Special Education services are provided to individuals who have an active Individual Education Plan (IEP). Educational services are implemented according to the recommendations outlined on each student’s IEP. Services may be delivered in the following ways: consultative (student spends 100% of the day in the general education setting; the general education and special education teachers collaborate to discuss student needs), resource (student spends more than 80% of the day in general education setting; structured assistance is provided by special education staff within the general education setting), instructional (student spends less than 40% of the day in the general education setting; direct instruction is provided by special education teacher in special education setting).
Westmont High School is a member of SASED (School Association for Special Education in DuPage County). Special Education involvement is directed through the local school attendance area. Procedures for referral and placement are directed by the Community Unit School District 201 Student Services Office. Westmont High School and its associated districts in SASED have programs for students age 3 through 21.
Some of the programs offered in the local high schools and/or through SASED, the special education cooperative, are for students eligible as: