(i) Instruction using telecommunication and instruction in the home, in hospitals, and in other institutions to the extent required by federal law or regulation.
A full continuum of program options is available for the educational placement of students with disabilities. Program options provide a spectrum of educational offerings, which range from regular classroom alternatives to the special site structured to deliver intensive and specialized services. The IEP team remains the primary decision-making body in determining the individual needs of students and the appropriate placement. Every effort is made to ensure that students with disabilities have access to state determined frameworks and standards, and participation in academic and extracurricular activities. The student’s instructional program is based on the core curriculum, standards, and frameworks identified by specific goals and objectives outlined in the IEP. The instructional settings and coordination of instruction varies depending upon the concepts and skills deemed appropriate for individual needs. Settings for instruction may include regular classrooms, regular classrooms with support services, special education classrooms, or community nonpublic schools or agencies as well as all other options outlined within the Service Delivery Options section of the Desert Mountain SELPA Local Plan. Students with low-incidence disabilities receive services consistent with the state guidelines and student needs. Students are referred for special education consideration after general education modifications are deemed not to be appropriate. They are identified and provided with special education services in accordance with appropriate legal assessment standards. The Desert Mountain SELPA staff and LEA administrators review programs on a regular basis to determine whether or not a disproportionate representation of any one ethnicity exists. Specialized instruction within the continuum of program options is supported with professional learning activities including disability awareness training, classroom visitations, and appropriately developed curricular programs. The Desert Mountain SELPA and LEA support and encourages successful transition toward the least restrictive environment. The extent of placement within the LRE is regularly reviewed by the Desert Mountain SELPA. It is the SELPA’s expressed intent that all students shall be educated to the maximum extent appropriate with their nondisabled peers, and special classes or removal of students with disabilities from the general educational environment shall only occur if the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. In summary, students are placed in settings based on the needs set forth in their IEP and not solely on the disabling condition, configuration of services, availability of staff, or administrative expediency.
Chapter 5 – Supports and Services, Desert/Mountain SELPA As of 10/18/19 D/M SELPA Steering Committee Approval
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