Duxbury Public Schools Special Education Program Overview September - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Duxbury Public Schools Special Education Program Overview September 20, 2017

Presentation Objective The objective of this presentation is to provide an overview of the Duxbury Public Schools Special Education Department, including demographic and comparative data on staff and students, a description of the continuum of services currently in place, and some thoughts about continuous improvement.

Duxbury Special Education Leadership Team Teri Babetski, Administrator of Special Education • Marie Hunt, Administrative Assistant – K – 5; • Purchase Orders; Tuitions/budget Elena MacMillan, Administrative Assistant – 6 – 12; • Transportation; Out of District Placements Amy Holland, Team Chair, Preschool (ages 3 & 4) • Yvonne Higgins, Team Chair, K – 5 • Todd Warmington, Team Chair, 6 – 12 • Special Ed Building Coordinators: Merissa Walsh Chandler • Marianne Lincoln Alden • Sue Harrington Duxbury Middle School • Kate Bonneau Duxbury High School •

Student Data (2016-2017) Source: DESE School District Profile Number of Students Duxbury School District 3,121 Individual Education Program (IEP) 423 Out-of-District Placements 29 Duxbury State Students with Disabilities 14% 17.4%

IEP Placement Data Source: DESE School District Profile (2016-2017) School Age Students (K – 12) Setting Duxbury State State Target Full Inclusion 83.5% 71.9% 61% Partial Inclusion 11.6% 16.2% NA Substantially Separate 1.2% 7.5% 14.5% Separate Schools 3.8% 4.4% 5.5% Graduated 90.2% 17.8% 84% Drop Out 0 2.6% 2.7% Suspended >10 days 0 0.7% 0 Early Childhood (ages 3 – 5) Setting Duxbury State State Target Full Inclusion 73.1% 53.1% 43.0% Partial Inclusion 11.5% 21.6% NA Substantially Separate 3.8% 15.4% 13.2% Itinerant Services 11.5% 9.9% NA

Disability Categories District Wide Pre K – 12+ Source: DPS SIMS report June 21, 2017 Disability Number of Students Autism 37 Communication Impairment 51 Developmental Delay 52 Emotional Impairment 38 Health Impairment 95 Intellectual Impairment <10 Neurological Impairment 25 Physical Impairment <10 Sensory Impairment 12 (Deaf/Blind) Specific Learning Disability 96 * Multiple Disabilities 15

Out of District Placements Source: Duxbury Public Schools (2017-2018) Program Type Number of Students Public Day (Includes Public 10 School and Collaborative) Private Day Placements 11 Residential Placements <10 Transitions (ages 18-22) <10

Continuum of Services District Wide In-District Staff (Pre K – 12) Source: Duxbury Public Schools (2017-2018) FTE Chandler Alden DMS DHS T IA T IA T IA T IA Integrated Preschool 3.0 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Co-Teaching/Inclusion 7.0 9.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 11.0 Language Based Learning Center 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 Functional Academics/Life Skill 0 0 1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 Partnership (Therapeutic) 0 0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Medically Fragile 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2.0 TOTAL 10.0 14.5 9.0 12.0 9.0 11.0 10.0 15.0

Related Service Providers District Wide In-district (Pre K to 12) Source: Duxbury Public Schools (2017-2018) Service FTE Occupational Therapist 2.0 Certified OT Assistant (COTA) 0.4 Speech/Language Therapist 6.0 Physical Therapist 0.8 Board Certified Behavior 0.6 Analysist (BCBA) Teacher Deaf/Heard of Hearing 1.0 Specialized Reading 3.0 School Adjustment 2.0 Counselor/Social Worker School Psychologist 5.3

Community Connections Public Education Collaborative Pilgrim Area Collaborative South Shore Education Collaborative READS Collaborative Cape Cod Collaborative Kennedy-Donovan Early Intervention (Birth to 3), Kingston, MA Duxbury Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) Duxbury Police Department Autism Awareness Program Commonwealth of Massachusetts Agencies Department of Children and Families (DCF) Department of Developmental Services (DDS) Department of Mental Health (DMH) Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)

What’s Next? • Continue to explore Continuum of Services – • Are we effectively meeting the needs of Duxbury students? • Yearly focused Special Education program/services reviews (i.e., Reading, Transitions) • Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Initiatives • We invite members of the School Committee to tour our programs at anytime