Least Restrictive Environment
Least Restrictive Environment
To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled. This would include children attending their neighborhood school whenever
possible. The following services describe a range of options in the continuum of services for students with disabilities.
Support within the general education program: |
| Support outside the general education program: |
Accommodations Modifications DIS Support (integrated) Specialized Academic Instruction, push in |
| DIS pullout Specialized Academic Services pullout Special Day Program |
Each student may require a different combination of services and settings and, when appropriate, a student's curriculum can be modified. The goal is to build programs around a student's needs rather than trying to fit the student into the programs. The following is a list of options from the least restrictive to the most restrictive environment:
General education classes: General education classes with collaborative consultation: General education classes with related services: General education classes and resource specialist program: General education and special day class: Special day classes: A program in a District within the North Region SELPA (Alameda USD, Albany USD, Berkeley USD, Emery USD, Piedmont USD): Non-public schools: Home or hospital: State residential schools: |