Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Increased numbers of Students - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Name Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Increased numbers of • Students Receiving ABA Services students identified annually 700 and successfully implemented 600 634 # of Students Year Two of ABA Plan 597 500 489 400 Increased internal staff • 300 capacity and decreased 200 205 contracted service providers 100 from 50% of all service hours in 0 June 2012 April 2013 June 2013 April 2014 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 •

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Name Early Childhood Education Early Childhood Education Completed 321 assessments • 900 800 in SY13-14 with an average of # of Students 700 770 769 40 children screened a month 600 500 400 501 106 students referred for • 300 394 375 200 Special Education assessment 269 100 from Child Find screenings 0 June 2012 April 2014 Total Inclusive Subtantially Separate 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

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Name Inclusion 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 Formed a district committee • Full Partial Substantially with Academics, C&I, and District Name Inclusion Inclusion Separate OELL to support inclusion, and Boston 39.6% 15.6% 41.2% teaching and learning Springfield 30.5% 28.6% 36.6% Worcester 51.3% 14.4% 32.1% Massachusetts 61.1% 17.3% 17.7% From DESE: SY13-14