Highland Park ISD is proud of the instructional, behavioral, and related services provided on each campus. There is close collaboration between the campus level and the district level on overall programming issues and on the needs of specific students with disabilities. Services are provided to children for ages three through twenty-one. For students with visual and auditory disabilities, services may begin at birth.
Highland Park ISD provides specially designed instruction for students with disabilities in a variety of settings or combinations of settings. These students are extremely diverse, and within disability categories, this diversity continues. Placements are based largely upon curriculum offerings and where these offerings can best be provided.
Several principles apply when decisions are made by an ARD Committee about services to individual students, including:
- Decisions are always based upon an evaluation of the student's current level of functioning and the unique needs of the child.
- Whenever possible, the student is served on his/her home campus.
- Students are not grouped by disability but by educational need.
- The educational setting is not defined by the teacher's role but by the student's needs.
- The instructional arrangement is assigned to the student, and special education teachers may provide a variety of services throughout the day.
Most students receive instruction in a variety of settings throughout the day with an emphasis on opportunities to interact with age appropriate non-disabled peers.
These services may be provided to children who qualify for them based on an educational need:
- Speech and language therapy
- Occupational and physical therapy
- Adapted physical education
- Vision services
- Audiological services
- Transportation
- Transition planning
- Diagnostic services
- Counseling
- Music therapy
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ESY
Extended School Year services are recommended by the ARD Committee to those who qualify.
Session I - 6/9/08 through 6/27/08, 9:00 to 12:00
Session II - 7/21/08 through 8/8/08, 9:00 to 12:00
Purchase of additional days: $45 per day, and $7 per day for transportation
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creative k ids
A.R.T.S. (Artistic, Recreational, and Therapeutic Services) for People
Since 1985 A.R.T.S. (Artistic, Recreational, and Therapeutic Services) for People has provided a unique blend of interactive art, dance, music, expressive, and recreational therapies to contribute to the physical, emotional, mental and social well-being of individuals in healthcare, community, educational, and therapeutic settings.
This summer, Highland Park Special Programs Department is proud to bring artistic fun and learning to our students. Their Music, Dance and Art Therapists will provide classes designed for our students and that are fun for everyone! Students will be grouped with peers having similar needs. Of course, siblings and buddies are welcome to sign up too! There will also be Aides in each classroom to help our Instructors.
Contact Andrea Layne if you have questions or need help registering, 214)780-3094.
Dates:
creative kids Week 1: July 7th – July 11th
creative kids Week 2: July 14 – July 18th
Time: 9:00am to 12:00
Location: Armstrong Elementary- 3600 Cornell, Dallas 75205
Tuition: $330 a week per child
(please note that this is not for profit, the tuition soley pays for the therapists and aides)
Registration Window: May 1st – May 23rd
Cancellation Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2008
General Policies:
Courses with insufficient enrollment will be canceled by June 20th and full tuition will be refunded. If a class is full, your name will be placed on a waiting list in the order received. Your will be contacted if there is a cancellation or creation of an additional class. Students cannot attend until payment is made in full. Students may cancel an enrollment without penalty before May 30, 2008. After that date, no refunds will be given. After a course begins, no refund is permitted.
*Availability of classes is dependent on interest.