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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Office of Special Name Education and Student Services
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
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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
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634
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500 489
400 300 200 100
205
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April 2013
June 2013
April 2014
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Provided 275 hours of Professional Development for over 300 teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, and administrators
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Conducted 26 site visits to substantially separate classrooms in collaboration with school leaders and provided verbal and written feedback for classroom improvement
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Provided ABA services in 69 schools
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Department Office of Special Name Education and Student Services
Completed 321 assessments in SY13-14 with an average of 40 children screened a month
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106 students referred for Special Education assessment from Child Find screenings
769
501 394 269
June 2012 Total
Inclusive
April 2014
375
Subtantially Separate
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Partnered with Early Intervention programs, Head Start, family childcare providers, pre-schools, medical and mental health providers, and the Department of Children and Families
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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