These new classrooms will serve emotionally disabled students at Rugby Middle School and educable and trainable mentally disabled children at Upward Elementary. Every disabled child is identified and referred following strict guidelines based upon state and federal laws. Every child who is identified as having a disability has an IEP or Individual Education Program. This IEP specifies the special education which is required by the child. Every identified disabled child, ages 3-20, is educated to the greatest extent possible with children who are not disabled.
Every school has at least one resource teacher to serve mildly to moderately handicapped students.
Additional preschool children with disabilities are served in day care centers, Head Start Centers, and homes. When the type and extent of the disability requires removal from the regular program for even part of the day, the child spends as much time as possible with his age appropriate peers in his regular classroom, library, physical education, and other activities. Henderson County Public Schools maintain inclusion to the greatest extent appropriate as a goal for all children with disabilities. Self-contained programs are located as indicated.