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Par en ts, gu ar d i an s, sch ool staf f , an d or D H H S m ay r ef er a stu d en t to th e sp eci al ed u cati on d ep ar tm en t d u e to acad em i c, soci al , m en tal , an d or em oti on al i ssu es. A n y on e i n ter ested i n r ef er r i n g a st u d en t f or a sp eci al ed u cati on eval u ati on sh ou l d r each ou t to th e sp eci al ed u cati on d i r ector to com p l et e th e of f i ci al r ef er r al f or m . T h e d i r ect or w i l l th en si gn i t an d sch ed u l e an I EP Team m eeti n g, w i th i n 15 cal en d ar d ay s, to r ev i ew th e r ef er r al an d al l con cer n s. At th i s m eeti n g, i t w i l l be d eter m i n ed i f testi n g w i l l be com p l eted an d w r i t ten p er m i ssi on w i l l be asked f or .
T h e sp eci al ed u cati on d ep ar tm en t at Bax t er Acad em y i s m ad e u p of a sm al l gr ou p of t al en t ed st af f m em ber s w h ose p r i m ar y goal i s t o ed u cat e an d su p p or t stu d en ts w h o h ave an i d en t i f i ed sp eci al ed u cati on d i sabi l i ty an d an act i ve I n d i v i d u al Ed u cati on Pl an . T h i s occu r s m ost ly t h r ou gh an i n cl u si ve m od el of t each i n g. Sp eci al Ed u cati on staf f team - teach acad em i c cou r ses w i th r egu l ar ed u cat i on st af f . T h ey al so ar e i n r egu l ar ed u cati on cl assr oom s t o p r ov i d e d i r ect su p p or t an d sp eci al ly d esi gn ed i n str u cti on to stu d en ts w h o r equ i r e i t w i th ou t sti gm ati zi n g th e st u d en t by ?p u l l i n g? th em ou t of th ei r cl ass f or t h i s i n st r u ct i on . By p r ov i d i n g su p p or t t h i s w ay, m an y n on - i d en ti f i ed stu d en t s h ave t h e op p or t u n i ty to r ecei ve si m i l ar su p p or t w h en t h ey n eed i t. For th ose stu d en ts, w i th sp eci al n eed s, w h o str u ggl e sever ely w i th execu t i ve f u n ct i on sk i l l s, th ey m ay p ar t i ci p at e i n a Fu n cti on al L ear n i n g L ab w h er e t h e sp eci al ed u cati on teach er of f er s st r at egi es an d p r acti ce i n d evel op i n g th ese n eed ed sk i l l s.
O n ce w r i tten p er m i ssi on i s gi ven , Bax t er Acad em y h as 45 sch ool d ay s to com p l ete th e eval u ati on s an d r econ ven e an oth er I EP Team m eeti n g. At th e f ol l ow - u p m eeti n g, al l testi n g i s r ev i ew ed an d a d eter m i n ati on as to w h eth er th e stu d en t qu al i f i es f or an d r equ i r es sp eci al ed u cati on ser v i ces w i l l occu r . I f a stu d en t d oes qu al i f y, a case m an ager w i l l be assi gn ed to th e st u d en t an d an I EP w i l l be d evel op ed . I f th e stu d en t d oesn ?t qu al i f y, r ecom m en d ati on s w i l l be m ad e to su p p or t th e teach er s an d stu d en t w i th an y ar ea of con cer n .
W h en st u d en t s joi n B ax ter Acad em y w i th an act i ve I EP (I n d i v i d u al Ed u cati on Pl an ), th e I EP i s i m m ed i at ely i m p l em en ted to th e best of t h e st af f ?s abi l i ty. T h en an I EP Team m eet i n g occu r s to am en d th e I EP, i f n ecessar y, t o r ef l ect th e stu d en t?s n eed s th at ar e sp eci f i c t o Bax ter Acad em y. A stu d en t ?s I EP i s d evel op ed th r ou gh col l abor ati on of al l t h ose i n volved (staf f , p ar en ts, stu d en ts, sp eci al i st s) t o at t em p t to m eet th e n eed s of t h e st u d en t . Each I EP i s i n d i v i d u al ly d evel op ed becau se each stu d en t i s an i n d i v i d u al an d w h at w or k s f or on e stu d en t m ay n ot f or an ot h er .
Focu sed L ear n i n g L ab: St u d en t s h ave t h e op p or t u n i t y t o f ocu s on execu t i ve f u n ct i on i n g sk i l l s an d p r act i ce t h em w i t h su p p or t as t h ey com p l et e acad em i c w or k . Pr er equ i si t e: A st u d en t m u st be i d en t i f i ed w i t h a sp eci al ed u cat i on d i sabi l i t y, h ave an act i ve I EP, an d be d et er m i n ed n ecessar y t h r ou gh an I EP t eam m eet i n g.
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