• School Psychological Services
• Extended School Year (ESY) Services - students between the ages of three and 21 with disability-based IEPs may be eligible for ESY services through the Special Services department.  This decision is made by the IEP team.
• Specialized instruction through the service model of co-teaching
• Special Education resources services
• Related Services

• Classrooms Specifically Designed for Students with Autism (K-21)
  • Staff trained and classroom setup designed specifically for students with behavioral, language, and or sensory needs
• Essential Skills Classrooms (K-21) located at John T. Hartman Elementary, Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary, J.A. Rogers, East High and Northeast Middle
  • Staff trained and classroom setup designed specifically for students with significant cognitive and adaptive behavior deficits
• Intensive Instruction (K-5) located at James Elementary
  • Staff trained and classroom setup designed specifically for students with emotional/behavioral needs
• STRONG (7-12) (Students Transitioning Receiving Opportunities Nurturing Growth)
  • Program Service-Provides a safe, welcoming, and supportive learning environment for students with IEPs who have been placed in the most restrictive settings and are transitioning back into the public-school environment.
  • Through the STRONG program, students will continue their growth and progress made on IEPs goals and objectives for academic, behavior, and emotional needs, by empowering them to make good choices, trust adults and peers, and to take responsibility and engage in their own learning.
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing (K-6) located at Gladstone Elementary and (7-21) Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts
  • Staff trained and classroom setup designed specifically for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, with interpreting services as needed and according to the IEP.
• KCPS K-2 Inclusion program located at James Elementary, George Melcher Elementary, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
  • This program is designed to close the learning gaps between students receiving special education services and students not receiving special education services. Specialized instruction is provided through the service delivery model of Co-Teaching.
  • The four highly effective co-teaching models used are: Parallel Teaching, Station Teaching, Alternative Teaching and Team Teaching.
  • Students receiving special education services, are able to receive their instructional services as well as related services, inside the general education classroom and not pulled from the general education curriculum during the day.

Homebound Services are provided on a referral basis for students with medical concerns, students on long-term suspensions and for students who are awaiting a change in placement. Documentation must be provided prior to the initiation of services.

Section 504 requires that school districts provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to qualified students in their jurisdictions who have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability. Under Section 504, FAPE means providing regular or special education and related aids and services designed to meet the student’s individual educational needs as adequately as the needs of nondisabled students are met.