Programs and Services for Students with Autism
Culpeper
County Public Schools (CCPS) provides a continuum of services for
students with Autism. IEP teams determine the most appropriate special
education program, depending on the
needs of individual students. In adhering to the federal requirement for students to be educated in
the Least Restrictive Environment, students are included in general education to the fullest extent
possible.
Placement options include:
* General education setting with varying degrees of support from special education staff
* Collaborative classrooms and self-contained classrooms through the Learning Support program
* Middle School Autism Resource program
*
Self-contained classrooms for other disability areas that may include
Autism (Intellectual Disabilities, Emotional Disabilities, and Multiple
Disabilities)
* Self-contained classrooms for students with Autism
CCPS utilizes Evidence-Based Practices in educating students with Autism and related disabilities.
These include:
* Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
* Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
* Assistive Technology
* Social Skills Instruction
* Visual Strategies
* Structured Teaching
* Sensory Integration Techniques
* Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP)
* Discrete Trial Training (DTT) for students who need an intensive level of programming
Culpeper
County Public Schools utilizes a team approach in addressing the needs
of students with Autism and related disabilities. Parents are our most
important team member.
Your child's team may also include one or more of the following:
* Behavior Specialist who is Board Certified in ABA
* Teachers & paraeducators who have been trained and coached in ABA
* Speech Language Pathologist
* Occupational Therapist
* School Psychologist and/or School Social Worker
Culpeper
County Public Schools is one of six school divisions in Virginia to
receive technical assistance through the National Professional
Development Center (NPDC) on Autism Spectrum Disorders, which promotes
the use of evidence based practices for children and adolescents with
autism spectrum disorders, and the VDOE Training/Technical Assistance
Center.
For more information about special education programs for
children with Autism and other disabilities in Culpeper County Public
Schools,
please contact the Office of Special Education at
540-825-3677
Angela Neely, Executive Director
Jennifer Burriss, Secondary Curriculum Specialist
Angelique Wynkoop, Elementary Curriculum Specialist
Susan Hauman, Support Specialist