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SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

The Northville Public Schools provides a wide range of Special Education Services for students who have been identified through an Individual Educational Planning Committee meeting as qualifying for these services according to State Special Education Rules.

The following are some of the programs provided for resident students of the Northville Public Schools:

• Learning Disability
• Speech and Language
• Cognitive Impairment
• Emotional Impairment
• Autistically Impaired
• Early Childhood Developmental Delay

Additionally, the following programs are provided by the Northville Public Schools Center Program for students within the Western Region of Wayne County Intermediate School District, of which Northville Public Schools is a member:

• Cognitive Impairment
• Severe Multiple Impairment
• Dual-Diagnosed (Cognitively / Emotionally Impaired)

For some students, educational services are provided in cooperation with another district within the Western Region. This cooperative effort enhances the services provided to students with 'low incidence' disabilities. These include programs for students with:

• Physical Impairment or Other Health Impairment
• Visual Impairment
• Hearing Impairment
• Early Childhood Developmental Delay
• Severe Emotional Impairment
• Autistically Impaired

Northville is proud to offer a diversified and progressive Special Education Program for those students who require this type of opportunity to learn. Outstanding aspects are:

• Resource Room and Categorical Program at Elementary, Middle School and High School levels
• A wide range of support programs are available at the elementary level through the Instructional Support Process
• Departmentalized High School and Middle School Programs
• Social Work services and support at all levels
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Consultant support at all levels
• Center Program Curriculum based on the needs of students and written by staff
• Community Work Study Program
• In-service training for professional and paraprofessional staff
• Parent Advisory Council

 

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Special Education
»  Early Childhood Special Services
»  Pre K-12 Services

»  Old Village Center Program (ages 3-14)

»  Cooke Center Program (ages 14-26)

 Process for Determination of Specific Learning Disabilities
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Parent Resources
» How to Register Your Child for School
» Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC)
Procedural Safeguards for Parents
Community Resources
WCRESA Special Education Programs
McKinney-Vento Homeless Act/Parent Information
National Center for Homeless Education
Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education (April 2009)
Overview of April Changes
Web Version of Rules (SOAHR Web site)
Understanding Michigan's Special Education Rule Making Process (FOCUS on Results article)
MDE - Personal Curriculum information
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