Mount Vernon City School District 2016-2017 High School Course Catalog
Special Education Programs 8:1:2 and 12:1:2 Special Class-Ungraded These classes are designed for students with developmental disabilities including Autism and require intensive instruction and supervision. These classes will foster the development of skills and support for the individual student in the specialized areas of communication, socialization, sensory-motor processing, behavior management, daily living skills and academics. The Life Skills Program is designed for students who require an alternative to the traditional academic program in order to learn. The curriculum focuses on functional academic skills, improving language, communication, social skills, and occupational awareness. Skills taught in the classroom will be reinforced in the school and community through activities and trips. Related services are available per the IEP requirements.
8:1:2 and 12:1:2 Special Class Instructional Support Program (I.S.P.) These classes serve students whose management needs are severe and chronic, requiring intensive and constant supervision. A significant degree of individualized attention, intervention and intensive behavior management, as well as additional adult support, is provided. These classes are designed for students with academic difficulties and management needs which require a more restrictive environment. The students receive all their academic instruction in the small class setting. Students are included with general education students during special area classes such as art, music, and physical education. The student’s program includes instruction that will follow New York State Common Core Learning Standards. These students have academic and/or behavioral management needs that interfere with the instructional process, to the extent that additional adult support is needed to engage in learning and who require specialized/specially designed instruction which can best be accomplished in a self-contained setting. Related services are available per the IEP requirements.
15:1 Special Class The maximum class size for those students whose special education needs consist primarily of the need for specialized instruction which can best be accomplished in a self-contained setting shall not exceed 15 students. These self-contained classes provide specialized instruction of the general curriculum to students who require a small, highly structured learning environment. Mainstreaming is available when educationally appropriate. Related services are available per the IEP requirements.
Integrated Co-Teaching Classroom (ICT) Students with disabilities who receive Integrated Co-Teaching services are educated with age appropriate peers in the general education classroom. ICT provides students the opportunity to be educated alongside their non-disabled peers with the support of a special education teacher to assist in adapting and modifying instruction. Integrated Co-Teaching ensures that students master specific skills and concepts in the general education curriculum, as well as ensuring that their special education needs are being met, including meeting alternate curriculum goals. Related services are available per the IEP requirements.
Resource Room Resource Room services provide direct academic instruction and compensatory strategies to make progress within the content areas. The purpose is to re-teach/reinforce concepts that are taught initially in the regular education classrooms and provide necessary remediation of skill deficits. This program provides the opportunity for students to receive instruction in the regular education classes with non-disabled peers and learn in the least restrictive environment. Related services are available per the IEP requirements.
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