Special Education Department
Educating Students Academically, Socially and Behaviorally
July, 2016 Volume 4 Issue 1
Mark Your Calendar
7/5 First Day of ESY
7/11 EdCamp Leader- It's not too late- sign up now or just show up!
7/22 Chrome Camp
8/15 Last Day of ESY
News
Welcome!
...to our new superintendent, Frank Vogel!
Sad News
Eileen O'Sullivan recently lost her mother.
Debbie Fiamingo recently lost her father-in-law.
Scott Scott recently lost his mother.
Our thoughts are with all of them as this most difficult time.
Substitutes:
We are always looking for teacher, nurse and paraprofessional substitutes. If you know anyone who is interested, please have that person call the personnel office at 476-6247.
Getting Started on the Right Foot
Straight from the Code
In an effort to provide both general and special education teachers with more knowledge of special education, there will be an excerpt from the code each week to help clarify our processes. If you would like to access the entire code, go to http://www.state.nj.us/education/code/current/title6a/chap14.pdf
14 Disabilities defined in the code:
1. Auditorily Impaired
2. Autistic
3. Intellectually Disabled
4. Communication Impaired
5. Emotionally Disturbed
6. Multiply Disabled
7. Deaf/blindness
8. Orthopedically Disabled
9. Other Health Impaired
10. Preschool Child with a Disability
6A:14-3.5(c)10 "Preschool child with a disability" corresponds to preschool handicapped and means a child between the ages of three and five who either:
i. Is experiencing developmental delay, as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the areas in (c)10i(1) through (5) below, and requires special education and related services. When utilizing a standardized assessment or criterion-referenced measure to determine eligibility, a developmental delay shall mean a 33 percent delay in one developmental area, or a 25 percent delay in two or more developmental areas. (1) Physical, including gross motor, fine motor and sensory (vision and hearing);
(2) Intellectual;
(3) Communication;
(4) Social and emotional; and
(5) Adaptive; or
ii. Has an identified disabling condition, including vision or hearing, that adversely affects learning or development and who requires special education and related services.
11. Social Maladjustment
6A:14-3.5(c)11 "Social maladjustment" means a consistent inability to conform to the standards for behavior established by the school. Such behavior is seriously disruptive to the education of the student or other students and is not due to emotional disturbance as defined in (c)5 above.
12. Specific Learning Disability
13. Traumatic Brain Injury
14. Visually Impaired
FREE Summer Professional Development
@Davies Middle School * Monday, July 11, 2016 * 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
All are invited to attend- administrators, teachers, paras, secretaries, parents, students...
If you are interested in FREE Professional Development during the summer, then feel free to attend Edcamp Leadership on Monday, July 11th. The "unconference" will be held at the William Davies Middle School from approximately 8:00-3:00.
@Belhaven Middle School * Friday, July 22, 2016 * 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Google Camp
to be held in district- more information to follow
Free Webinars:
Top Tech for Teachers to Start the School Year
Monday, July 18, 2016 @ 3:00 am - 4:00 pm
Understanding and Treating the Behavior of Students with Autism
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
How to Support Dyslexic Students in Your School
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Step-by-Step: Lesson Planning Using Universal Design for Learning
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 @ 3:00 am - 4:00 pm
Free WebBriefs
5 Great Tech Tricks Every Teacher Should Know (Grades K-3)
Thursday, Jul 14, 2016 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Let Them Be Heard: Helping Students Present Knowledge and Ideas (Grades K-5)
Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Lively Letters & Sassy Sounds: Phonemic Awareness & Phonics (Grades PreK-K)
Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Playing All the Way to Good Behavior & Self-Control (Grades PreK-1)
Tuesday, Aug 16, 2016 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
NJ Coalition for Inclusive Education (NJCIE) recorded webinars
From the Department of Education
Student Services Snippets
Critical Information for ALL staff is contained in these short screencasts. They run from 4.5 to 8 minutes. Please refer to them as needed.
Working with Paraprofessionals
Critical Information for Paraprofessionals
If there is other information you feel it would be helpful for us to share via screencast, please let us know.
Special Education Department
Email: stecherm@hamiltonschools.org
Website: http://www.hamiltonschools.org/cst.html
Phone: (609)476-6314
Facebook: facebook.com/HTSDspecialed
Twitter: @HTSDspecialed