Specialized Instruction
- Overview
- Child Find and Early Childhood Special Education Services
- Parent Resource Center
- Assistive Technology
- Autism and Behavior Support
- Inclusive Practices
- Occupational and Physical Therapy
- Services for Hearing Impaired and Deaf Students
- Services for Blind and Vision Impaired Students
- Speech and Language Services
- Career and Transition Services
- Students with Disabilities Evaluation
- 2018 Students with Disabilities Audit
- Specialized Instruction Newsletters
- Alexandria City Public Schools
- Inclusive Practices
Inclusive Practices
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Inclusion is a belief system or philosophy guiding all practices in the school setting. Inclusive education means every student is valued, belongs, and has the right to be a member of a classroom community.
ACPS Office of Specialized Instruction provides training and support to school-based staff on best inclusive practices to ensure students with disabilities are provided access to the general curriculum in the least restrictive environment.
Co-teaching is an approach for providing services to students with disabilities, based on the premise of providing specialized instruction while ensuring access to the general curriculum in the least restrictive environment. Co-teachers share instructional responsibility and accountability for a single group of students for whom they both have ownership (Friend, 2016).
Specially designed instruction (SDI) describes the unique instruction that is provided based on a student's individual learning needs. SDI uses explicit strategy instruction and pedagogical approaches which allow students to access the curriculum.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Nicole Barrion
Instructional Specialist
nicole.barrion@acps.k12.va.usKerri Buonamico
Instructional Specialist
kerri.buonamico@acps.k12.va.usAmy Creed
Instructional Specialist
amy.creed@acps.k12.va.usCynthia Jackson
Instructional Specialist
cynthia.jackson@acps.k12.va.usCynthia McDougal
Instructional Specialist
cynthia.mcdougal@acps.k12.va.usHeather Rothenbueschera
Instructional Specialist
heather.rothenbuescher@acps.k12.va.us