Special Education

Mission

Joshua ISD Special Education will provide support services to students with disabilities in a way that promotes safety and academic excellence.
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Joshua Independent School District provides special education services for approximately 1,000 students. All students served meet eligibility criteria as students with disabilities who require specially designed instruction in order to receive educational benefit from their instruction.

Students with disabilities in Joshua range from ages 3 through 21 years and may be mildly disabled to significantly cognitively impaired. Additionally, services are provided to students who are visually impaired or deaf/hard of hearing from birth through 2 years.

Joshua ISD offers a full continuum of special education services designed to meet the unique range of student needs. Services students receive range from indirect consultation to self-contained classroom settings.

The Joshua Independent School District ensures that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled. The Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee is responsible for determining the least restrictive environment in which a student’s Individual Education Plan is to be implemented. Instructional arrangements/settings shall be based on the individual needs of the student and his/her IEP.
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Disabilities:  The Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) list and defines thirteen disabilities.  They are:  autism, deaf-blindness, deaf/hard of hearing, emotional disability, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, learning disability, speech impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, and developmental delay.

Related Services:  Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Orientation & Mobility Services, Psychological Services, Counseling and Transportation                            

Instructional Supports:  Regional Day School Program for the Deaf, Early Childhood Special Education, Extended School Year, Services for the Visually Impaired, Services for Homebound Students, Speech Services, Academic Instruction, Social Emotional Behavior Instruction