Meghan Stastny

Edu 201
March 26th, 2017

Special Schools
 Public Law 94-142
In 1975 guaranteed that all children with disabilities would get a free public education.
This law has a dramatic and positive impact on children with disabilities in every state and local
community across the country.
There are four purposes of the law..
to assure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate
public education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet
their unique needs
to assure that the rights of children with disabilities and their parents are protected
to assist States and localities to provide for the education of all children with disabilities
to assess and assure the effectiveness of efforts to educate all children with disabilities

The law supported more than 1 million children with disabilities who had been excluded entirely
from the education system. The law also supported children with disabilities who had had only
limited access to the education system and were therefore denied an appropriate education.

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html
Information about I.D.E.A. Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to ensure that
children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive a free
appropriate public education, just like other children.The law has
been revised many times over the years. (http://idea.ed.gov/ )

IDEA helps children from ages birth to 21 in the public school system.

IDEA call for improved results for these students with disabilities and
the implementation of programs to ensure their continuous progress.
 What is an IEP and who gets to
participate in an IEP?
An IEP is a plan, requires for every student covered by the individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, specifying instructional goals, services to
be provided, and assessments techniques for evaluating progress.

The individuals that get participate in an IEP would be the following.

General Education Teacher
Inclusion Teachers
School Psychologist
School Administrators
Students Parents/Guardians
 John F. Miller
3840 Pecos-McLeod
Las Vegas, NV 89121
School Moto All Children Can Learn
John F. Miller School is a special education school, which serves the most significantly
disabled and medically fragile students in the Clark County School District. The school
motto is: All Children Can Learn. Students at John F. Miller range in age from 3-21
years. Students who attend John F. Miller are students with multiple impairments;
including severe/profound mental challenges and at least one additional eligibility
category, such as health impairment, orthopedic impairment, visual impairment,
and/or traumatic brain injury.
Students receive a number of services provided to them; Speech/Language Therapy,
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Health Services, as determined in their
IEP. Additional related services may include: Orientation/Mobility, and Vision Services,
as determined by the IEP.
Student and family centered events are held throughout the school year, with the
activities geared to the interests and abilities of the students.
 Helen J. Stewart
2375 E Viking Rd Las Vegas, NV

89169
Helen J. Stewart School is a special school in the Clark County School District that serves
students with significant intellectual disabilities. Most of the students have secondary
disabilities that include autism, deafness, blindness, and other health impairments.
Helen J. Stewart has specialists for music, art, transition services, and adaptive physical
education. Helen J. Stewart has speech therapists, a physical therapist, and an occupational
therapist working with students.
Helen J. Stewart School is a large facility which has an indoor swimming pool, cardio room, a
barn, complete with farm animals, sensory room, computer lab, daily living skills room, and a
greenhouse facility. These facilities are used to enhance student learning and to develop life-
long skills and interests that can be generalized to the community in which they live.
Helen J. Stewart also utilizes the latest technology to support the specialized curriculum
needs of students in English Language Arts, mathematics, science, communication, self-help,
and life skills goals. Technology is implemented with students on an individual basis.
 Miley Achievement Center
245 North Pecos Road
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Miley Achievement Center is a special school, servicing students from 3-21

years of age. The focus is on students who are affected by emotional and or
behavioral disorders.
The mission is to ensure all students who have serious emotional disturbance
will benefit from their education academically, socially and vocationally; by
receiving direct instruction and community experience.
The focus is to prepare students for lifes journey by providing them a sound
academic program, social skill instruction, self-management and responsibility
training through the establishment of a strong foundation from which they can
build and establish their lives as contributing members of society.
The Miley Achievement Center program is based on the fundamental belief
that all people have the basic right to be treated with dignity and respect.
 Variety
2800 Stewart Ave Las Vegas, NV

89101
Variety School partnered with Cleveland Clinic Children's to consult and
train all the staff and teachers of students with autism. 47% of Variety
School students have a special education eligibility of autism.

There are 9 classrooms that have moved to Model Classrooms.

Bulldog Cafe is a restaurant that is ran by the students which is open 5

days a week for breakfast and on Fridays for lunch. Staff and Visitors are
the ones who get to benefits from this.
 Homebound Instructional Program
Homebound Instructional Program
2625 East St. Louis Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89104

Homebound Instructional Services provides instruction to general and

special education students who are ill or injured and unable to attend
school. Services are provided for a minimum of 15 consecutive school
days as determined by a qualified physician. Homebound employs both
full-time teachers and teachers who are under contract to teach at a
CCSD school during the day and provide services to Homebound
students after duty hours.
Teachers travel to the students residence and provide direct, one-on-
one instruction for elementary students and those with specialized
educational needs as determined through an IEP. General education
students, grades 6 thru 12, receive direct instruction via Distance
Education utilizing Saba-Centra (interactive computer), independent
study, and Compass Learning.
 Least Restrictive Environment

In the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),least

restrictive environment(LRE) means that a student who has a
disability should have the opportunity to be educated with non-disabled
peers, to the greatest extent appropriate.
Your child should be with kids in general education to the maximum
extent that is appropriate.
Special classes, separate schools or removal from the general education
class should only happen when your childs learning or attention issue
his disability under IDEAis so severe that supplementary aids and
services cant provide him with an appropriate education.
 Works Cited

"ARCHIVED - Thirty-five Years of Progress in Educating Children

With Disabilities Through IDEA-- Pg 10."Home. N.p., 27 Apr.
2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
"Clark County School District."Clark County School District.
N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
"IDEA Website."IDEA Website. US Department of Education
(ED), 03 Dec. 2010. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.