Special Education Services
Welcome to the Special Education Services page! Here you can find descriptions of all support programs offered in MCAS Special Education's Continuum of Services.
Behavior Support Program
- Purpose
- Teach grade level instruction in a small learning environment to students who are behind academically due to their behavior. Provide more intensive mental health and SEL support.
- Eligibility
- Identified students whose behaviors significantly impact their progress in the educational setting.
- Programming
- Provide students with coping and regulation skills to transition to a general education setting with resource support.
- LRE: 51 or 52
Co Teaching
- Purpose
- Special education teacher provides grade level specially designed instruction, accommodations, and support in conjunction with the general education teacher in the general education setting.
- Eligibility
- Any student with an IEP (all areas of eligibility)
- Programming
- Grade level delivered in the general education setting
- LRE: 50
Developmental PreK
- Purpose
- Provide instructional support for identified focus on addressing adaptive, social, language, and physical needs
- Eligibility
- Children living within MCAS district found through Child Find and found eligible for services through the evaluation process
- Programming
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting
- Walk-in services are also available for some needs.
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting
- LRE: 33
GOALS - Joy
- Purpose
- Teach independent living, social and academic skills for daily functioning in the community through alternate standards.
- Eligibility
- Identified needs or disability moderately to significantly impact intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors.
- Programming
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting.
- Learn Indiana Content Connectors via Unique Learning System.
- Push-in for some general education content.
- Practice daily living skills.
- Earn a Certificate of Completion (non-diploma track).
- Community-based instruction.
- Students require a high level of adult support to complete daily and academic tasks.
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting.
- LRE: 52 or 51
GOALS - Knapp
- Purpose
- Teach grade level instruction at a modified pace and with a focus on social skills and adaptive behavior.
- Eligibility
- Students identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other neuro-atypical disabilities.
- Programming
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting.
- Push-in for some general education content.
- Some students may be working toward grade level standards.
- Learn Indiana Content Content Connectors via Unique Learning System.
- Most students earn a Certificate of Completion (non-diploma track), some earn a diploma.
- Students require a moderate to high level of adult support to complete academic tasks.
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting.
- LRE: 52 or 51
GOALS - Secondary
- Purpose
- Teach independent living, social and academic skills for daily functioning in the community through alternate standards.
- Eligibility
- Identified needs or disability moderately to significantly impacts intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors including students identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other neuro-atypical disabilities.
- Programming
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting.
- Learn Indiana Content Content Connectors via Unique Learning System.
- Push-in for some general education content.
- Practice daily living skills.
- Earn a Certificate of Completion (non-diploma track).
- Community based instruction.
- Students require a high level of adult support to complete daily and academic tasks.
- Receive primary instruction in the special education setting.
- LRE: 51 or 52
Resource
- Purpose
- Provide access to the general education setting by addressing any identified need (academic, behavioral, social, emotional, or adaptive) through specially designed instruction
- Eligibility
- Any student with an IEP (all areas of eligibility)
- Programming
- Receive primary instruction in general education. Push-in or pull-out support from special education teachers, instructional assistants, and related service personnel.
- LRE: 50 or 51