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12/9/16 Orange County Public Schools Excep=onal Student Educa=on 12/9/2016 Orange County Public Schools What is Excep-onal Student Educa-on? Excep=onal Student Educa=on is specially designed instruc=on and related services that are provided to students with disabili=es and students who are iden=fied as giCed. (Florida defini=on) ESE is more commonly known as Special Educa4on. 2 1

12/9/16 Orange County Public Schools Excep-onal Student Educa-on Guided by: 1. The Individuals with Disabili-es Educa-on Act (IDEA 2004) § Provision of a Free Appropriate Public Educa=on (FAPE) is the central obliga=on under IDEA § Least Restric=ve Environment (LRE) students with disabili4es must be educated with children who are not disabled to the maximum extent possible 2. Florida Statutes and State Board Rules 3 Orange County Public Schools Excep-onal Student Educa-on Excep-onal Educa-on 34,439 students, ages 3-21 are served by Excep=onal Student Educa=on. GiJed 13,049 students are iden=fied as GiCed students. Students with Disabili-es 21,390 students are iden=fied as Students with Disabili=es. Source: FLDOE Final Survey 2 Data – October 2015 4 2

12/9/16 Orange County Public Schools ESE Program Categories § Intellectual Disability § Au=sm Spectrum Disorder § Language Impairment § Deaf or Hard of Hearing § Other Health Impairment § Developmentally Delayed § Orthopedic Impairment (ages 3-5) § Specific Learning § Dual-Sensory Impaired: Disability Deaf-Blind § Speech Impairment § Emo=onal / Behavioral § Trauma=c Brain Injury Disability § Visual Impairment: Blind § GiCed and Par=ally Sighted § Homebound or Hospitalized 5 Orange County Public Schools Excep-onal Student Educa-on Orange County Public Schools 38% GiCed 3% Speech Impaired 26% Specific Learning Disabili=es 2% Emo=onal Behavior Disorder 5% Intellectual Disabili=es 1% Deaf or Hard of Hearing 6% Language Impaired 1% Other Disabili=es • Hospital Homebound 8% Other Health Impaired • Orthopedically Impaired 7% Au=sm Spectrum Disorder • Trauma=c Brain Injury • Visually Impaired 4% Developmentally Delayed (Pre-K) Source: FLDOE Final Survey 2 Data – October 2015 6 3

12/9/16 Orange County Public Schools ESE Services and Supports § Diagnos=c and evalua=on § Transi=on services services § Internships § Behavior support § Orienta=on and mobility § Physical and occupa=onal training therapy § Braillists § Speech and language § Interpreters and auditory therapy amplifica=on § Social/emo=onal services § Assis=ve technology devices § Special transporta=on § Specialized equipment § Mental health services § Curriculum support 7 Orange County Public Schools ESE Department Vacancy Senior Director Latonia Green Beverly Knestrick Director ESE Services Director ESE Procedures ESE Policy Dr. Vickie Cartwright Senior Execu-ve Director Leigh Aus-n n Director e o r K Excep=onal Student Educa=on h a a r S y e n o r T A Specialized Lynda Langa Services Carl Sousa Director Director Behavior Support, Health Services, Psychological & Specialized Social Services Instruc=on 8 4

12/9/16 Orange County Public Schools Florida Service Delivery Models Collabora,ve Models Out-of-Class In-Class One ESE Supports Supports Teacher Support Out-of-Class Facilita-on Consulta-on Resource Only Co-Teaching Self-Contained In-Class Resource LRE - Service delivery may vary throughout the day. Alterna,ve General Educa,on Classroom Loca,on 9 Source: Florida Course Code Directory Orange County Public Schools Strategic Plan • Increased professional development • Universal Design for Learning • Support Facilita=on • Monitor academic and behavioral progress of SWD • Review and adjust grade level transi=on programs • Expand parent involvement opportuni=es • Increase gradua=on rates/reduce drop-out rates • Collabora=on with CTE 10 5

12/9/16 Orange County Public Schools Resources OCPS Excep-onal Student Educa-on www.ese.ocps.net Facebook Group: Excep-onal Student Educa-on OCPS hfps://www.facebook.com/OCPSESE/ Florida Department of Educa-on (FLDOE) Bureau of Excep-onal Educa-on and Student Services www.fldoe.org/ese/ 11 Orange County Public Schools 6