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Special Services Update

January 26, 2016

Putting students first to make learning last a lifetime Celebrating academics, diversity and innovation

Special Services and Early Learning Department Leadership Team

Executive Director – Tracy Wilson Director – Kristi Docken

Assistant Director – Christy Jones Assistant Director – Lisa Muchlinski

Autism Behavior Specialist – Lisa Upton Preschool, Life Skills and Early Childhood Specialist – Jenn Coppinger Education Specialists K-12 – Sarah Nickel, Kandace Meinecke Behavior Support (part-time) – Heather Espinoza

Eligibility Categories for Special Education Defined by WAC 392-172A-01035

• Developmental Delays
• Emotional/Behavioral Disability
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Health Impairment
• Learning Disability
• Intellectual Disability
• Multiple Disabilities
• Deaf
• Hearing Impairment
• Visual Impairment
• Deaf-Blind
• Communication Disorder
• Autism
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Special Education Totals by Category

Disability % # Disability % # Developmental Delay 11.80 272 Deaf 0.6 15 Emotional/Behavioral Disability 2.0 39 Hearing Impaired 0.8 20 Orthopedically Impaired 0.3 8 Visually Impaired 0.3 8 Health Impaired 15.3 352 Deaf-Blindness Specific Learning Disability 46.4 1069 Communication Disorders 10.7 247 Intellectual Disability 4.2 97 Autism 6 138 Multiple Disabilities 1.5 34 Traumatic Brain Injury 0.2 4

Special Education Enrollment by School

School Name # of students School Name # of students

Chess Elementary 82 Capt Gray STEM Elementary 57 Markham Elementary 36 Capt Gray Pre-school 47 Emerson Elementary 77 Franklin Elementary 94 Longfellow Elementary 63 McClintock STEM Elementary 72 Livingston Elementary 77 McClintock Pre-school 41 Twain Elementary 83 Curie STEM Elementary 116 McGee Elementary 90 McLoughlin Middle School 141 Frost Elementary 67 Stevens Middle School 99 Whittier Elementary 60 Ochoa Middle School 120 Angelou Elementary 136 Pasco High School 278 Robinson Elementary 102 New Horizons High School 20 Head Start/ ECEAP 33 Chiawana High School 297 Infant and Toddlers 79

Total Students Eligible for Special Education Services

92 89 79 131 140 164 1957 2031 2092 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

• Jan. 2014
• Jan. 2015
• Jan. 2016

Ages 0-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-21

Pasco School District Strategic Plan Goal 3

Define and expand academic and behavioral intervention programs for students Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and the Bridges Program in Pasco School District

Positive Behavioral Interventions

and Supports (PBIS)

• A key strategy of the PBIS process is prevention.
• Through instruction, comprehension and regular practice, all

stakeholders use a consistent set of behavioral expectations and rules.

• When some students do not respond to teaching of the

behavioral rules, PBIS schools view it as an opportunity for re-teaching, not just punishment.

Tier 1 Minor Classroom Plan 80-90% Tier 2 Building Interventions 10-20% Tier 3

Positive Behavioral Interventions Supports

Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

• Special education provides specialized instruction for

emotional and behavioral development in addition to academics

• Multi-step system of supports
• Tiered approach from general education through

special education

Principles of Re-Education

“The principles themselves seem - indeed are - simple enough: that young people have a tremendous desire to learn and to do well; that their feelings are intrinsically valid and quite as important as their thinking; that destructive and self-defeating behavior must be faced; that young people can help each other sort things out and arrive at good choices; that the world is rich in things to learn; that life is to be savored at each moment; and that decent, caring adults are absolutely essential in the lives of children if those children are to grow up strong in body, quick of mind, generous in spirit.”

• Nicholas Hobbs, 1982

Special Education Bridges Program

Mission: To create a better everyday life for our students and families.

• Using a Leveled Behavioral System and the Principles of Re-education the

program focuses on: – Foundational Strategies – Creating Connections – Building Trust – Creating Community

• Bridges program for most intensive needs

– McGee Elementary – Debbie Richardson, Gene Lemmon – Mark Twain Elementary – KC Rallens, Gloria Matz – Livingston Elementary – Amy McKeown, Dawn Heinecke – McLoughlin – Trevor Nix, Judy Cushman – PHS – Jacob Butenhoff, Justin Kelly, Stella Leatham – Social Worker – Jacob Campbell

Contracted Community Services

• Lourdes Day Treatment
• Consultants
• Gonzaga University

Questions?