Itinerant Services and Vocational Training Services
District 287 provides Itinerant Services to students attending school in their local districts. A full continuum of special education services is provided to low incidence instructional and related service staff to student's ages 0-21 in a variety of educational settings. Vocational Training Services are also available to students as an enhancement to local district transition programs.
Itinerant Services (birth - 21 years old)
Itinerant Services are designed to support students in their least restrictive environment. The services are customized to provide disability specific support within the local district curriculum, policies and due-process procedures.
Assistive Technology Specialist
Students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)/Individualized Interagency Intervention Plan (IIIP) or 504 plan, and whose team has determined a need for assistive technology support or a need for an evaluation to determine the appropriateness of assistive technology.
Auditory Processing Disorder Specialist (PDF)
Students who have been diagnosed by a clinical audiologist with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), or students referred by educational teams who require screening, evaluation, consultation, or in-servicing relative to APD issues.
Augmentative Communication (PDF)
These services are for students whose verbal
skills alone do not provide functional communication across environments.
Services include screening, pre-referral and evaluations.
Autism Spectrum (PDF)
Students who
have met educational criteria under the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
category, or who are in need of an evaluation to qualify for services under
ASD.
Braille Materials Production (PDF)
Certified Braillists produce alternative
reading modes for students who have been medically diagnosed as having a visual
impairment and cannot visually access regular print curriculum. Materials
are produced in the core curriculum areas to include literacy, nemeth (math),
music, foreign language, and music Braille.
Blind/Visually Impaired B/VI (PDF)
Students have
been medically diagnosed as having a visual impairment and receive direct
services in the area of "expanded core curriculum," which includes
compensatory or functional academic skills, orientation and mobility, social
interaction, independent living, recreation and leisure skills, career
education, use of assistive technology, visual efficiency skills, spatial
understanding and speaking and listening skills.
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (PDF)
These
services are for students who are eligible for special education and have
educational needs due to sensory, perceptual or fine motor limitations that
impact their ability to participate in their educational program.
Developmental Cognitive Disabilities (PDF)
These
services include assessment and/or support for students who qualify for special
education services under the Developmental Cognitive Disabilities (DCD)
category.
Deaf/Hard of Hearing (PDF)
These
services are for students have been identified with a hearing loss and meet
state criteria for Deaf/Hard of Hearing services or are in need of an
evaluation to determine eligibility. For Early Childhood (birth to age
5), D/HH Itinerant Services are designed to support children in a variety of
early childhood settings, i.e., home, daycare, preschool settings. For
Kindergarten to 12th grade, services are designed to support students in their
least restrictive environment.
Emotional/Behavioral Disorder (PDF)
Students are
identified with Emotional Behavioral Disorders (EBD) and receive services that
are customized to provide disability specific support.
Educational Audiology (PDF)
Students have been identified and meet state
criteria for Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) services or are in need of an
assessment to determine eligibility. Services include provision of
assistive equipment.
Educational Interpreting/Transliteration/Note taking (PDF)
Students
have been identified as meeting the state criteria for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
(D/HH) services or are in need of an educational interpreter/transliterator/notetaker.
Low Incidence Disabilities In-service (PDF)
Services are
provided for students who have qualified for special education under the
Severely Multiply Impaired (SMI) criteria or who have been identified as
Blind/Visually Impaired (BVI), Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) or Physically
Impaired (PI) and have significant cognitive limitations that impact their
functioning.
Orientation & Mobility (PDF)
O&M services are available for students
who have been medically diagnosed as having a visual impairment and demonstrate
a need for adaptive travel techniques.
Occupational Therapy (PDF)
Students are
eligible for special education services and have educational needs due to
impairments in sensory, perceptual and/or fine motor function that significantly impacts their ability to
participate in their educational program.
