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Special Education
In Carroll ISD, each student with a disability has the opportunity to participate in a free, appropriate education designed to meet his or her individual needs. Students are educated on a campus as close to home as possible. CISD provides a continuum of child-centered and supportive services which meet the needs of eligible students with disabilities. CISD complies with all aspects of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
CISD personnel provide district-wide services for students with disabilities ages 3-21, including those with:
• deaf-blindness
• emotional disturbances
• mental retardation
• visual, auditory, orthopedic and other health impairments
• multiple disabilities
• autism
• learning disabilities
• speech impairments
• traumatic brain injury
Students with visual and/or hearing impairments are served by the district from ages 0-3 years. Students with disabilities, ages 0-2 years, are served by Tarrant County Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECI-817/446-8000).
Referrals for special services are made by school personnel, parents, doctors, community agencies and other appropriate individuals. The initial referral for students who are five by September 1 of the current school year is reviewed by members of a Student Assistance Team (SAT) on each campus. This Team, with supporting documentation and parental permission, may request a formal evaluation. The results are subsequently used by an Admission, Review, Dismissal (ARD) committee to determine the presence of a disability and if special services are needed, to include speech therapy services.
Related Services are provided to students determined by the ARD committee based on educational need. These services may include:
• physical therapy
• occupational therapy
• transition Services
• counseling
• orientation and mobility training
• special transportation
• music therapy
• vision services
• audiological services
• psychological services
Procedural Safeguards for Parents
The following links list state- and or national-level resources that have been identified by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and published in A Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process, a companion document to the Notice of Procedural Safeguards.
The Notice of Procedural Safeguards: Rights of Parents of Students with Disabilities explains the specific rights and responsibilities of the parent in the special education process:
• Procedural Safeguards-Rights of Parents with Disabilities
• Aviso Sobre Procedimientos de Protección Derechos de los Padres de Estudiantes con Discapacidades
• Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process
• Guide to the ARD Process
• Guia para el Proceso de Admisión, Revisión Y Retiro
Child Find
Child Find is an on-going process of identifying, locating and evaluating the needs of children age 0-21 month old and providing services to meet individual and unique needs. As stated above, the process begins on the school campus for students who are in school and/or are five by September 1 of the current school year. For students ages 3-5, Carroll ISD conducts an early childhood screening which includes:
• brief background history
• vision and hearing screening
• speech and language screening
• developmental screening in the areas of motor, concepts and language
Early childhood screenings for children ages 3-5 are scheduled approximately once a month at the District's Assessment Center, 1101 Carroll Ave., Southlake, TX. For more information about the screening process, contact Secretary Cindy Miller at 817/ 949-8400.
Use the following quick links to find an area of interest:
Disabilities
Download Operating Guidelines for Special Education Services
The Pre-referral & Referral Program
Parent & Community Involvement
Instructional Services
Content Mastery
Early Childhood (Preschool) Setting
Educational Assistant
Extended School Year
Extracurricular Activity
General Education
Homebound Instruction
Related Services
Resource Classes
Self-Contained Classes
Speech Therapy
Vocational Classes
Other
The Pre-referral and Referral Processes
A student may be referred for a Full Individual Evaluation (FIE) by the Student Assistance Team (SAT) of his or her campus. Teachers, parents, or other professionals can refer a student by contacting the counselor of the student's home campus. At the time of a referral the campus counselor will review with parents their parental rights and the procedural safeguards provided by IDEA.
At the completion of the FIE, and Individual Education Program (IEP) meeting will be convened with parents in attendance. A student is determined eligible or not eligible for special education as a student with a disability at the IEP meeting. If eligible, the IEP team members determine the student's individual needs and develop an Individual Education Program for the student. The IEP will address those services the student will receive and how the services will be implemented.
Parent & Community Involvement
In Carroll Independent School District, parent and community involvement are believed to be essential to a quality education. When parents participate as volunteers, as co-implementers of their child's specific educational goals, and as a committee and/or PTO members, they become partners in the planning and teaching of their child.
It is important that when visiting and/or volunteering in schools and classrooms that parents/volunteers remember to sign-in at the school office. Parents/volunteers are also asked to remember that the mission of the classroom teacher is directed toward the lesson being provided for the students and the teacher should not be interrupted. Questions should be saved for parent/teacher conferences. CISD also places high value on confidentiality and reminds parents and volunteers that information about students must not be repeated.
Instructional Services
In CISD, each student with a disability has an Individual Education Plan that has been developed to meet his/her educational needs. CISD provides a variety of instructional settings and services. They include, but are not limited to the following:
Eligible students who receive instruction in the general education curriculum may access the services of a special education teacher for support. These students leave the general education classroom and report to the special education classroom for assistance.
Early Childhood (Preschool) Setting
Students ages 0 to 3 with a disability may be eligible to receive services through the Early Childhood Intervention of Tarrant County (ECI). Prior to turning three, a transition between ECI and CISD will occur to determine if the student continues to be eligible for and receive services. Some students ages 3 to 5 may be eligible for Early Childhood Special Education services on a CISD campus.
Paraprofessional staff work within the special education and general education classrooms to provide assistance to students and teachers. The amount of individual assistance a student may receive is determined at an IEP meeting and is reflected in the IEP.
Eligible students may receive special education services during extended school breaks.
Each CISD campus sponsors some before and/or after school activities. All eligible students may participate. If a parent has questions about an activity or wants to determine the appropriateness of the activity for his or her child, the parent should contact the campus sponsoring the activity. CISD does not exclude students from participation based on a disability.
Most students with disabilities receive instruction in the general education classroom. Teachers follow the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) curriculum for the grade level or content area. Eligible students are monitored by special education staff. The general education teacher may provide modifications to the TEKS if it is indicated in the student's IEP.
Students who, based on the determination of a medical doctor, will be out of school for a minimum of 4 weeks may be eligible for instruction in a hospital/home setting.
In order for some students with disabilities to make adequate progress in their educational program, they require additional services in the school environment. Examples of such services are occupational therapy, physical therapy, transportation, and health services.
Special education instruction for less than 50% of the school day.
Special education instruction for 50% or more of the school.
Eligible students are served during the school day by a speech/language pathologist.
Eligible students who are at least 16 years old may attend Vocational Adjustment Class (VAC) and receive High School credits. Obtaining and maintaining a job and receiving a salary are part of VAC.
Other special education instructional settings are available outside of CISD. These may include, but are not limited to, placement in a residential facility, Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program, the Birdville Program for the Deaf, or the Texas School of the Blind.
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