Special Schools
Samantha Maloney
EDU 201
October 25, 2012
Public Law 94-142
In the year 1975, Congress got together and passed Public Law 94-142, also
known as Education of All Handicapped Children Act. This Law stated that in
order for a state to be federally funded, it must obtain and develop policies to
further the education of all disabled children, free appropriate public education
to (FAPE). The plans of the state were required to be consistent with the federal
statute. This Law has changed and is now identified under the title of Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, also known as IDEA.
I.D.E.A.
This Act known as IDEA, also referred to as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, is the
product of refining the previous Public Law 94-142. This law continues to guarantee that all children
with disabilities will be properly educated with free education, yet this Act takes it a step further in
requiring that there be improvement in the performance of the individual student. The education of
the student must take place in the least restrictive environment, this means that these students
must be placed in classes with non-disabled children. Some of these students experience a partial
inclusion (they spend some of the school day in regular classrooms) and other students are in a full
inclusion classroom (they will spend the whole school day in a regular classroom).
I.E.P.
Individualized Education Program, or IEP, Is a set of long- and short- term
goals to ensure a child with disabilities is on a personal road to success. The
instructor will set the goals and will explain which instructional services will be
used to achieving these goals and they must provide assessment techniques to
measure the students progress.
CCSD School John F. Miller
All Students Can Learn
This school specializes in special education, they ensure to teach the
disabled and medically fragile students ranging in age from 3-21 years old. This
school is specifically in existence to help the disabled children and adults in our
society they offer Speech/Language Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational
Therapy, and other sorts of Health Services, all coordinating with their individual
IEP.
CCSD School Helen J. Stewart
Helen J. Stewart is a special education school. This school accommodates for students with
significant intellectual disabilities, they teach students ages 6-22 years old. This school has classes
on daily living, vocational, functional academics, communication, behavioral, and transitional
needs. They also teach their students music, art, and adaptive physical education. This school has
a plethora of great things to offer these disabled children such as: an indoor swimming pool,
cardio room, a barn with farm animals, a sensory room, daily living skills room, and a green house
facility. This school introduces so much to these disabled children, they have surely put a lot of
thought and care into their curriculum for these wonderful children and adults.
CCSD School Miley Achievement Center
Miley Achievement Center server students ranging from age 3-21 with emotional
and behavioral disorders. Miley offers assessments to the children and ensures that
each individual is being properly nurtured to achieve their success. The curriculum
involves counseling, community service, the arts, music, technology, foreign
language, vocational internship, and even college prep classes.
This school utilizes counseling based classes to help students feel empowered to
make better choices, and build self-esteem through encouragement and selfreflection.
CCSD Variety School
Variety School is a school that was originally opened in 1952 to give the children with
special needs a school to attend, at the time there was no school in Nevada so students
had to travel to other states. This school serves physically handicapped students, autistic,
and a wide ranging of other special needs. This schools strives to help the students
succeed in society through the job market and to be informed decision makers. The
Variety Campus has thoughtfully organized classes and centers to help the students learn
more about society they have a laundry center, a student apartment, a gardening center,
a student kitchen, and even a recycling center.
CCSD Homebound School
A Homebound School is provided to students both of the general education
and the special education due to an illness or injury preventing them to attend
their regular school. For those students who are in elementary school a teacher
will come and visit them and offer a one-on-one teaching instruction, along with
special education students depending on their IEP. Students in grades6-12 receive
instruction over the internet through various courses.
Least Restrictive Environment
The Least restrictive environment is a classroom setting which is the most
possible match to the environment of the general population of nondisabled
students. This calls for disabled students to be placed in classes with general
education as often as possible and to leave the disabled children in a class
alongside the general population as long as possible according to the childs
severity of disability.
