Special Education Delivery Models
All special education and related services are delivered according to the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) developed by a team of educators, parents, and the student (when appropriate) and considerations for service are made along a continuum of placement options ensuring that students with disabilities are, to the maximum extent appropriate, educated with non-disabled peers.
Delivery Models in the Coweta County School System may include:
Additional Support Services - The student remains in the regular classroom with supplementary aids and services provided to the teacher and/or student according to the IEP. The services may be from personnel such as paraprofessionals, interpreters or others.
Direct Services - The student remains in the regular classroom with direct services from special education personnel on a consultative, collaborative or co-teaching basis.
Instruction outside the general classroom - The student with a disability receives instruction outside of the regular classroom to receive specially designed instruction according to their IEP in a resource, modified self-contained, or self-contained setting.
Resource (Separate Class) - The student receives instruction in a special education classroom for individualized instruction in their specific deficit area a portion of the day. The student spends part of the instructional day in the regular education setting.
Modified Self-Contained -
The student with a disability
spends more than half
of the instructional day in the special education setting and some portion of the
day
in regular education, usually in non-academic classes such as art, music,
or physical
education.
Self-Contained -
The student with a disability is instructed entirely in the special
education setting.
Separate Program - The student with a disability is provided special education instruction in a separate building and/or program (for example: Burwell GNETS Program at Westside Elementary)
Home-based Special Education Instruction – A special education teacher provides instruction at the home (or other designated area) for those students for whom the IEP team has determined such services are appropriate.
Hospital/Homebound Instruction - A special education teacher provides instruction at the home of a student with a disability or at the hospital for a period of time according to the IEP. The student must have a medically diagnosed condition that significantly interferes with their education and a licensed physician must verify that their medical condition prohibits them from attending school for a minimum of 10 consecutive days.
Community Based Instruction - Vocational instruction is provided at various vocational sites throughout the community according to the IEP.
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In addition to special education program and related services, there are several special activities available for Coweta Special Education students, which may include:
Special Olympics (year-round) – Program offers students with intellectual and physical disabilities opportunities to compete at local, area, state, and international levels in a variety of individual and team events.