Services We Provide
Specialized Programs are provided and supervised in the following areas:
· Medically Fragile and Multiply Disabled Students
· Intellectually Disabled, Autistic, and Vocationally Intensive Students
(Bridges, AIM, LINKS, Atlas, VIP and Highlander Academy)
· Learning Disabled Students
· Emotionally/Behaviorally Disabled Students (FLEX)
· Alternative Education Programming (STEP and HOMEBOUND Programming)
· Bilingual and ESL Services for English Language Learners (ELL)
· Vocational and Transitional Services (Job Coach Program)
· Transportation Services for Out-of-District Students and Specialized Routes
· Services for Gifted and Talented Students (CONNECTIONS)
· Academic Support Program for At-Risk (non-special education students)
· Specialized Literacy Programs
Shared Services provides specialized staff in areas supporting disabled and at-risk students such as:
· Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech/Language Pathologists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Music Therapists.
· Shared Services hires specialists and provides consultants in the areas of Autism, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Audiology.
· Shared Services recruits and hires special education instructional staff, paraprofessionals and other non-certified staff.
Shared Services organizes, writes, and maintains specialized grants including:
· IDEA (611), Preschool Grant (619), Birth-to-Three Grant, State Consolidated Grant, Excess Cost Grant, School Based Child Health Program Grant (Medicaid), and the Bilingual/ESL Grant.
· Budgetary support is provided to each district in regards to special education costs, future projections, and out-of-district students.
· Careful monitoring of out-of-district students in terms of program needs, cost, transition and return to the district school.
· Special education and 504 legal issues are guided and organized through Shared Services. This includes the conducting of Mediation Sessions and Due Process Hearings.
· Connecticut State Department of Education data collection and reporting on wide array of special education, ELL and poorly performing students.
· Coordination of the Section 504/ADA requirements.
· Library of important test instruments, hardware, software, and assistive technology devices.
· Medically Fragile and Multiply Disabled Students
· Intellectually Disabled, Autistic, and Vocationally Intensive Students
(Bridges, AIM, LINKS, Atlas, VIP and Highlander Academy)
· Learning Disabled Students
· Emotionally/Behaviorally Disabled Students (FLEX)
· Alternative Education Programming (STEP and HOMEBOUND Programming)
· Bilingual and ESL Services for English Language Learners (ELL)
· Vocational and Transitional Services (Job Coach Program)
· Transportation Services for Out-of-District Students and Specialized Routes
· Services for Gifted and Talented Students (CONNECTIONS)
· Academic Support Program for At-Risk (non-special education students)
· Specialized Literacy Programs
Shared Services provides specialized staff in areas supporting disabled and at-risk students such as:
· Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech/Language Pathologists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Music Therapists.
· Shared Services hires specialists and provides consultants in the areas of Autism, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Audiology.
· Shared Services recruits and hires special education instructional staff, paraprofessionals and other non-certified staff.
Shared Services organizes, writes, and maintains specialized grants including:
· IDEA (611), Preschool Grant (619), Birth-to-Three Grant, State Consolidated Grant, Excess Cost Grant, School Based Child Health Program Grant (Medicaid), and the Bilingual/ESL Grant.
· Budgetary support is provided to each district in regards to special education costs, future projections, and out-of-district students.
· Careful monitoring of out-of-district students in terms of program needs, cost, transition and return to the district school.
· Special education and 504 legal issues are guided and organized through Shared Services. This includes the conducting of Mediation Sessions and Due Process Hearings.
· Connecticut State Department of Education data collection and reporting on wide array of special education, ELL and poorly performing students.
· Coordination of the Section 504/ADA requirements.
· Library of important test instruments, hardware, software, and assistive technology devices.
