Educating Students with Disabilities

Special Education is a child-centered education process added to the regular school program to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Students with disabilities usually attend the school within their attendance zone. A full continuum of special education services is available in the district.

Who Is Eligible?

To receive services from the comprehensive Special Education Program offered by the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, students with disabilities must be at least three years of age but under twenty-two years of age. Hearing impaired and visually impaired students may receive these services from birth and as long as they have not reached their twenty-second birthday by September 1 of the year of enrollment.

The identified disabilities for these students include Speech and Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Orthopedic Impairments, Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Auditory Impairments, Visual Impairments, Deaf/Blindness, Traumatic Brain Injury, Developmental Delays and Other Health Impairments.

Students who are eligible for special education and related services are provided these services as determined by the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee and detailed in the Individual Education Plan (IEP).

Available Services

Full and Individual Evaluations
Appropriate evaluations are administered and the data collected are used in determining eligibility for special education services and developing the Individual Education Plan (IEP).

Special Education Instruction
The instructional arrangements and settings for teaching students with disabilities include mainstreamed (instruction in regular classroom with special education support), resource classroom, self-contained class, vocational adjustment class, homebound and speech therapy.

Related Services
These support services are intended to enable students with disabilities to benefit from special education and include occupational and physical therapy, orientation and mobility training, visual therapy, school health services, transportation and counseling.

Transition Services
School staff, other agencies, parents and students participate in a set of activities beginning at age 14, designed within an outcome-oriented process. These activities promote movement from school to post-secondary education, vocational training, employment, independent living and/or community participation.

Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy is provided to students with speech/language impairments through a variety of delivery models including individual, small group and collaborative therapy.

Pre-School Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD)
This program is housed at Little Cypress Elementary and provides services for three, four and five year old children with varied disabilities.

Career and Technology Education Department
Vocational Education for students with disabilities is provided through the Career and Technology Education Department at LC-M High School. It is also provided in the community with the support of a Vocational Adjustment Coordinator.

OCARC Sheltered Workshop
This site provides a realistic job training environment to prepare students with more severe disabilities with the work skills needed to become competitively employed.

Learning in Functional Environments (L.I.F.E.)
These classes are designed for students with moderate to severe mental retardation for the purpose of teaching practical/functional skills in realistic environments.

Extended School Year Services
Services are provided during the summer to prevent regression of skills mastered during the school year.

Parent Training
Training for parents and adult students is offered annually on such topics as identification of students, the ARD process and state assessment. Parents are notified by letter of training opportunities and can call the Special Programs Office for more information.

Parent Involvement
Parents are strongly encouraged to become active participants in the development of their child’s individual education plan through ARD committee meetings, scheduled campus activities, transition planning, and training sessions presented by the Special Education Department.

Special Education Personnel

LC-M CISD employs and contracts with specially trained teachers and support personnel who work together to develop the personal knowledge and skills students need to reach their maximum ability. They include:

1		Director of Special Programs
28		Special Education Teachers
35		Special Education Aides
4		Educational Diagnosticians
2		Speech Pathologists
1		Speech Assistant
1		Vocational Adjustment
1		Coordinator
1		Physical Therapist
1		Occupational Therapist
1		Secretary
1		Equipment/Technology Clerk
1		PEIMS Clerk
1		File Clerk

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