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La Colina Junior High School
A California Distinguished School

Special Education

Mrs. Abrams Ms. Reid
Ms. Lamb  
Dr. Umanski

 A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM

Special Education provides a continuum of services for students with a current Individualized Education Plan (I.E.P.). Resource Specialists, Special Day Class teachers, and Designated Instruction Service (D.I.S.) specialists participate in collaboration, consultation, and direct instruction to provide access to the core curriculum in the least restrictive environment. All Special Education students are closely monitored for more integration as soon as they are ready.

Each Special Education teacher coordinates the services specified on the I.E.P. for each student on their caseload. All programs are coordinated with the general education programs and core curricula. Services in all the settings mentioned above, may be provided by a general education teacher, a specialist, and /or instructional assistants who are under the supervision of the certificated special education staff. The special education site chairperson is responsible for coordinating I.E.P. meetings, and for coordinating the schedule of special education staff to assure that identified students receive the needed support and services as specified on each I.E.P.

Language/Speech Specialist

 We have a Language/Speech Specialist. She is responsible for identifying students with communication disorders (language, speech, fluency, and voice), determining eligibility for special education services, and providing direct therapeutic services as prescribed in the student's individual education program (IEP). She provides a variety of indirect services related to the case management of students with language, speech, fluency, and voice disorders. These services include: conferring with parents, consulting with teachers, coordination management activities, and completing required documentation. Language/Speech Specialists provide formal and informal in-service training programs for teachers, participate on diagnostic teams, and function as site-level resources.