1. Shelton Special Education
February 26, 2013
Molly Baasch

2. Shelton Special Education
Current-
565 students currently receiving SDI (K-12)
122 pre-school students receiving SDI (0-5)
31.3 Special Education Teachers
5 School Psychologists
4.85 SLPs
2.2 Motor therapists (OT/PT)
hours Classified Aide time daily

3. Shelton Special Education
7 School Buildings Student Placement Options*: Pre-school program (122 students) Resource Room (335 students) Behavior Support Classrooms (40 students) Self Contained Classrooms (69 students) Speech/Motor Services (121 speech only) *(Options allow for inclusion into general education classrooms if appropriate for individual student).
Let’s look at a little history…

4. Special Education by the Numbers
K-12 Sp. Ed. enrollment decreases from *
Resource Rm. – decrease by 78.
Behavior Support – decrease by 14.
Life Skills Classroom – decrease by 8.
*Response to Intervention data based decision making.
*Excellent Early Childhood Program
0-5 Sp. Ed. increase by 36.
Communication Disabled Students increase by 16.

5. Special Education Growth
Birth – 3 Program: 33 infants requiring special services.
3 – 5 Program: 88 students requiring specially designed instruction.
Increase in services provided by Speech and Language Pathologists, Teachers, Para-professionals, School Psychologists, Occupational/Physical Therapists and contracted services.

7. Special Education Challenges
#1 – Budget
Adequate Staff – recruitment and retention.
Adequate Facilities – with room to grow.
Adequate Teaching materials; equipment.
Adequate Technology.
Adequate Professional Development.

8. Questions?????