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Taft Charter High School offers several special education programs to meet the learning needs of students eligible to receive special education supports and services.
Taft Charter High School offers several special education programs to meet the learning needs of students eligible to receive special education supports and services.
Programs and services available include:
Resource Specialist Program (RSP):
The resource specialist program supports students on the general education curriculum who receive services from the resource specialist teacher either directly in a collaborative basis with the general education classroom teacher and/or in a learning center model.
The resource specialist program supports students on the general education curriculum who receive services from the resource specialist teacher either directly in a collaborative basis with the general education classroom teacher and/or in a learning center model.
Specific Learning Disability Program (SLD):
The special day program supports students on the general education curriculum in a smaller learning environment for core classes.
Autism Core Program (AUT Core):
The autism core program supports students on the general education curriculum, primarily with an eligibility of autism, in a smaller learning environment for core classes with the addition of a communication skills elective class.
The autism core program supports students on the general education curriculum, primarily with an eligibility of autism, in a smaller learning environment for core classes with the addition of a communication skills elective class.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH):
Deaf and Hard of Hearing program supports students on the general education curriculum with a documented hearing loss in a small learning environment for core classes.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing program supports students on the general education curriculum with a documented hearing loss in a small learning environment for core classes.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Alternate Curriculum Education (DHH ACE):
Deaf and Hard of hearing alternate curriculum education supports student on the alternate curriculum with a documented hearing loss in a small learning environment for core classes.
Deaf and Hard of hearing alternate curriculum education supports student on the alternate curriculum with a documented hearing loss in a small learning environment for core classes.
Inclusion Program:
The inclusion program supports students on the alternate curriculum in general education classes with the support of an inclusion facilitator.
The inclusion program supports students on the alternate curriculum in general education classes with the support of an inclusion facilitator.
Academy of Integrated Arts and Technology (AIAT):
The Academy of Integrated Arts and Technology program supports students who are identified as both gifted/high achieving and identified with a learning disability in a smaller class setting of around 25 students consisting of both general education students and students with disabilities in an inclusion model.
The Academy of Integrated Arts and Technology program supports students who are identified as both gifted/high achieving and identified with a learning disability in a smaller class setting of around 25 students consisting of both general education students and students with disabilities in an inclusion model.
Department of Transition Services (DOTS):
The department of transition service teachers coordinate the planning and delivery of transition services for all students with disabilities, beginning in the ninth grade, to prepare them for their post-secondary transition.
The department of transition service teachers coordinate the planning and delivery of transition services for all students with disabilities, beginning in the ninth grade, to prepare them for their post-secondary transition.
Designated Instruction and Service (DIS):
Designated Instruction and services are provided to special education students who require support in a particular area such as language and speech, counseling and guidance, occupational therapy, Physical therapy, adaptive physical education, audiology, vision, etc. to enable students to access the educational program.
Designated Instruction and services are provided to special education students who require support in a particular area such as language and speech, counseling and guidance, occupational therapy, Physical therapy, adaptive physical education, audiology, vision, etc. to enable students to access the educational program.
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