Special Education

Special Education is provided to a child with an identified disability who needs a specially designed instructional program to meet his/her unique needs and to enable the child to access the general curriculum of the school district. It may include special classes, programs, or services. Special education is provided at no cost to you or your child. As a parent of a child who has or who may have a disability that requires specially designed instruction, you will work with a team of educators and, as appropriate, specialists to determine the needs of your child and to design an appropriate program to address your child's educational needs.

Life Skills Program

This program is designed for students, aged 14 – 18, with disabilities that significantly impact the students’ ability to perform successfully in regular This academic classes. These students need to meet the basic academic criteria for graduation, and also need a transitional curriculum to address vocational and independent living skills. In this program, students focus on the following transitional objectives:

  • Initial exposure to work experiences
  • Functional academics math (money, time, etc), reading,
  • Communication and social skills
  • Identification of interests and preferences
  • Increasing independence
  • Introduction to travel training (familiarity with mass transit)

The transitional instruction at the Life Skills level is delivered in community-based worksite's. The goal of BHS Life Skills program is to begin to prepare students with the experiences that will assist students with disabilities to live and work as independently as possible as adults. To this end, students are continually challenged to assume more and more responsibility for themselves. All current BHS worksite's offer a range of training opportunities that allow students to move from more to less supervision as they are able.

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