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GUSD Pupil Services Update

• Dr. Margaret A. Saleh & Amanda Martinez

Pupil Services Department Wednesday, April 25, 2018

By the Numbers

GUSD Enrollment

• 3,548 (K-6)

Students with specialized Health Plans

• 165

Students on 504s

• 81

Students on IEPs

• 411

By the Numbers 81 GUSD Students with 504 Plans By Grade

By the Numbers Students with 504 Plans By School

By the Numbers 411 GUSD Students in Special Education (11%)

Hard of Hearing Deaf Visual Impairment Orthopedic Impairment Established Medical Disability Deaf/Blind Traumatic Brain Injury

By the Numbers Students by Grade Level with Disabilities

Comparison of SLI and SLD by Grade Level

Special Education Staff across the District

Certificated Classified

Teachers: M/M, M/S, APE, DHOH 25 Instructional Assistants - Mild/Moderate 17 School Psychologists 10 Instructional Assistants - Intensive 75 Speech & Language Pathologists 9 Specialists: OT, COTA 2 Nurses 3 MFT - Interns (Part Time) 9 Community Liaisons / Social Worker 4 Extended School Year (ESY) Staff - approximately 5 teachers, OT, Speech, Counseling, and 15 IAs

Our Intensive Programs Where Our Most Amazing Little Ones Are

Brandon

Communicative Disorders

Ellwood

Emotional Disturbance

Kellogg

Autism

Mt View

Intellectual & Multiple Disabilities

Students

9 15 28 17

Teachers

1 2 3 3

IAs

3 5 20 10

Intensive Programs Taking a Deeper Look

Brandon Ellwood Kellogg Mt View

K-1 Students Designed for children with communicative disorders 1 classroom Grade level curriculum Small groups to focus on language opportunities Mainstreaming then Inclusion K-6 Center for Therapeutic Education (CTE) designed for children with emotional and behavioral disturbances 2 Contained Classrooms K-4 4-6 Grade level curriculum Mainstreaming then Inclusion TK-6 Focus on children with Autism from the mild to the most severe Prongs

• Inclusion (K-6)

GenEd all day

Grade level curriculum Pull out for SAI

• 2 Contained Classrooms

K-2 & 3-6

Functional curriculum Mainstreaming to GenEd

K-6 Centered around children with intellectual, physical disabilities, & intense health needs 3 Contained Classrooms K-3 Intensive 4-6 Intensive K-6 Uber Intensive Functional curriculum Mainstreaming to GenEd Bringing our children back from county programs

Intensive Program Brandon

Small group instruction to ensure numerous language

• pportunities throughout all

instructional activities Embedded speech therapy as part of the ELA rotations Students have a range of cognitive abilities Goal is to transition to home school for second grade with minimal special education support

Intensive Program Ellwood

Points and levels system with student focused self-monitoring Safe - Responsible - Respectful Individual and group counseling for every student Social worker and full time psychologist Small group or individual instruction at ability level Students typically average or above average cognitively

Intensive Program Kellogg

Small group and individual instruction Embedded speech therapy,

• ccupational therapy, and adaptive

physical education AT/AAC Weekly trips to the sensory room Verbal and non-verbal students with diverse cognitive profile Social and Behavioral focus

Intensive Program Mt View

Small group and individual instruction Embedded speech therapy, occupational therapy, and adaptive physical education AT/AAC Weekly trips to the sensory room and/or Community Based Instruction Verbal and non-verbal students Functional skills focused Students with significant health challenges

Preschool Program Learning Tree Inclusive Preschool

3-6 years of age 4 days a week Typical children integrated with students with disabilities Ca State Preschool Foundation standards Focus on social skills, play skills and pre-academics

Adventures

Strengthening our Staff's Knowledge Base

Based on data collection and surveying our certificated and classified staff, we provide staff with ongoing professional development in the following areas.

• Inclusion Based Strategies - The Role of the Paraeducator
• Accommodations and Modifications of curriculum
• Behavior: data collection and implementation of plans/contracts
• Disability specific teaching strategies
• Assistive Technology and Augmentative & Alternative Communication
• Social Facilitation
• Sensory Processing, gross and fine motor skills

Our certificated staff have participated in professional learning goal activities centered around special education and relevant needs.

Mental Health Supports

Mental health supports are:

• Multifaceted
• Multi-tiered
• Child centered with a focus on developing competencies to improve learning
• Available to all children who demonstrate a need

Supports are Multifaceted

The district utilizes a variety of personnel to provide social, emotional, behavioral and family support through:

• 10 school psychologists/counselor positions (1:357 ratio; CA average 1:15791)
• 9 Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) intern positions (average 15 hrs/week)
• 1 District social worker position (FT)
• 3 community liaison positions
• 1 District behaviorist position
• Collaboration with numerous private and non-profit mental health and

behavioral health organizations

1 Ratio of Students Per School Psychologist by State: Data from the 2009-10 and 2004-05 NASP Membership Survey, Castillo, J. M., Curtis, M. J., Chappel, A., & Cunningham, J. (2011).

[Ratios of students to school psychologists by state]. Unpublished data from the 2009-10 NASP Membership Survey. Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Supports are Multi-tiered

At the “Universal”, or Tier 1 level:

• District-wide research-based Social, Emotional Learning (SEL) through

Second Step curriculum at every grade level (PK-6)

• Positive Behavior Support (PBS) school-wide programs such as Character

Counts and CHAMPS

• High quality, research-based classroom behavioral management systems
• Playground supervision
• Social facilitation (site dependent),
• Playground peer mediation and problem solving (site dependent)

Supports are Multi-tiered

At the “At-risk” or Tier 2 level:

• Social skills groups
• Small group, targeted social/emotional learning
• Direct community liaison support:Families in Need, Computers for Families,

translation, assistance with forms

• Indirect community liaison support: Information, referrals to community

agencies, transportation assistance

• Bullying Prevention program using Second Step curriculum
• Mental Health Matters curriculum (6th graders)
• Cyberbullying Prevention presentation (6th graders)
• Parent education classes

Supports are Multi-tiered

At the “Intensive” or Tier 3 level:

• Individual counseling
• Small group counseling
• Functional Behavioral Analysis
• Comprehensive social/emotional/behavioral evaluation
• Individual Risk/Threat Assessment
• Individual behavior contract, support plan or behavior intervention plan
• Home visits
• Access to District social worker
• Intensive District Programs (Center for Therapeutic Education, Autism,

Intellectually Disabled and Communication Impaired)

Supports are available to all children who demonstrate a need

In the 2017-2018 year 266 K-6 students have participated in counseling * The district is currently working toward identifying students in need using a data-based approach as part of our MTSS process through:

• Social Emotional Screeners
• Data Team Meetings
• Student Success Team (SST) Meetings