SIGNUP FOR 4 WEEKS OF EDUCATIONAL FUN!

Transportation provided for qualified Extended School Year students only. Lunch and Snacks not included. For activities outside, please provide sunscreen and/or any other sun protection for your child.

WEEK 1:

Make your own bracelet
Dig and discover dinosaur eggs
Create a zipline for your lego guy
Visit from CSFD (Fire Department)

WEEK 2:

Make your own bug jar
Create a maze for your hex bug
Color your own suncatcher
Cheyenne Mountain Mobile Zoo Ambassador's  

WEEK 3:

Superhero YOU
Make your own kindness rock
Claim your affirmation and parachute run
Resonate Music Therapy

WEEK 4:

Color your own drawstring bag
Design and float your surfboard
Have fun with sidewalk chalk
Resonate Music Therapy

SIGNUP FOR 4 WEEKS OF TUTORING!

Tutoring will be available at Vista Ridge High School. Topics for subject matter in need of tutoring:

Math, Language Arts, Foreign Language, GradPoint/Engenuity, Science, Social Studies. Please list other areas of tutoring that would benefit your child in the form below, and we will attempt to accommodate requests.

Transportation provided for qualified Extended School Year students only.

Lunch and Snacks not included.

For activities outside, please provide sunscreen and/or any other sun protection for your child.

Child Find

• Child Find is the process of identifying and assessing children from birth to 21 years of age who may have developmental delays, be at risk of having a developmental delay due to a diagnosed medical condition, or who have an educational disability.
• Team Lead: Megan McEvoy

What is an IEP?

• An IEP is an Individual Learning Program. 
• The IEP creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school administrators, related services personnel, and students (when appropriate) to work together to improve educational results for children with disabilities. The IEP is the cornerstone of a quality education for each child with a disability. 

Who should I contact for help with an IEP? 

• If you have questions in regards to your child’s IEP plan, services, or want to request an evaluation, please contact the school your child is attending and ask for a special education team member or school counselor. 

Enrollment when I have a child with an IEP

• If you are enrolling into a District Coordinated School and your student currently has an IEP, please complete the enrollment process and provide a copy of the IEP to the school you are attending.
• If you are enrolling in a District 49 authorized Charter School, you will follow the enrollment process as outlined by each of the Charter schools enrollment process. 
• District 49 Registration Office

Preschool

• District 49 offers a high-quality, inclusive preschool program that serves the developmental needs of children starting at age 3 until they are eligible for kindergarten. 

Record Requests

• Parent Request: If you wish to request a copy of your child’s special education records you can email your child’s current special education case manager and Leatha Hansz at sped-docs@d49.org in the Special Education Department.
• Other School or District: If you wish to request the special education records of a student who has transferred or moved to a school in your District, please email a formal records request form from your school or District with appropriate Identification to Leatha Hansz at sped-docs@d49.org. 

Records Destruction Notice

• The district maintains inactive Special Education Records for a period of six years following termination of enrollment.  Following general public notice of two weeks, records are destroyed.  You can choose to retrieve your Special Education records prior to destruction by contacting the Special Services Center no later than October 31, 2021.  Records to be destroyed will be October 2015 - 2016 & earlier.  Please email Leatha Hansz at sped-docs@d49.org  

Inclusion Info

• When students with disabilities receive special education services in the general education classroom this is known as inclusive education. Students learn the general education curriculum with supplementary aids and services as well as work on their Individualized Education Programs goals, in addition to having access to the general education curriculum and highly qualified teachers.

Transition (18-21)

• Transition programming provides post-secondary and workplace readiness and training for students.  The transition program is designed to prepare students with disabilities to gain access to the supports and services necessary to become as independent as possible.

Related Services are the supportive services necessary for some students with disabilities to maximize their educational outcomes. These services are outlined in the student’s IEP and can include support from the following providers:

School Psychologists:  apply expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior, to help children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally through individually programming.

Speech Language Pathologists: also called SLPs, are experts in communication. They work with students to understand language and provide educational speech-language services.

Hearing and Vision Team: This team consists of the audiologists, teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing, and teachers of the visually impaired.  This team serves students to gain better access through accommodations or direct teaching of skills for access of the learning environment.

Assistive Technology Team: AT is an interdisciplinary team composed of a speech-language pathologist, special education teacher and assistive technology technician. The team provides consultative services for students with communication and academic response difficulties.

Motor Team: This team consists of occupational therapists, physical therapists and adaptive physical education teachers.  All of these therapists support student’s abilities to access the learning environment.

The role of the D49 Special Education Advisory Committee, SEAC, supports and shapes the quality services for children with disabilities.  The committee’s work is critical and the benefits support our students. The committee can increase involvement, strengthen communication and improve relationships among stakeholders.

• PEAK Parent Center
• Colorado Department of Education
• CDE - Office of Special Education 
• CDE - Disability Categories
• IEP Facilitation

• Procedural Safeguards
• Disability Support Websites
• Autism Speaks
• Dravet Syndrome
• Down Syndrome
• Dyslexia
• International Dyslexia Association

El Paso CO Health Care Program for Children Birth-21 years old with Special Needs

• Military Resource for families of children with Special Needs
• National Alliance on Mental Health
• Special Olympics
• The Independence Center
• Unstuck at Home COVID-19 Study