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SPECIAL EDUCATION
ʻAʻalʻiʻi: The ʻaʻali'i is renowned for its deep roots and its ability to stand tall and firm even when buffeted by the strongest winds. These spaces symbolize the steadfast resilience of haumāna and teachers in Special Education, who remain rooted in their identity and persevere through any challenge.
Overview
Overview
Special Education (SPED) refers to a range of services provided to students with disabilities to improve their educational outcomes. Special Education services may include, but are not limited to, academic services, speech-language services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, counseling services, and parent education. These services can be delivered in Student Support Services spaces, in the Itinerant Services Room, in SPED Resource Rooms located in Learning Communities, or in Specialized Support Classrooms.
HIDOE is committed to providing an inclusive and accommodating environment to meet the individual needs of students. The intention is to integrate students and program spaces into the general school population as much as possible.
Each campus should be able to support the continuum of placements through General Ed and Specialized Support settings. However, the Intensive Specialized Support Classroom, designed as a highly therapeutic classroom for intensive support conditions (i.e. with medically fragile students), may not be available at every school due to the variety of possible necessities, limited staffing, and available space. New construction projects on existing campuses, and new campuses, present opportunities to provide Intensive Specialized Support Classrooms along with other fully self-contained classrooms where needed.
For additional programs, such as deaf / hard of hearing, coordinate with school and specialists for unique requirements.
STAFFING may include:
Special Education Teachers
Educational Assistants
Psychologist
Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), may or may not be full-time at each school
Occupational Therapist / Physical Therapist, as needed
Behavioral Health Specialists
Mental Health Service Providers
Adjacency Diagram
Adjacency Diagram
Note:
Diagrams are not drawn to scale and should not be read as floor plan layouts.
Space Descriptions
Space Descriptions
3.01 Classroom, Intensive Specialized Support
Classroom can be used for variety of programs including support of medically fragile students, or those with cognitive or behavioral needs
Students often spend most or all of the day in this classroom
Different furniture types and adaptable spaces accommodate various learning activities, should be easy to move or rearrange
Home Living Area
To include Kitchen and Laundry with easy movement from classroom area and for supervision of both spaces
Furniture should be comfortable and different from classroom setting to create varied atmosphere
Unique Medically Fragile considerations:
Provide space for feeding, oxygen tanks, medical refrigerators (to separate medicine storage from food)
Provide multiple stations for hand washing (so staff do not have to walk too far)
Consider electrical outlet needs with specialized equipment and furniture
Provide easily movable furniture. Furniture will vary greatly depending on the needs of students
Make it look like a school, not like a hospital
Provide space to store battery backups, specialized medical equipment, oxygen, etc.
Provide easy access to personal protective equipment (PPE)
3.01A Toilet with Changing Table and Shower
Space for Hoyer lift and 2 adults assisting
Full-sized changing table with electronic controls to adjust height
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible shower
See Typical Spaces, Toilet
3.01B Toilet, With Changing Table
Space for Hoyer lift and 2 adults assisting
Full-sized changing table with electronic controls to adjust height
See Typical Spaces, Toilet
3.02 Classroom, Specialized Support
Classroom can be used for variety of programs including support of students with cognitive or behavioral needs
Students often spend most or all of the day in this classroom
Different furniture types and adaptable spaces accommodate various learning activities
Kitchenette to include refrigerator, sink and counter space
3.02A Toilet, With Changing Table
Full-sized changing table with electronic controls to adjust height
See Typical Spaces, Toilet
3.02B Toilet, Single
See Typical Spaces, Toilet
3.03 Sensory Room
Area for calming or movement, can also be used for gross motor skills activities (occupational therapy support)
Adjustable lights that provide both dimming and color variation capabilities
Can have soft furniture, mats, or even equipment attached to ceiling structure
Available for non-Special Education students as well
3.04 SPED Resource Room
See Core Classrooms Adjacency Diagram
A SPED Resource Room is integrated with each Core Team and can be used for "pull outs" when students need services delivered in a different setting
Flexible furniture to accommodate specialists working with up to 2-3 small groups of 3-5 students, potentially at the same time
3.05 Small Group (Itinerant Services)
Dedicated space for itinerant Special Education specialists to work with small groups of students
Has at least one staff desk as well as small group table and chairs
Can be located adjacent to or near Specialized Support Classrooms to increase flexibility of uses
Adjacency Diagram
Adjacency Diagram
Master Charts
Master Charts
Furniture Lists
Furniture Lists
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