severe disabilities, we focus on each individual student’s IEP needs in the traditional academic areas as well as with social skills, community-based education, personal care, and functional life skills. For students with more severe and profound disabilities, the classroom setting is smaller and it caters to the individual needs of the students by providing more intense paraprofessional and teacher support, as indicated in their IEP. Our diverse learners follow the same graduation requirements as all other students at Jones. Each student is assigned a service provider so questions regarding course scheduling and support should be directed to the student’s service provider.