Transcript File - Orientation to Special Education Nampa School

Orientation to Special
Education
NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT
131
Overview
WEEK 1 – September 5th
Orientation to the Nampa School District “Who are we?” - special education department, Supports
within our district, programs within our district, our student population.
WEEK 2 – September 12th
The ‘Process” part one. – The Nampa School District Compliance manual – Referral to Eligibility.
WEEK 3 – September 19th
The “Process” part two – The Nampa School District Compliance manual – IEP to Written Notice,
progress reports and Exit
WEEK 4 – September 26th
The “Process” part three – Early Childhood IEP’s and Transition IEP’s
WEEK – 5 October 3rd
Determining ESY, Special transportation, assistive technology, Alt-Assess, our paperwork, process,
files, meeting notes, Medicaid
WEEK 6 – October 10th
Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans
WEEK 7 – October 17th
Change of Placement and pre-placement evaluation,
WEEK 8 – October 24th
Common Core – what does it mean to special education? Review
Who Are We?
• 15,110 Students
• 1,581 students require special education
We Have:
• 3 High Schools
• 4 Middle Schools
• 13 Elementary Schools
– Including 1 Elementary Magnet School
Additional Schools
• Nampa Early Childhood Learning Center (3-5
year olds)
• Elementary Gateways
• Secondary Gateways
• Ridgeline Alternative High School
• Teen Parent High School
• PREP Program for 18-21 year olds
• TASK and ALPHA Suspension/Expulsion
Schools
Special Education Services
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Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
School Psychologists
School Social Workers
Physical Therapy
Resource Rooms
Special Programs-Elementary
• Structured Learning Classrooms
– 2 Extended Resource rooms at Willow Creek
Elementary and Parkridge Elementary
– 1 Extended Resource Room at Greenhurst
Elementary for Students who are Medically Fragile
– 2 Classrooms for students with Autism at Ronald
Reagan Elementary and Iowa Elementary
• Full Time Nurse at Greenhurst Elementary
• Program for students who are Hard of Hearing at
Lake Ridge Elementary
Special Programs-Middle School
• Structured Learning Classrooms
– 1 Classroom for students with Severe/Profound
disabilities who are medically fragile at East Valley
Middle School
– 1 Classroom for students with Severe Disabilities at
East Valley Middle School
– 2 Extended Resource Classrooms at West Middle
School
– 1 Classroom for students with Autism at Lone Star
Middle School
– 2 Classrooms for students with Emotional or
Behavioral disabilities at South Middle school
• Full time nurse at East Valley Middle School
Special Programs – High School
• Structured Learning Classrooms
– 2 Extended Resource rooms at each high
school – RADD (Columbia, Nampa High and
Skyview)
– 2 Classrooms for students with Emotional and
Behavioral Disabilities at Skyview High
School
– PREP program for 18-21 year olds housed at
Nampa High School.
• Full time nurse at Skyview High School
District Supports
Special Education Director
Mike Breach
Contact at the District Office
468-4600
[email protected]
District Supports
Director of Special Education Administrative
Assistant
Kim Wood (K.J.)
Contact at the District Office
468-4600
[email protected]
District Supports
Special Education File Manager
Becky Priest
Contact at District Office
468-4600
[email protected]
District Supports
Medicaid Billing and Support
Sarah Moore
Contact at the District Office 468-4600
[email protected]
District Supports
Special Education Software GURU
And TERA expert
Darlene Wethered
Contact at
[email protected]
District Supports
Translators
• Saul Pelayo
• Arcelia Puentes
Will translate special education documents.
Attach document to e-mail and send to
[email protected]
District Supports
Special Education Supervisor and Consulting
Teacher:
Lisa Perry
Consulting Teachers
Phyllis Vermilyea
Kim Thomas
Lisa Perry
• Schools Served:
– Ronald Reagan, Iowa, Centennial, Lone Star, Lake
Ridge, Ridge Line
• Additional Responsibilities: Special Education
Supervisor, State Reports, Extended School
year Coordinator, Alternate Assessment
Coordinator, Voc. Rehab. Coordinator
• Specialty Areas: Autism, Assistive Technology,
Secondary Transition, Alternate Assessment
Kim Thomas
• Schools Served:
– NECLC, Parkridge, Greenhurst, Willow Creek, West
Middle School, East Valley, Nampa High, Columbia
High School
• Additional Responsibilities: Vision Impaired,
Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Instructional Coach
• Specialty Areas: Early Childhood Special
Education, Sensory Impairments
Phyllis Vermilyea
• Schools Served:
– Central, Centennial, Snake River, Owyhee, Sherman,
South Middle School, Skyview High School,
Endeavor, New Horizons, Roosevelt
• Additional Responsibilities: Training and Supervising
Behavior interventionists, Supporting students/staff in the
area of behavior intervention
• Specialty Areas: Emotional and Behavior Disorders,
Functional Behavior Assessments, Behavior Intervention
Plans
Additional Resources
Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Debra McCarty at Lake Ridge Elementary
Contact at
[email protected]
Erin Schwartz – Consultant with Idaho Educational
Services for the Deaf and Blind (IESDB)
Contact at
[email protected]
Meridian Programs @ Ponderosa Elementary and
River Valley Elementary
Residential Program at ISDB
Additional Resources
Teacher of the Vision Impaired
Kim Thomas at District Office
Contact at 468-4600 [email protected]
Philip Schuyler – Consultant with Idaho Educational services for
the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB)
Contact at
[email protected]
Melodee Davies – Braille Transcription and Para Professional
support
Contact See Kim Thomas
Sharon Larsen – Orientation and Mobility (Travel skills for the
Vision Impaired)
Contact See Kim Thomas
Residential Program at ISDB
Special Transportation
Contact Kim Wood at the District office
For all Special Education Students who require Special Transportation
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K.J. 468-4600
[email protected]
Links to Special Education
Supports
Idaho Training Clearinghouse
http://idahotc.com/
Links to Special Education
Supports
Idaho Department of Education - Special
Education Manual
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/special_edu/manual_page.htm
Links to Special Education
Supports
NSD131 Online Special Education
Handbook
http://nsdweb/Pages/Default.aspx
http://nsdweb/specialeducation/Shared%20
Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Orientation to Special Education
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http://orientationtospecialeducation.weebly.c
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