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Special Student Services

Special Student Services

• Special Education – services for

students with disabilities who need specially designed instruction

• 504 – providing supports that prevent

discrimination based on a disability

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Program Objectives

• Meeting Individual Needs
• Achieving College and Career Readiness
• Assuring the Rights of Students with

Disabilities

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Growth Goals 2016-2017

• Double Digit Student Gains in all Content

Areas

• Effective Campus Support
• Instructional Settings to Meet Needs
• 100% Compliant with Timelines and State

and Federal Expectations

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DRIVE

DATA R I V E

Primary Disability 2016 2017 Increase

Total 4,076 4,333 257 Speech Impairment (SI) 1,341 1,352 11 Learning Disability (LD) 1,118 1,115

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AuAsm (AU) 793 898 105 Other Health Impairment (OHI) 305 354 49 Intellectual Disability (ID) 241 274 33 EmoAonal Disturbance (ED) 109 152 43 Non-categorical Early Childhood (NCEC) ages 3-5 52 60 8 Auditory Impairment (AI) 51 53 2 Orthopedic Impairment (OI) 30 33 3 Visual Impairment (VI) 21 22 1 TraumaAc Brain Injury (TBI) 10 14 4 Deaf-Blind (DB) 5 6 1

4333 = 11.03% Students with Disabilities 3074 = 71% Speech Impairment

DATA R I V E

S T A F F

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16-17 15-16 14-15 Campus Staff (Teachers/ Aides) 503.1 490.65 483.5 4% Support Staff (SLPs, DiagnosAcians, OTs, PTs, LSSPs) 126 125 124.5 1% Students in SPED 4333 4085 4053 6%

504 Students

September 2016 1,741 4.5% January 2017 1,860 4.7% June 2017 projecAon 2,000 5.1% 3-year projecAon 2,750 7% 5-year projecAon 4,000 10%

DATA R I V E

DATA R I V E

Students IdenCfied with Dyslexia Students Receiving MTA IntervenCon 1,376 (3.34%) 927 Elementary-756 Elementary- 745 Secondary-620 Secondary - 186 504 - 494 Special EducaAon - 433 Students Served in a Program Other than MTA SPED - 17

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 Totals for 2013-14 Totals for 2014-15 Totals for 2015-16 Totals for 2016-17

DRIVE Students IdenCfied with Dyslexia K-12 742 952 1167 1376

Data meetings at Elementary DRIVE Summits at Secondary STAAR Alt Data Training Reading Performance

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D Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum I V E

Reading FoundaAon Specific Learning Needs Content Curriculum

Less restricAve More RestricAve

S P E C I A L E D U C A T I O N G E N E R A L E D U C A T I O N

Less restricAve More RestricAve

S P E C I A L E D U C A T I O N G E N E R A L E D U C A T I O N

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Innovative Instruction

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V E High Yield for High Impact Behavior Management EvaluaAon Best pracAces in Services

D R I Valuable PD E

Valuable PD

281 Sessions

Curriculum and Strategies to Evaluation and Compliance Special Ed, General Ed, Counselors, and Administrators DWD, After School, Lunch & Learns, Technology

DRIVE Effective Leadership

Effective Leadership Today

Focus on Students and Campus Needs – Reorganized – Aligned Staff Vertically – Partnered Across Services Teams

Organizational Structure

• M. Duston

Director

• Pearce Area

Elementary Support

• Speech Services (70

SLPs)

• Child Find EvaluaAon
• Compliance and ARD

FacilitaAon

• Dr. K. Gray-Smith

Director

• Pearce Area

Secondary Support

• EvaluaAon (41

evaluators)

• Campus Behavior

and Mental Health Support

• Compliance and

Data Management

• K. Hodge

Director

• Berkner Area

Support

• Secondary

Curriculum and InstrucAon

• Specialized

Classrooms – Behavior and AuAsm

• Visual Impairment

Services

• In-Home/Parent

Training Support

• A. Linn

Director

• Richardson Area

Support

• Preschool Program

for Children with DisabiliAes Curriculum and InstrucAon

• Elementary

Curriculum and InstrucAon

• OccupaAonal and

Physical Therapy Services

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Organizational Structure

• J. Walker

Director

• Lake Highlands Area

Support

• Specialized

Classrooms – AdapAve Classrooms

• Professional

Development CoordinaAon

• State Assessment

Management

• TransiAon Services
• A. Zornig

Director

• 504 Services
• RTI Development

and Support

• Homebound

Services

• S. Suess

Director

• Dyslexia EvaluaAon

and InstrucAonal Services

• S. Simpson

Director

• Health Services

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Focus on Students and Campus Needs

• Supporting an RTI Model Focused on

Students

• Training for Specific Needs of Students
• Broadening Expertise of Support Staff
• Addressing Needs as They Arise

Effective Leadership in the Future

• Address Staffing Needs
• Provide More Compliance Support
• Continue To Grow our Skills

Challenges

Questions

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