Services & Programs

This instructional setting is for providing special education and related services to a student in the general education classroom. Examples of special education and related services provided to a student in the general education environment include, but are not limited to, direct instruction, team teaching, co-teaching, interpreter, education aides, curricular or instructional modifications or accommodations, and special materials or equipment.

NOTE: Monitoring student progress in and of itself does not constitute a special education service.

Lockhart ISD offers special education services to preschoolers (ages 3-5) with disabilities in a variety of settings based on the child's individual needs, always considering services in the least restrictive environment (Head Start, Pre-Kindergarten general education classroom) first. 

The ECSE program is for students ages 3-5 and offers a full continuum of services designed to target pre-academic skills, adaptive behavior, cognition, communication, social-emotional and behavior development, and physical development. Students who demonstrate a need for ECSE have mild to profound developmental delays in adaptive behavior, cognition, communication, social-emotional and behavior development, or physical development.

The Foundational Learning program is designed for students in grades K-12 and offers a continuum of services designed for students with severe to profound developmental delays, serious illness, or other chronic conditions. The program targets academic skills, adaptive behavior, cognition, communication, social-emotional and behavior development, physical development, and post-secondary readiness. 

Students who demonstrate a need for Foundational Learning require direct, intensive instruction to acquire, maintain, and generalize skills, and are dependent on specialized intervention or medical care to support activities of daily living. Student services are generally in a self-contained instructional setting using an alternative curriculum with smaller student-to-teacher ratios, individualized instruction to target IEP goals and objectives, and specially trained instructional staff.

The Redirection program is designed to support students with significant social, emotional, or behavioral disabilities. The students are taught social skills and coping behaviors in addition to the curriculum of their same grade peers. 

The Redirection program provides services that range from participation in a mainstream instructional setting with instructional support, supplemental support, behavioral support, speech therapy services, and related services as appropriate or a self-contained instructional setting with smaller student-to-teacher ratios, individualized instruction to target IEP goals and objectives, and specially trained instructional staff.