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The program for the
Visually Impaired provides the student with the opportunity,
experience, materials, equipment, and facilities to fully
develop and use his/her abilities.
To be eligible for
the Visually Impaired Program, a student has at least one of
the following:
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A visual acuity of
20/70 or less in the better eye after best possible
correction.
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A peripheral field
so constricted that it affects the student's ability to
function in an educational setting.
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A progressive loss
of vision affecting the student's ability to function in
an educational setting requiring the use of specialized
techniques, materials, or equipment.
The goals of the
program include:
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development of
basic skills through adaptation of the regular
curriculum
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development of
daily living skills
-
development of
prevocational skills
Areas of focus include:
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Visual stimulation
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Auditory and
tactile stimulation
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Orientation &
Mobility skills
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Modification or
adaptation of materials for classroom and home
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The program for
the hearing impaired is provided to emphasize
learning speech and language. communication skills,
and the use of amplification.
Students
eligible for the hearing impaired program are those
whose:
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hearing
loss is so severe that they cannot learn speech
and language through normal channels, and who
need extensive instruction in order to develop
communication and language skills
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residual
hearing is adequate for learning speech,
language through normal channels, provided that
classroom and/or instructional modifications are
made.
Area of
focus include:
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The
Speech and Language Impaired Program is
designed to improve communication skills to
a level comparable to the student's
abilities.
The
program serves eligible students (ages three
to twenty-two years) who have communication
disorders which may involve one or more
problems in understanding and/or producing
language.
Those
students identified as needing speech and/or
language programs receive a comprehensive
evaluation by a speech-language pathologist.
The therapist then meets with the Child
Study Team to report if the student is
eligible for the program and if so, how the
student's needs can best be met.
The
program includes therapy sessions in groups
or individually, as well as consultations
with parents and classroom teachers.
Areas of focus include:
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Expressive language skills
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Receptive language skills
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Social skills using communication
- Alternative
communication devices
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Physical
Therapy provides a program designed
to improve, maintain, or reduce the
effects of regression of the
exceptional student's functioning
level in the school or home setting.
This is provided through
individually designed programs which
develop, restore, or maintain muscle
function, relieve pain, or manage
posture problems.
A student
requiring physical therapy has been
identified as having:
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physical
impairments, motor deficits or
developmental delays which
significantly interfere with
learning or the ability to
function in the classroom
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skeletal
deformities, trauma,
neuromuscular conditions, and
physically debilitating
conditions which limit the
student's ability to function in
the classroom
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any other
physical disability which limits
one or more of the major life
activities
-
a written
medical referral signed by a
health care practitioner, valid
up to one year after signature
Areas of
focus include:
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Gait
Training
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Posture and
Balance
-
Alternative
Positioning
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Occupational Therapy is a
related service using
activities and environmental
modifications to help the
student become more
independent in the school or
home.
Students requiring
occupational therapy
services have been found to
have deficits in several of
the following skill areas:
Intervention may be provided
through one or more of the
following: direct therapy
(individual or group);
consultative services; staff
training; monitoring;
wheelchair evaluation and
recommendation; making,
modifying, or providing
equipment; and assistive
technology.
Areas of focus include:
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