| Comprehensive Individual Assessment |
- Achievement, intelligence, adaptive behavior, and vocational testing is available to all students. Testing to determine the need for special education is available upon referral through the campus counselor to the Department of Special Services. |
| Mainstream |
- Eligible students are provided instruction and related services in regular education with support. An inclusion specialist and aides are available to assist in the integration of students into the mainstream along with an array of other supplemental aids and services. |
| Content Mastery |
- Content mastery labs are located on the Middle School and High School campuses. Eligible students are able to attend regular education classes with their peers and receive extra help from certified special education teachers in the CM labs in all content areas. |
| Resource Classes |
- Resource classes are on every campus to serve students with learning disabilities. Students referred to these classes are functioning below their ability level in some area(s). Academic needs are met with specialized and individualized instruction. |
| Transition |
- Beginning at the age of 16, each student's vocational abilities and interests are assessed. Transition needs are considered annually to prepare successful student transition from the school setting into independent adulthood. |
| Programs for Children with Disabilities |
- Self-contained classes are available for students ages 3 to 21 inclusive who need more individualized instruction. Students learn modified academics, additional language development, functional living skills and social development. |
| Vocational Adjustment classes VAC |
- This program provides occupational preparation and modified academic instruction. Students enrolled in VAC are given guidance and training in job skills through a cooperative partnership between the school and an employer. |
| LIFE Skills Classes |
- The LIFE (Living in a Functional Environment) Skills classes teach fundamental academic skills that pertain to real life
situations, self-help skills, and related skills. Each class
contains an apartment setting which enables the students to learn independent living skills. |
| Job Site Training |
- Students attending the Life Skills classes gain work experiences with local businesses under the supervision of a job site coach. |
| Homebound |
- Instruction is provided to eligible students at home or in the hospital when the need is documented by a physician and approved by the ARD (Admission, Review and Dismissal)
Committee. |
| Transportation |
- The District owns and operates two special education buses that are equipped with electric lifts and wheel chair locks. The buses deliver the students to and from school and to various programs throughout the day upon recommendation by the Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee. |
| Auditorially Impaired |
- Through the Regional Day School for the Deaf, students are taught sign language and finger spelling, as well as academics. Students are transported to Odessa each day to attend RDSD classes. |
| Visually Impaired |
- A certified VI specialist provides evaluations and consultation services to meet the needs of eligible visually impaired students. |
| Speech Therapy & Language
Development |
- Two speech pathologists are employed by the district. Each year they diagnose and remediate students with problems such as stuttering, sound substitution, articulation difficulties and delayed speech development. |
| Adaptive Assistive Devices and/or
Services |
- Adaptive Assistive devices and services are provided for children with disabilities to enable them to benefit from the education process as determined by the ARD committee upon the
recommendation of the TAT (Technology Assistance Team). |
| Physical Therapy |
- The district contracts with a certified physical therapist to provide physical therapy to handicapped students when prescribed by a physician. The educational need is determined by the Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee. |
| Occupational Therapy |
- Fort Stockton contracts with a certified occupational therapist to provide occupational therapy services when prescribed by a physician and an educational need is determined by the
Admission, Review and Dismissal committee. |
| Counseling |
- Fort Stockton contracts with an independent licensed counselor to provide services for students when recommended by the Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee. |
| Technology |
All Special Education classrooms are equipped with 4-10
computers, which are networked to a campus file server forming a local area network (LAN). Through these LANs, all special education classrooms have access to a wide variety of
instructional software, suited to the special needs of our
students. Our LANs are connected via T-1 lines forming the district Wide Area Network (WAN), whose "hub" is located at the Media Center. Our WAN is connected via T-1 to Region 18 Education Service Center, who provides us with our direct connect to the Internet. Through this WAN, all special education classrooms have access to the Internet. |
