Programs & Services

The Special Education program in the Campbell Union High School District serves students from 9th grade through twenty-one years of age. Instructional and support services are delivered by special education teachers, school psychologists, speech and language pathologists, behavior specialists, occupational therapists, vision specialists, and para-educators. In compliance with federal and state law, students with disabilities are served in the least restrictive environment to the maximum extent possible. All special education students at all district schools participate as appropriate in general education classrooms. Special education services include individualized specially designed instruction in academic skills, adaptive skills (e.g., self-help, self-advocacy, community, independent living), communication and language skills, motor skills, social skills, behavior, and vocational skills. An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is developed annually for each special education student, and goals and objectives (where appropriate) are written based upon formal and informal testing and ongoing quantitative data.

Campbell Union High School District provides a continuum of services to ensure that all students eligible for special education have available to them a free appropriate public education (FAPE) that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. Students are provided services in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) to the maximum extent appropriate in the general education environment with students who are nondisabled. Services provided in special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of students eligible for special education from the general education environment occurs only if the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in general education classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. Educational placement of a student eligible for special education is determined annually and made by a group of persons, including the parents, and other persons knowledgeable about the student, the evaluation data, and the placement options.

The Campbell Union High School District (CUHSD) offers a range of educational programs for students who qualify for an IEP. The IEP is developed by the Student Success Team (SST) and specifies which services a student will receive by frequency, duration, and location. It identifies how much of a student’s day will be spent in the general education setting and how much will be spent in a special education setting, if applicable.