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Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study Reportyearly goals on student IEPs as well as accommodations for 504 plans.Teachers in these meetings discuss the best ways to individually helpstudents succeed in the classroom. Each case is different, but many studentswith special needs are accommodated with extra time on tests andassessments, lecture notes in advance to aid student learning andopportunities to re-learn difficult material.Because Verdugo follows the philosophy of putting students in the leastrestrictive environment, many students with special needs are mainstreamedinto general education classes with support from the resource specialist.Some students who may not function well or who need a more personalized,direct and intensive instruction model are put into the special day programand taught in smaller classes by certificated special education teachers.Many of the teachers in the special day program provide small group stationactivities run by the classroom teacher and paraprofessionals thatincorporate hands-on learning and provide students with direct, intensiveinstruction usually at a 3-to-1 student teacher ratio. These small groups helpstudents with attention problems or visual and spatial ordering problemsreceive the instruction they need as outlined in their IEPs.The Verdugo Learning Lab offers all students, including students with specialneeds, the opportunity for tutoring in the content areas. Students who enterthe labs are given the opportunity to use computers to work on assignmentsand more intensive, direct instruction is offered in line with research basedpractices. Often students need help learning material conceptually andaccess the curriculum best through the manipulatives provided in theLearning Lab.Special education teachers make heavy use of MyData, Welligent, andstudent cumulative files to help aid their understanding of students.Teachers look for trends and patterns within the data to see where they canbest support the general education teachers and how they can improvespecial education services. The interface on MyData allows special educatorsto create custom lists and disaggregate data amongst a large demographicof students very quickly. The data also helps special educators see whichVerdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 94
Verdugo Hills High School WASC/CDE Self-Study Reportstudents may benefit from being pushed up the second and third tiers ofresponse to intervention (RTI) and allows the school to see how effective themore direct, intensive instruction is for students who need that moreindividualized instruction.The limited GATE/SAS budget provided by the district is used for field tripsand/or supplemental material. GATE students are grouped together inHonors and AP classes. Supplemental material includes graphing calculators,workbooks. Spanish DVDs, or supplementary books for English.In order to meet each special education student's diverse learning needs inthe Least Restrictive Environment (LRE); VHHS has developed and maintainsdifferent combinations of services and settings. Beginning with the LRE,VHHS provide services in general education classes with DesignatedInstruction and Services (DIS). This program allows students with disabilitiesto benefit from their general education program; examples of DIS arespeech and language, adapted physical education, counseling, and physicaland occupational therapy.The next level of LRE is general education classes with resource specialistsupport. VHHS has developed an inclusive model for students in theResource Specialist Program (RSP) where students with disabilities areeducated within the general education classroom for the core curriculumeach day. Special Education services are provided as a “push-in” model, theresource specialist teacher (RST) uses a systematic approach composed ofinterrelated and multi-layered special education service componentsconsisting of co-planning, collaborative co-teaching and teaming, andintegrated Learning Centers. Students with disabilities receiving services inRSP are programmed into core content classes for the purpose of improvingstudent achievement using the Co-Planning and Co-Teaching TeamingInstructional Models.Following the RSP model of special education services, the next level of LREis general education and special day program (SDP). Based on the individualneeds of students with disabilities, students may be programmed into avariety of classes consisting of both (self-contained) special day and generaleducation classes. Special day program classes serve students whose needsare most appropriately met in a small class setting. The ultimate goal is forVerdugo Hills High School WASC Self-Study Page 95
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