Cambrian School District Student Services Prepared By: Dr. Mark W. Loos, Director of Student Services

February, 2014

Cambrian School District Student Services

Special Education & 504 Plans Training Santa Clara County Inclusion

Collaborative Special Education Transportation Health Services and Home/Hospital

Teaching Student Attendance and Residency Student Discipline and Behavior Other Responsibilities as Assigned

OF SPECIAL NOTE Special education is a service not a place Children with disabilities must, to the maximum

extent appropriate, be educated with students without disabilities.

An IEP must provide justification for any segregation

Removal into separate classes is appropriate only when the student cannot receive any educational benefit in the general education with supplementary aids and services

Cambrian School DistrictSpecial Education 2012 Serving 450+ Students with Special Needs in the Least Restrictive Environment

Cambrian Student Services District Staff• Director of Student Services: Mark W. Loos, Ed.D.• Administrative Assistant: Christine Gonzales

Cambrian Special Education School Staff• Speech/Language Pathologists (SLP) (5.0 FTE total for District)• School Psychologists (4 FTE)• Resource Specialist Program Teachers (1 FTE each K-5; 3 FTE at

Price)• Special Day Class Teachers (13 FTE Total)• Instructional Assistants (various days/hours)

Cambrian School District Health Services

Health Services• School Health Clerks

• Vision, Hearing and other Health Screenings

• Documenting Immunization Records

• Home/Hospital Teaching (for students medically unable to attend school)

• Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA)

• Nurse/medical consultation and collaboration with staff, parents and local districts, providers/groups

Cambrian School District Student Attendance & Residency

Student attendance and residency issues• Principals• Staff • Parents • San Jose Police Department (TABS)

Residency verification checks and residency related issues

School Attendance Review Board (SARB)

District Attorney Mediation

Attendance Rates Cambrian School District

2014 - (so far) 97%

2013 - 96.5 %

2012 - 96%

Cambrian School District Student Discipline and Behavior

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Staff Development

Overseeing Suspensions and Expulsions Facilitating Behavior Interventions

Almaden Valley Counselor On Campus

Student Counseling Resources and Social-Emotional/Behavioral Issues

Student Study & Individualized Educational Program Team Meetings

Suspension Rates Districtwide 2013 – 67

2012 - 133

2011 – 146

Moving Forward

Continued focus on student needs, programs, training and staffing

Maintain collaboration with SCCOE programs to avoid more restrictive placements

Investigate Future Staffing Needs