DeKalb Community School District 428

A Variety of Special Education Programs Provide a Continuum of Services

• Resource: Students receive core instruction within the general education classroom with a little extra support from special education.
• Itinerant: Teachers and Related Service Professionals with special training in specific areas of need and/or disability provide direct and consultative services to students and their teachers.
• Intensive: Students receive core instruction in both special and general education classrooms, depending on their needs, skills, and abilities.
• Specialized Programs: Students receive targeted supports for their disability within both special and general education classrooms, depending on their needs, skills, and abilities. Specialized programs are offered for students with severe to profound Cognitive Disabilities, Emotional Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, and Autism.
• Private Placements: Alternative Special Education Schools provide even more specialized programs for some students whose needs are greater that what can be provided within a public school setting.
• Extended School Year (ESY): Special education summer school is offered to qualified students.
• Home/Hospital Services: Students whose medical condition prevents them from attending school for a period of time or on an intermittent basis may be eligible for supports through home/hospital programming.
• Transportation: Assistance is available to students whose disability requires accommodations during transportation such as special safety harnesses, wheelchair lifts or the accommodation of medical equipment necessary during the school day.
• Related Services Support Students School Success
  • School Nurses
  • School Counselors
  • School Psychologists
  • School Social Workers
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Adaptive Physical Education Specialists
  • Occupational & Physical Therapists
  • Autism Specialists
  • Visual Impairment Specialists
  • Hearing Impairment Specialists
  • Assistive Technology Consultants
  • Vocational Training & Coordination Specialists