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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Special Education and Student Services. •. Increased ... teachers, paraprofessionals,
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Office of Special Name Education and Student Services

Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)



Increased numbers of students identified annually and successfully implemented Year Two of ABA Plan Increased internal staff capacity and decreased contracted service providers from 50% of all service hours in SY12-13 to 25% in SY13-14

Students Receiving ABA Services 700 600

# of Students



634

597

500 489

400 300 200 100

205

0 June 2012

April 2013

June 2013

April 2014



Provided 275 hours of Professional Development for over 300 teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, and administrators



Conducted 26 site visits to substantially separate classrooms in collaboration with school leaders and provided verbal and written feedback for classroom improvement



Provided ABA services in 69 schools

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Office of Special Name Education and Student Services

Early Childhood Education # of Students

Early Childhood Education 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0

770



Completed 321 assessments in SY13-14 with an average of 40 children screened a month



106 students referred for Special Education assessment from Child Find screenings

769

501 394 269

June 2012 Total

Inclusive

April 2014

375

Subtantially Separate



Partnered with Early Intervention programs, Head Start, family childcare providers, pre-schools, medical and mental health providers, and the Department of Children and Families



46% increase in the number of students in KO-K1 inclusive classrooms from June 2012 to April 2014

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Office of Special Name Education and Student Services

Inclusion • •



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Developing an inclusive pathway: opening 27 new K2 inclusion classrooms in 20 schools in September, 2014 Funding 13.5 Inclusion Specialists to support inclusive classrooms and build communities of practice

Developed a district plan for intensive tiered Professional Development in partnership with Academics, C&I, and OELL in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to support district and school leaders, teachers, paraprofessionals and service Year One implementation to increase inclusive opportunities as detailed in the June, 2013 Inclusion Plan Formed a district committee with Academics, C&I, and OELL to support inclusion, and teaching and learning

Ages 6-21 Full Inclusion

Partial Inclusion

Substantially Separate

Boston

39.6%

15.6%

41.2%

Springfield

30.5%

28.6%

36.6%

Worcester

51.3%

14.4%

32.1%

Massachusetts

61.1%

17.3%

17.7%

District Name

From DESE: SY13-14