Special Education

Inclusion Support Setting: In the inclusion support setting the special education teacher or paraprofessional provides direct support for students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Services are individualized according to the needs of the students based on ARD committee recommendations.  

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI): Click here for more information on SDI

Resource Setting: Resource Setting is an amount of time that a student receives intensive direct instruction from a special education teacher in a separate setting from the general education classroom to address the specific goals in a student’s IEP.

Behavioral Academic Support Environment (BASE) BASE is for students who have a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), social skills, organizational or study skill IEP goal that requires interventions and academic instruction. Interventions could include social skills groups, a morning check-in and afternoon check out, direct teaching on organizational and study skill goals, etc. BASE may also be used as an administrative discipline placement. If students are placed in BASE for discipline, they will still receive academic instruction and other services.

 

Behavior Intervention Class (BIC)  

Behavior Intervention Classes are for students with severe emotional/behavioral concerns that adversely affect the student’s learning or the learning environment for other students. The needs of students in the Behavior Intervention Class cannot be met appropriately in other settings, such as general education classroom, a combination of general education classes and special education supports, or other special education settings. The BIC classroom provides an educational environment with a high level of structure and individualization to address the student’s social and behavioral skills that are needed to be successful in the general education setting. Students behavior and social skill needs are supported through positive behavior supports and the principle of applied behavior analysis (ABA) focusing on teaching deficits skills through the use of explicit instruction, modeling, practice/role play and feedback of appropriate behaviors.