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MERRICK
EDUCATIONAL CENTER
Merrick Educational Center
• Miami-Dade County Public
School
• Providing Three Distinct
Programs
• Serving Students Throughout
Miami-Dade County
Three Programs:
• Hospital/Homebound
Instructional Program
• School-Based Program for
Students with Disabilities
• Alternative
Telecommunications
School Based Program
• Five Classrooms
– Teacher and two paraprofessionals
– No more than 10 students
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Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Physical Impairments
Nursing Services
Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy
Three Departments within the
Homebound Program:
• Community Based
• Itinerant
• Teleclass
Community Based Program
• Students with Intellectual Disabilities
– Who are also homebound for medical reasons
• Teacher visits student twice each week in their
home
• Modified Curriculum (no FCAT)
Hospital/Homebound
Instructional Program
• Itinerant Teachers
– All Grades K – 5
– Some Secondary
• Teleclass
– Most Secondary (grades 6 – 12)
Why Homebound?
Leukemia
Brain Tumor
Osteosarcoma
Organ Transplants
Heart, Liver, Multiple visceral
Scoliosis Surgery
Traumatic Brain Injury
Sickle Cell Anemia
Systemic Lupus
Encephalitis
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Digestive Disorders
Irrititable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease
Multiple Bone Fractures
Muscular Dystrophy
Uncontrolled Seizures
Itinerant
Teachers
• Teacher visits student twice
each week
– In the home
– In the hospital
• Teaches all subjects
• Students earn grades
• Students take FCAT at home
or hospital
• General Curriculum or
• Modified Curriculum
Teleclass
• Grades 6 – 12
• General Curriculum Only
• Classes conducted via telephone
with other homebound students
• Transitioning into Computer
Webcasts
• Classes meet 3x/wk in
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Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
• Classes meet 2x/wk in Electives
Teleclass Teachers
Teaching Homebound Students Over The Phone
How to Access Hospital/Homebound
• Parent completes Section I of
the Request for Consideration of
Enrollment in the
Homebound/Hospitalized
Instructional Program has the
student’s physician complete
Section II. (FM-5539)
• Parent completes the Mutual
Exchange of Information (FM2128) so we can talk to the
physician if needed
• Parent faxes completed forms
to Merrick at 305-447-3761
• Forms will be reviewed to
ensure eligibility
• Intake teacher at Merrick will
contact parent to schedule
intake IEP meeting at Merrick
• Intake meeting will be held;
service delivery method will be
determined
• Merrick registrar will contact
home school registrar to
withdraw student
• Merrick will enroll student
• Teleclass or Itinerant services
will begin
A word about grades. . . .
• Student needs to bring transfer grades
when they leave home school and enroll at
Merrick.
• Merrick cannot give grades for the time
BEFORE a student was enrolled in Merrick.
• Students are often absent from the home
school for a significant time before enrolling
in Merrick.
• In the best case, the student is provided
make-up work to complete and submit to the
home school while absent, so the teacher(s)
can provide transfer grades when they leave
the home school.
What happens when it’s time
to return to home school?
• Medical must be expired, or
• Physician must provide release
(FM-6886); clearing student to
return to traditional school
• Interim IEP Meeting is held at
Merrick to release student from
placement as Homebound.
IMPORTANT
If the student and family
show up at the home
school, without having a
dismissal IEP meeting
first, they will not be
able to enroll in the
home school.
• When the dismissal IEP meeting is
held, Merrick notifies the home
school of dismissal
• Merrick enters dismissal date on
PF17; eliminates matrix domain rating
on PF17
• Merrick withdraws student W02
• Student returns to home school and
registers
• IF student has another
exceptionality, home school conducts
new IEP meeting within 10 days of
return
Alternative Telecommunications
• Students are assigned to study
from home
• ONLY THE DIVISION OF
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAN
PLACE STUDENTS IN THIS
PROGRAM
• Access is highly restricted
• Students are in class via telephone
5 days per week, 7:30 – 2:30
• Grades 6 – 12
• General Curriculum
• Turn-around opportunity
Alternative Telecommunication (ATC)
Teachers
Merrick Educational Center
(305) 445-5188
merrick.vpweb.com
[email protected]