Special Education Department

The Special Education Department of Faith Family Academy Charters is committed to providing appropriate educational opportunities to all students with special learning needs. Our mission is to provide the supplemental aides and services necessary to assist every FFA student who receives special education, dyslexia, or Section 504 in becoming a life-long learner and model citizen.

An Overview of Special Education Services

Faith Family Academy Charters are proud of the instructional and related services provided on each campus. There is close collaboration between the campus level and district level on overall programming issues and on the needs of specific students with disabilities.

Faith Family Academy Charters provide specially designed instruction for students with disabilities in a variety of settings or combination of settings. These students are extremely diverse, and within disability categories, this diversity continues. Placements are based largely upon curriculum offerings and where these offerings can best be provided.

Several principles apply when decisions are made by the ARD (Admission Review Dismissal) Committee about services to individual students, including:

· Decisions are always based upon evaluation of the student's current level of functioning and unique needs of the student.

· Students are not grouped by disability but by educational need.

· The educational setting is not defined by the teacher's role but by the student's needs.

· The instructional arrangement is assigned to the student, and special education teachers may provide a variety of services throughout the day with an emphasis on opportunities to interact with age-appropriate non-disabled peers.