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Serving Our Students:
During the 2000-2001 school year more than 2,634 students (including 160 three through
five-year-olds) were served in special education programs in 28 schools. Special education
services are provided in all disability areas. Students are served in a variety of
settings including resource and self-contained classrooms as well as
collaborative classes. Related services such as occupational therapy, physical
therapy, orientation and mobility services, speech therapy and special transportation
are provided to students according to their needs and as determined by the student’s
Individualized Educational Program (IEP). Students with physical disabilities and other
health impairments are also provided related health services by school staff.
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A Professional Caring Staff:
Over 200 teachers are employed to serve the students with
disabilities. Additionally, 74 paraprofessionals
are employed and used in the Special Education
classrooms. Thirty speech and language pathologists
are employed to work in the 28
schools in Henry County. Two physical therapists, three occupational therapists,
one physical therapy assistant, and two
certified occupational therapist assistants provides services to students in the schools.
One registered nurse works on a contracted basis with the special
education program and provides health-related information and support. One audiologist from Griffin RESA
provides
services, training and audiological evaluations for students.
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Special Services: Henry County
provides
services to students with severe emotional/behavioral disorders through the regional
psychoeducational program. The Griffin Psychoeducational Program is part of the statewide
psychoeducational network and the primary program for this area is located in Griffin.
Students from Henry County are served in four satellite classes located at
Smith Barnes Elementary School and Patrick Henry High School. During the 2000-01 school year, approximately 48 students and their parents
were served through this program. Several students identified as hard of hearing or deaf
were served at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD), a regional state-operated
program located in Clarkston. Extended school year and summer services were provided as
needed to over 75 students who participated in the summer program located at
Union Grove Middle School.
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Top of Page : Henry County also offers Related Vocational Instructional Programs (RVI) at all three high schools for high school students who are interested in pursuing interests in the vocational/applied technology areas. The RVI programs provide opportunities for students to learn prerequisite skills in order to access vocational courses in the three high schools. Additionally, the community-based vocational instructional program enables students with intellectual disabilities to make a successful transition from school to work and the community.
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Special Olympics: Students with
disabilities also participate in Special Olympics, which is sponsored by the senior
class of Stockbridge High School. The Special Olympics activities receive support from
the faculty and staff in the schools and special assistance from selected coaches and
physical education staff.
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Rehabilitation
Counselor:: Through a
cooperative agreement with the Department of Human Resources, Division of Rehabilitation
Services, Henry County continue to employ one rehabilitation counselor to work
exclusively in the Henry County Schools. This service was initiated in 1995 and continues
into the current school year. The services provided through the counselor
enable students
with disabilities and their families to access additional resources for vocational
evaluation and to assist with the successful transition of students to the world of work
and into the community upon graduation.
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Staff
Development: Several staff development activities are conducted
annually for teachers and
administrators in the system. Workshops included topics such as Adapted
Physical Education, Health-Related Services, Behavior Management,
Development of IEPs, The Legal Aspects of Special Education,
Administration of Special Education in the Schools, Training
for Paraprofessionals, Collaborative Team Teaching, Asperger's Syndrome, Use
of Assistive Technology, and other related topics.
The Special Education Department continues to develop collaborative teams in the various middle and high schools in order to
provide special education programs in various content areas in the regular
classrooms. The regular and special education teachers are trained as a team
and then work cooperatively in the content areas to provide instruction to
students. Over 200 teachers have been trained and teams are functioning in
the middle and high schools as well as in some of the elementary schools.
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The following chart represents the students who received services during the 2000-01 school year. These numbers reflect a duplicated count in that students may receive more than one service.
Number of Students Served Preschool (3-5) 160 Autistic 39 Emotional/Behavioral Disorders 370 Hearing Impairments 25 Intellectual Disabilities Mild 238 Moderate 76 Severe 12 Profound 19 Other Health Impairments 207 Orthopedic Impairments 32 Severely Emotionally Disturbed 75 Specific Learning Disabilities 860 Speech Impairments 697 Traumatic Brain Injury 7 Visual Impairments 8
Henry County Schools
33 N. Zack Hinton Parkway
McDonough, GA 30253
USA
Phone 770-957-6601 * Fax 770-898-7912
Revised: October 17, 2005.
These pages maintained by Sylvia
Burch,
Community Relations
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