Special Education Services provide comprehensive and individualized programs for students with disabilities. Services are provided to students ages three through high school and to some students until age 21. Students are identified in accordance with Federal and State laws governing public schools. The Special Education Department provides specialized instruction based on the student's written plan called an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Students with the following impairments and a need for special education may receive special education services:
- Autism
- Significant Developmental Delay
- Emotional/Behavioral Disability
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech & Language Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
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- Orthopedic Disability
- Other Health Impairment
- Intellectual Disability
- Vision Impairment
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
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Related Services are provided when they are necessary for the student to benefit from their special education program and may include:
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Health/Nursing Services
- Transportation
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- Audiology
- Psychological Services
- Vocational and Transitional training
- Orientation and Mobility
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Special Education Overview
The Baldwin-Woodville Area School District is dedicated to its mission; "to create a safe, productive, and respectful learning environment that will meet the needs of all students to be lifelong learners". This includes students who receive services through special education. The special education team is committed to the challenge of engaging students in learning activities that will allow them to make progress toward common core state standards in an effort to exceed local, state, and national standards. The district strives to support a safe learning environment for all and to allow for our students to be prepared for life following high school.
In addition to providing child specific, individualized and differentiated instruction, the team provides a full range of specialized educational services to students with disabilities. It is the goal of the district to ensure that each student has the opportunity to have access to general education curriculum and common core state standards and achieves to his/her greatest potential.
The special education team does its best to determine the most appropriate educational environments for each student. This determination is made with the child's parents. We prefer to educate our students with disabilities with their non disabled peers whenever appropriate. When making these decisions we must consider the needs of all students. We will consider placement in an environment other than the general education classroom when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in the general education class cannot be achieved satisfactorily even with the use of supplemental aides and services.
Our special education programs are cross-categorical. Each child is placed in the program best suited to deliver the services specified in the students Individualized Education Plan, regardless of the student's disability. Program placement decisions are made in order to ensure the best fit for each child to reach his/her potential.
Special Education Rights for Families
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Screening and Child Find
The Baldwin-Woodville Area School District has a comprehensive screening program to locate and screen all children with suspected disabilities who are residents of the district. Children are referred for special education evaluations by school staff including the classroom teacher, parents, and other community service agencies (such as St. Croix County Birth to Three, Head Start, area preschools, and day cares).
Child Development Days
Each year the Special Education team conducts pre-school screening for three and four year olds. Child Development Days provides an opportunity for parents to learn about child development and for the child to be screened for potential delays in development or language.These screenings allow for district staff to assess a child's social, emotional, cognitive, motor, and speech development. Vision and hearing screenings may also be included in the screening.
If you are interested in participating in Child Development Days or have a concern regarding the development of your child, you don't need to wait for the screening, please contact the Student Services Office.
Questions
If you have questions regarding the needs of your child and/or the special education process, please contact Leah Johnson-Freer, Director of Student Services at 715-684-3411 ext 1109 or lfreer@bwsd.k12.wi.us
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