FY 15Student Support Services

Budget Request

Christine BrumbachMary LammiCathy HellerPaul Tzovolos

December 17, 2013

Agenda

1. Progress on Special Education Re-organization Activities

2. Special Education Services

3. Translation and Interpretation Services

4. Health Services

5. Guidance Services

6. Summary

Successes of the Re-organization• Preschool to post-grad specialized programs

established and effective

• Numbers of children in special education stabilized over last two years

• Out of District and Extended School Year administration improves effectiveness and efficiency of those programs

• Parents, principals and Coordinators report improved services at schools

Build In-District Programs

Increase Effectiveness of Programs

Improve Responsiveness in Schools

Train Staff in Both Content and Teaching Strategies

Improve Partnerships with Parents

Special Education Services

Translation and Interpretation

Health Services

Guidance Services

Special Education Critical IssuesIncreased student, staff and parent needs at the preschool and early childhood levels

Young children with medical, physical and other intensive needs requiring specialized services

Secondary enrollment increasing

Increased number of students with autism spectrum disorders

Meeting regulatory compliance and parent needs at Newman and Pollard

Expand Preschool and Newman ProgrammingPreschool TA’s, Program Asst. and Teacher 24,081.3 Psychologist 16,500.3 Sp. Ed. Coord (.1 Adm/.2 Tchr) 31,825

TOTAL $72,406

Improve Programming for Children with AutismAutism Curriculum Encyclopedia 11,700

Expand Middle School Programming2.0 Sp. Ed. Liaisons 110,0001.0 Gr. 8 TA 22,019.3 High Rock Sp. Ed. Reading Teacher 18,487

TOTAL $150,506

Expand High School Programming1.0 Skills Center Liaison 55,000

OOD Tuition (423,983)

Special Ed. Transportation 0

Extended School Year 0

Medical Therapeutic Contractual 0

TOTAL (423,983)

TOTAL SPECIAL ED. REQUEST $224,613

Translation/Interpretation Critical Issues• Increased numbers of families who require

translated documents

• Currently providing services in 11 languages

• ELL Teachers are critically important to identification and compliance

Translation and Interpretation

Services $10,000

Health Services Critical Issues

•.1 Incr. Nursing at Preschool/Newman 8,537

•AED Maintenance and Service 1,196

•Web-based Health Office software 10,425

TOTAL 20,158

Guidance Critical Issues• Increased elementary guidance demands

• Increased numbers of students requiring case coordination

.3 Hillside Guidance Counselor 16,500

Summary• Specialized Programs are established Preschool through Post-grad and are providing high quality in-district education for our Needham children, but require continued support services to maintain quality of care

• Secondary enrollment increases continue to drive the budget requests for special education

• Young students with intensive needs will continue to require investment in preschool and other specialized programs, staff and equipment to meet their needs

• Circuit Breaker budgeted at 70% reimbursement for FY15 plus OOD changes result in savings in OOD tuition

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