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The Red Wing School District collaborates with these other agencies to provide services for students with disabilities: Goodhue County Social Services Printed newsletters are provided for parents after these meetings. The SEAC meets four times a year to discuss special education services, establish yearly goals, and develop parent support activities. The SEAC is made up of a majority of parents of students with disabilities and member school district staff. Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC): The purpose of the Special Education Advisory Council, SEAC, is to provide advice to the Goodhue County Education District and its member school district (Cannon Falls, Goodhue, Kenyon-Wanamingo, Red Wing and Zumbrota-Mazeppa) on their special education programs.A transition program for students after high school (STEP).Setting IV programs for students with behavioral disabilities - River Bluff Education Center.These coordinated services include the following: The Red Wing School District provides special education services in collaboration with the Goodhue County Education District (GCED). Severe and Multiply Impaired (SMI): Students have severe learning and development problems resulting from two or more disability conditions. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Students have an acquired injury to the brain that adversely affects educational performance. Students receive services such as Braille instruction, educational support, orientation/mobility and vocational training in our district.Īutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Students have a developmental disorder that significantly effects interaction with others and communication.ĭeaf-Blind (DB): Students have hearing and visual impairments that cause such severe communications, developmental and educational needs that cannot be accommodated through programs for students with only deafness or blindness. Vision Impaired (VI): Students are blind or have vision difficulties that significantly interfere with learning. Physically and/or Other Health Impaired (PI)(OHI): Students have health or physical disabilities that significantly interfere with learning.ĭeaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH): Students have hearing loss that affects the use or understanding of spoken English. Speech Impaired (SP): Students experience difficulty understanding speech or verbally expressing themselves.Įmotionally/Behaviorally Disordered (E/BD): Students experience significant behavioral and/or emotional problems that interfere with their own or others ability to learn.ĭevelopmental Cognitive Disability Mild/Moderate Severe (DC-MM, SP): Students have significantly below average intellectual ability and adaptive skills such as self-care, interpersonal relations, academic and vocational skills. Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD): Students have significantly low achievement in verbal expression, listening, mathematics, reading or writing compared to their intellectual ability. Teachers and education assistants provide services to students in these categories: Before a student may be considered for special education services, she/he must meet the eligibility requirements in one or more of the disability categories. The State of Minnesota, in response to Federal Law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), develops eligibility criteria for the thirteen categories listed below plus Developmental Disability for Early Childhood Special Education Services (age birth to 5 years).
