Special Education Program

SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The Special Education Department provides a continuum of supportive services to students with identified special needs. Upon completion of an evaluation to determine eligibility for special education services, a student may be recommended for one or more of the following: academic support for study skills, organization and/or reading, writing, and math skills; specialized courses in English, math, history or science; and/or programs in vocational and life skills.

Academic Support

Most Milton Public School students who are supported by Special Education do so in the district’s Learning Center/Academic Support Programs (All buildings). Special education consultation, pull out services, co-teaching and in-class supports are readily available and designed to assist students in accessing the curricula, making effective progress, organize materials and assignments and develop the skills needed to become independent learners.

Students often supported in the Academic Support Centers are those who present with organizational, attention and executive functioning. This might also include a student with educational gaps and weaknesses related to his or her disability that can be supported through specialized designed instruction.

This also is a model in which you may find students with language, motor or social deficits working on skills with special education teachers and related therapists who provide speech and language therapy, occupational or physical therapy and counseling.

Achieve

The Achieve Program at Milton High School provides support to students in grades 9-12+ who benefit from small group and replacement content for academic and social support. This classroom supports students with significant intellectual, neurological, communication, health and motor delays all of which impact social and academic development. Post-secondary goals are a focus of this programs’ overall design.

Launch

The Milton Public Schools’ young adult program serves students with a range of special needs and focuses primarily on functional academics and pre-vocational and vocational education. Students balance their time in the school and working greater community. Focus is placed on functional skills, community involvement, self-advocacy, positive social interactions and post-secondary planning for young adult life. Staffing includes: teachers, speech/language therapists, occupational and physical therapists, behavior analysts, guidance counselors and psychologists.