Areas of instruction include basic job skills and job specific skills and job specific skills as well as mobility training when needed. Inclusion of approximately 30 students into general education classes for the entire school day is accomplished by two itinerant teachers and instructional aides. These staff work closely with general education teachers to modify programs, materials and expectations to enable these students to be successful within the general class setting. Inclusion teachers collaborate with classroom teachers and other school personnel to provide adaptations and modifications necessary to accommodate students' special needs. Instruction in special skills needed by students is also provided.
Teachers have specialized training and certification in the appropriate disability area.
Physical and occupational therapy are provided in cooperation with California Childrens' Services. Because programming is based on individual needs, students may receive a range of services from pull-out in an inclusion setting to enrollment in a special day class. Currently, there are four special day classes, California Avenue School in Riverbank, Ustach School in the Sylvan District, and John F. Kennedy School in Ceres. These classes, located at school sites in Stanislaus Union, Sylvan, Riverbank, Turlock, Empire and Denair districts provide students with intense behavioral intervention, social skills development and a complete academic curriculum. These programs, located in the Empire, Ceres, Stanislaus Union and Sylvan School districts, provide students with an academic curriculum that is language-based.