Roberts Elementary offers a variety of services to meet the needs of our students. Depending on the child's individual needs, his least restrictive environment can be as restrictive as a self-contained classroom or resource center or as nonrestrictive as a general education classroom for the entire school day. A continuum of alternate placements help us make our students successful.
IAT - The Intervention Assistance Team provides a problem-solving model that requires teachers, support staff, and parents to work through several steps to identify problems, set goals, plan interventions and measure progress for students who are having problems functioning in the classroom. Only after a teacher has problem solved independently, with our teachers or a problem solving team, and the child's difficulty has been shown during the process to be highly resistant to intervention, is a child suspected of having a disability and eligibility for special education services considered.
Consult Services - Special Education and Related Services teachers provide consult services for students who may qualify for special education services but by parent request receive no services during the school day. By providing these services, special education and related services teachers can monitor progress in the general education classroom and make recommendations based on the child's needs.
Inclusion/Co-teach - Many students now in special education have their needs met by the regular education system. This program requires significantly increased resources in regular education (such as special educators working in the classroom), changes in typical classroom instruction (often more multi-sensory approaches are used), and training for the Inclusion team.
Content Mastery - The Content Mastery Center is operated by the special education teacher and several instructional aides. Students come to Content Mastery in small groups or individually to complete assignments from the general education classroom. Students bring a pass from the regular classroom teacher that details the time they left the room, time to return, work assigned, page numbers, etc.
Resource - Students in the resource program have demonstrated a significant academic lag in one or more areas and are taught compensatory skills based on the student's IEP. These students spend less than 50% of the day in special education classes and are mainstreamed into the general classroom for the remainder of the school day.
