The Fort Bend ISD provides a continuum of special education services
and placement options for students with disabilities in order to meet
their individual needs. This continuum includes services such as external
support, in-class support, specialized support, home instruction,
and instruction in hospitals and institutions, The following descriptions
explain the instructional arrangements which may be considered for
students with disabilities:
1. Mainstream
is an instructional arrangement for providing special education services
in the general education setting. All services are provided in the
general ed classroom.
2. Speech Therapy is an
instructional arrangement for providing speech therapy services. Students
who have a speech impairment and receive only speech therapy are not
eligible to be counted for any other instructional arrangement.
3. Resource is an instructional arrangement for providing
special education instruction and related services in a setting other
than the general education classroom for less than 50% of the school
day.
4. Self-contained, mild/moderate/severe, regular
campus is in instructional arrangement for providing special
education instruction and related services for 50% or more of the
regular school day on a regular school campus.
5. Homebound
is an instructional arrangement for providing special education instruction
to eligible students with disabilities who are medically unable to
attend school at the campus site.
6. Nonpublic day school
if an instructional arrangement for providing special education instruction
to students through a contractual arrangement with an approved nonpublic
school for special education.
7. Vocational Adjustment
Class is a secondary instructional arrangement for providing
special education, academic, or job related instruction to students
who are placed on a job with regular supervision by the VAC teacher.
8. Residential is an instructional arrangement for
providing special education instruction to students with a contractual
arrangement with an approved residential non-public school. Students
are placed in a residential non-public school through the ARD process
and only after all other less restrictive settings have been attempted.
Fort Bend ISD offers a variety of programs that provide full-day services
in a special education setting. Typically students placed in these
settings require a highly structured environment and intensive instruction
in specific areas. If the ARD Committee makes the determination that
a student may need this type of structure for part or all of the school
day, the committee will base that decision on current data. The self-contained
programs available in FBISD include:
Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities
A special education preschool program is offered to students with
identified developmental delays who are 3 years of age but younger
that six.
Adaptive Behavior Class (formerly CAC 20)
Adaptive Behavior Classes are designed for students who exhibit
a combination of severe cognitive and behavioral challenges.
Lifeskills Class (formerly CAC 30)
The Lifeskills class is a self-contained setting consisting of students
with significant cognitive disabilities who require an educational
program focusing on life skills such as personal care, pre-vocational
activities, communication, functional academics and/or social skills.
Functional Independence Class (formerly CAC 40)
The Functional Independence program provides a developmentally appropriate
program for students from 5-22 years of age who exhibit significant,
profound cognitive and communication impairments and/or multiple
impairments.
Behavior Intervention Class (formerly CAC 10)
Behavior Intervention Classes are designed for students who are
eligible for Special Education and are in need of highly structured
educational programming.
Structured Learning Center
The Structured Learning Center is an off-campus option for students
who need a more restrictive setting due to behavioral difficulties.
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