Special Education Programming

• The Guided Programs are a program for students with disabilities who require a milieu that provides an individualized functional academic curriculum, intensive related services, and explicit instruction in order to develop self-care, independence and functional life skills. A team approach to problem-solving and the provision of services provides instruction that includes but is not limited to:

• Functional academic skills
• Self-care skills
• Communication skills
• Social skills
• Self-management skills
• Independence skills
• Pre vocational skills (e.g., time management, task completion)
• Decision-making skills
• Recreation/Leisure skills
• Community-Based Instruction (CBI)

Students within the Guided Program are provided with multiple opportunities for integration on-site at District 103 and within the community at large.

• Areas addressed through Hearing and Vision services include but are not limited to:

• Efficient use of technology to increase access
• Increased independence
• Increased self-advocacy
• Curricular and environmental modifications and adaptations

Home/Hospital services are provided to a student when a licensed medical physician determines that the student, will or is anticipated, due to a medical condition, to be out of school for a minimum of two consecutive weeks of school (10 days) or more, or on an ongoing intermittent basis.

The Intensive Instructional Program (IIP) is a program for students with disabilities who require a milieu that offers students the option of a home-base throughout the school day with integrated support in the areas of social communication, emotional regulation and transactional supports. Intensified case management and a team approach to problem solving and service delivery provide instruction related to:

• Academics (English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Science)
• Self-management skills
• Social skills
• Language skills
• Sensory regulation skills

Participation in the general education setting is a priority and dependent upon individual strengths and needs.

• Adapted Physical Education (APE)
• Audiology
• Aide (1:1 and Classroom)
• Assistive Technology
• Consultative Services (Private Placement)
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Psychological Services
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Social Work/Counseling
• School Health Services
• Transportation
• Behavior Intervention Plans

• The District 103 Resource Programs are designed to support students within the general education curriculum including, but not limited to:

• Developing active and independent learners;
• Supporting the general education curriculum across the content areas, and
• Improving specific skills (i.e., reading fluency, decoding, encoding, comprehension, math computation/application, written expression and executive functioning.)

Areas addressed through speech language therapy include but are not limited to:

• Expressive language skills
• Receptive language skills
• Social Pragmatics
• Articulation
• Chronic or acute voice quality, pitch or volume issues
• Auditory processing challenges
• Fluency or stuttering
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Swallowing (dysphagia)

For students requiring intensified support systems and supervision with extensive related service programming that needs to be provided on a more immediate and centralized basis, District 103 offers alternate off–site placements within a variety of therapeutic day schools within the D103 Catchment area.