Physical/Health Disabilities (PHD)/Traumatic Brain Injury (PDF)
This service is for students who have met
special education criteria under the categories of Physical Impairment
(PI). If educational needs of a student, who has met the criteria for
Other Health Disabilities (OHD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are complex and
significantly interfere with educational performance, support from a PHD
teacher will be provided for district staff. However, for those students
who qualify under OHD as a result of an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) diagnosis or whose health needs are stable and/or are not progressive,
OHD services would be provided by their district staff. Click here to visit our website.
Physical Therapy (PDF)
Services are
provided for students who are eligible for special education and have
educational needs due to limitations in mobility, positioning, safety or
accessibility in educational environments.
Psychological Services (PDF)
Itinerant
school psychological services help our member districts readily respond to
special psychological evaluation needs and to provide specialized information
regarding the complex psychological needs of students on a request basis.
Social
Worker
The school
social worker provides social work service to support the special education
needs of students and their families and contributes to a positive educational
environment. The services are customized to provide group or individual
counseling and/or social skills training as noted on the Individual Education
Plan (IEP), provide direction and leadership for effective student-focused
interventions and strategies, and interpret pertinent educational and mental
health information for students.
Speech/Language Pathology (PDF)
These services are designed to support
students who meet the state criteria for speech/language disorders or are in
need of an evaluation to determine eligibility.
Vocational Training Services
ATTAIN (Assistive Technology Training and Information Network)
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ATTAIN North
Site: Hosterman Education Center,
5530 Zealand Avenue North, New Hope, MN 55428
Ph: 763-504-8405
ATTAIN South
Site: South Education Center, 7450 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN 55423
Ph: 612-355-5800
ATTAIN is a learning and teaching lab where students, ages 14-21, receive training in software applications that can be used for vocational purposes. These students referred to ATTAIN have a desire to work with computers but cannot participate in a traditional setting due to the student's need for individualized training and support, specialized software, and/or customized access needs. Skills are taught within the context of actual work activities or curriculum in a small group office setting with the ATTAIN staff facilitating the creation of specific jobs based on student's unique needs. ATTAIN provides an array of services including assessment, the selection and design of appropriate systems, and customization/adaptation of assistive technology needed for work completion. Collaboration with students, their families, school districts and community vocational agencies is significant.
VET (Vocational Evaluation and Training Program)
VET North
Site: Northland, 8601 73rd Avenue
North, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
Ph: 763-533-9629
VET South
Site: Interchange, 5249 West 73rd
Street, Suite C, Edina, MN 55439
Ph: 952-835-0071
VET is a community-based vocational training program that offers customized services for students, age 14-21, with developmental, emotional, behavioral, physical, sensory or neurological disorders. The goal of VET is to assess and teach students how to attain life skills and be productive, contributing and valuable members of a "working community." These students have an opportunity to learn about themselves in the context of work/experiential learning. VET students have unique transition vocational needs that require programming in: practical/functional academics skill development; vocational skill exploration and evaluation; and opportunities to practice and develop new communication skills, work behaviors, and social skills in the context of a work setting. Many students have physical tolerance/stamina needs that require adaptation and modification to a work environment. Students are encouraged to use basic reading, writing and math skills, and to incorporate higher order critical skills such as problem-solving, active listening, inquiry, memory recall, and retention. Community agencies include many community businesses and non-profit organizations that provide "real work" experiences and materials for hands on training.
VOS (Vocational Outreach Services)
VOS is an itinerant supported summer work experience program, for students with special needs, ages 14-21, who need community work experience with job coach support and work experience coordination to build career and technical skills. Students work up to four hours in a community job site in a small group (approximately one job coach and up to four students). The mission of VOS is to provide work experience resulting in Community Based Evaluation of work skills and capabilities on the job. The program is designed to provide generalization of all academic skills in a work environment; structured to model and strengthen positive work and social skills with employers and co-workers; projected to develop and enhance independent work sills for success in future employment; and designed to build on career and technical education skills through community work experience.
Please see the Program Designs for more information regarding the Itinerant and Vocational Training services.