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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Name

Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services

• Increased numbers of

students identified annually and successfully implemented Year Two of ABA Plan

• Increased internal staff

capacity and decreased contracted service providers from 50% of all service hours in SY12-13 to 25% in SY13-14

• Provided 275 hours of Professional Development for over 300

teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, and administrators

• Conducted 26 site visits to substantially separate classrooms in

collaboration with school leaders and provided verbal and written feedback for classroom improvement

• Provided ABA services in 69 schools

205 489 597 634 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

# of Students

June 2012 April 2013 June 2013 April 2014

Students Receiving ABA Services

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Name

Early Childhood Education

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services

• Completed 321 assessments

in SY13-14 with an average of 40 children screened a month

• 106 students referred for

Special Education assessment from Child Find screenings

• Partnered with Early Intervention programs, Head Start, family

childcare providers, pre-schools, medical and mental health providers, and the Department of Children and Families

• 46% increase in the number of students in KO-K1 inclusive

classrooms from June 2012 to April 2014

770 769 269 394 501 375 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 June 2012 April 2014

# of Students

Early Childhood Education

Total Inclusive Subtantially Separate

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Name

Inclusion

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services

From DESE: SY13-14

• Developing an inclusive pathway: opening 27 new K2 inclusion

classrooms in 20 schools in September, 2014

• Funding 13.5 Inclusion Specialists to support inclusive classrooms

and build communities of practice

• Developed a district plan for intensive tiered Professional

Development in partnership with Academics, C&I, and OELL in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to support district and school leaders, teachers, paraprofessionals and service

• Year One implementation to increase inclusive opportunities as

detailed in the June, 2013 Inclusion Plan

Ages 6-21 District Name Full Inclusion Partial Inclusion Substantially Separate Boston 39.6% 15.6% 41.2% Springfield 30.5% 28.6% 36.6% Worcester 51.3% 14.4% 32.1% Massachusetts 61.1% 17.3% 17.7%

• Formed a district committee

with Academics, C&I, and OELL to support inclusion, and teaching and learning