Transcript Student Services Update - Cambrian School District

Special Education & 504 Plans
 Training
 Santa Clara County Inclusion Collaborative
 Special Education Transportation
 Health Services and Home/Hospital Teaching
 Student Attendance and Residency
 Student Discipline and Behavior
 Other Responsibilities as Assigned
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Special education is a service not a place
Children with disabilities must, to the maximum extent
appropriate, be educated with students without
disabilities.
An IEP must provide justification for any segregation
Removal into separate classes is appropriate only when
the student cannot receive any educational benefit in
the general education with supplementary aids and
services
 Cambrian
Student Services District Staff
• Director of Student Services: Mark W. Loos, Ed.D.
• Administrative Assistant: Christine Gonzales
 Cambrian
Special Education School Staff
• Speech/Language Pathologists (SLP) (5.0 FTE total for District)
• School Psychologists (4 FTE)
• Resource Specialist Program Teachers (1 FTE each K-5; 3 FTE at Price)
• Special Day Class Teachers (13 FTE Total)
• Instructional Assistants (various days/hours)
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Health Services
• School Health Clerks
• Vision, Hearing and other Health Screenings
• Documenting Immunization Records
• Home/Hospital Teaching (for students medically
unable to attend school)
• Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA)
• Nurse/medical consultation and collaboration with
staff, parents and local districts, providers/groups
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Student attendance and residency issues
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Principals
Staff
Parents
San Jose Police Department (TABS)
Residency verification checks and
residency related issues
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School Attendance Review Board (SARB)
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District Attorney Mediation
 Cambrian
School District
 2014
- (so far) 97%
 2013
- 96.5 %
 2012
- 96%
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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS) Staff Development
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Overseeing Suspensions and Expulsions
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Facilitating Behavior Interventions
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Almaden Valley Counselor On Campus
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Student Counseling Resources and SocialEmotional/Behavioral Issues
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Student Study & Individualized Educational
Program Team Meetings
 2013
– 67
 2012
- 133
 2011
– 146
 Continued
focus on student needs,
programs, training and staffing
 Maintain
collaboration with SCCOE
programs to avoid more restrictive
placements
 Investigate
Future Staffing Needs