Special Education at OMS

2016-2017
Players win games, teams win championships - Bill Taylor
Our Purpose:
Our goal is to provide information about the special education services here at OMS
to help support all students.

Refresher!
Special Education Programs at OMS
These are programs that service students from across the whole district.
ACHIEVE/Multi-Cat *Has para support

Setting III /Center Based

Serves multiple disabilities, with a focus on students who have severe learning
struggles (SLD)

Teacher: Sheri Epps

SAILS *Has para support

Setting III - ASD/Center Based

Teachers: Andy Kibort, Jodi Cossitt., and Josie Hooker.

THRIVE *Has para support

Setting III - DCD/Center Based

Teachers: Beth Lundberg

Related Services (Itinerant)
Speech/Language Therapy

Liz Barnett and Heidi Wenger

Adaptive PhyEd

Neil Mortland

Occupational Therapy

Amy Brennan

School Psychologist

Lauri Muoz

School Social Worker

Ashley Oni

Susan Nelson: Due Process Clerk

SUN Center Students
-3 Middle School teachers and 11 students.

- SUN Middle School follows OMS times & A, B day

-We are staffed one-to-one in our classroom to support behavioral and

academic needs of our students.

-We have several students who currently attend mainstream classes

-Our students have a range of needs; some with high behaviors, low
cognitive abilities, high sensory needs and they lack social awareness.

-Students may have individualized schedules (for inclusion)

-Students will come with paraprofessional support to mainstream

classes
Setting I, II, III What???
Federal Settings:

By definition, a special education setting is: The FEDERAL

INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING is the location and the amount of time that
the student with an IEP/IFSP/IIIP receives special education services.
*Taken from Minnesota Department of Education website

Setting I
Regular Class - less than 21% in special education classroom/setting

Setting II
Resource or Self-Contained - 21-60% in special education classroom/setting

Setting III *Highest needs

Separate Class - more than 60% in special education classroom/setting

Accommodations
Are changes in how a student accesses information and demonstrates
learning.

DOES NOT alter grades/diploma

Levels the playing field; provides EQUITY

Does not lower the standard

Examples:

breaks, extended time, small groups, different test or response

format, charts/checklists, preferential seating, noise/distraction
reduced area
Modifications
Are changes in what a student is expected to learn.

DOES alter grades/diploma

Changes the playing field

Actually lowers the standard/rigor**

Examples:

curriculum replacement, different grading system, MTAS vs. MCA, test

and class exemptions, more restrictive procedures, different
classroom environment (special ed room), only doing certain
portions of assignments
Disability Areas & Acronyms
There are 13 disability areas; these are some of the common ones you
will hear/see at OMS.

Emotional Behavioral Disorder - EBD

inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors OR an inability to build or maintain satisfactory
interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers OR Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances
OR A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression OR A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated
with personal or school problems.

Specific Learning Disability - SLD

a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written,
that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations

Autism Spectrum Disorder - ASD

a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident
before age three, that adversely affects a child's educational performance
Disability Areas & Acronyms Cont.
Speech and Language-S/L
a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely
affects a child's educational performance.

Other Health Disabilities - OHD

having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited
alertness with respect to the educational environment.

Traumatic Brain Injury - TBI

an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial
impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.

Developmental Cognitive Disability - DCD

Also known as Intellectual Disability - ID

significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently [at the same time] with deficits in adaptive behavior and
Common terms you may hear...Think about
it
Evaluation Report (ER): A required document recording data from a
variety of assessments to determine eligibility

Individualized Education Plan (IEP): a legally binding document

developed by a team annually to list student goals and how they
will achieve them for the school year.
Accommodations/Modifications Page: Lists the accommodations and/or modifications
we all must provide to/for the student

Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP): A plan developed by the team defining a target
behavior, its triggers and how to respond to that behavior (not all students in
special education may have one)

Prior Written Notice (PWN): Signature page/contract that describes the

services/changes a student is getting
 Evaluation Process
Students have to pass their vision/hearing and screening.

Develop an evaluation plan and parents have to sign to give permission.

30 school days to complete the evaluation.

Once evaluation is complete, then there are 10 school days to write the
IEP AND 14 calendar days for the parents to respond and sign.

After that services can start.

** Timelines for re-evaluations are very similar

 Dissemination of Accommodations/BIP
This information is confidential; please only look at students who are in
your class.
Google Drive Folders: 16/17 Special Ed. Accommodations/BIP
(grade)

-Each Grade will have a folder with a PDF of the Accommodations

and Modifications and Behavior Intervention Plan. This folder will
be listed alpha order by students last name, first initial, and
updated after IEP meeting.
6th Grade Accommodations/BIP

7th Grade Accommodations/BIP

8th Grade Accommodations/BIP

Questions???
Teacher Number of Time
Students

6-1

Cindy 5 8:00-8:10

Krysten 11 8:10-8:30

Sara 11 8:30-8:50

6-2

Sheri 2 8:00-8:05

Beth 5 8:00-8:20

Josie 3 8:20-8:30

Jodi 3 8:30-8:40

Andy 4 8:40-8:55
6th Grade: Tuesday August 29th 8-9
Teacher Number of Time
Students

7-2

Cindy 7 8:00-8:20

Krysten 5 8:20-8:40

Sara 4 8:40-8:50
Baby :)

7-1

Sheri 8:00-8:05

Beth 4 8:00-8:15

Josie 3 8:15-8:25

Jodi 6 8:25-8:45

Andy 5 8:45-9:00
7th Grade: Wednesday August 31st 8-9
Teacher Number of Time
Students

8-1

Cindy 8 12:00-12:30

Krysten 4 12:30-12:45

Sara 3 12:45-1:00
Baby :)

8-2

Sheri ? 12:00-12:10

Beth 3 12:10-12:20

Josie 4 12:20-12:35

Andy 6 12:35-12:45

Kelly Morris 12:45-1:00

-SUN
8th Grade: Friday September 2nd 12-1