Special Education is special instruction provided to students with exceptional needs, such as students with learning disabilities or mental challenges. Each of these students has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).  The purpose of Special Education is to provide equal access to education for children ages birth through 21 by providing specialized services that will lead to school success in the general curriculum. It may include:

• • • • Resource Pull out services (student comes to Resource classroom for supplemental supports)

      • Resource Inclusion services (Resource teacher goes into General Education classroom to co-teach and support students in homeroom class)

      • Self-Contained services (Students are in a classroom with the Special Education teacher for most of the day)

      • Speech / Language services (Students receive services from a Speech Pathologist)

      • Accommodations (changes HOW the student learns)

      • Modifications (changes WHAT the student learns)