Special Education
ACADEMIC SUPPORT | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 19991
Grades: 9, 10
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: This course is designed to provide 9th and 10th grade students with academic support, content specific literacy instruction, organizational assistance and study skills.
Grades: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: This course is designed to provide 11th and 12th grade students with academic support, content specific literacy instruction, organizational assistance and study skills.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 1 | Credits: 1 | Terms: 2 | Course #: 51630
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: Designed to introduce students to American Sign Language, American Sign Language I courses enable students to communicate with deaf persons through finger spelling, signed words, and gestures. Course topics may include the culture of and issues facing deaf people.
INDEPENDENT LIVING 1 | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 222061
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: This a transition- based class that focuses on functional independent living skills, such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, budgeting, personal finances,accessing transportation, accessing community and other skills needed to live as independently as possible.
INDEPENDENT LIVING 2 | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 222062
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: This is a transition-based class, focusing on functional skills needed in order to live as independently as possible. These skills include, cooking, laundry, home safety, and cleaning.
LANGUAGE ARTS LAB | Credits: 1 | Terms: 2 | Course #: 10093
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: This course is designed to provide students with functional literacy skills in order to live as independently as possible.
MATH LAB | Credits: 1 | Terms: 2 | Course #: 20740
Grades: 9
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: Math Lab combines the study of some pre-algebra and algebra topics with introductory geometry topics. These courses include the study of formulas, algebraic expressions, first degree equations and inequalities, the rectangular coordinate system, area, perimeter, and volume of geometric figures, and properties of triangles and circles.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 192601
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: This is an academic support class emphasizing social emotion supports using a variety of research based strategic supports.
TRANSITION LAB | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 22151
Grades: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: The class will assists students in being able to articulate the nature of their disability and advocate for ways that teachers can help them succeed. Students will be able to present their goals for after high school and the steps necessary to meet those goals. Field trips to local businesses will be a part of the exploration necessary to design a plan for post‐high school. We will cover the following topics: finding a career and being successful, job skills, choices after high school, how to pay for college, financial literacy (making a budget, etc.), saving and investing, independent living, citizenship, staying fit and healthy, managing the health care system, and working with the legal system.
WORK EXPERIENCE | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 221521
Grades: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: The Exceptional Student Education Program offers supervised work experiences for students. Students of all abilities work in paid and non-paid jobs. Students learn various job skills, including how to apply for a job, the importance of dependability, and how to successfully interact with co-workers and employers. The Work Experience Coordinator and Job Coach are available, as needed, to help ensure success on the job and assist with transportation needs. Students learn self-confidence, financial responsibility and job skills as they become competent workers.
WORK EXPERIENCE LAB | Credits: 0.5 | Terms: 1 | Course #: 229982
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Special Education or teacher recommendation
Description: Students are trained in the DHS Service Center in job skills, such as advertising, scheduling, developing initiative, asking for help, and reacting appropriately to advice/supervision. Actual work experience in running a small business which makes copies and dittos, repairs books, recycling and more is available. Students will learn computer skills for billing, accounting, and inventory. Students will learn supervisory skills by being in charge of two to three other students. Students will develop work attitudes and ethics which will be acceptable to a local business.