Orange County Public Schools

The autism spectrum encompasses a broad range of learners with specialized needs. Orange County Public Schools has an array of educational services to ensure that students on the ASD spectrum receive their education with their peers without disabilities, in the educational placement most appropriate for their individualized needs.

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Orange County Public Schools provides students, ages 3-22, with a significant disability a wide array of specialized services. These services are individualized based upon student needs and include instruction in the Florida Standards Access Points for English Language Arts and Mathematics and the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science and Social Studies.

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Orange County provides educational services to over 350 students identified as deaf or hard-of-hearing. The Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Program offers a full continuum of services to meet both academic and communication needs identified on a student's individual education plan (IEP).

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ESE Prekindergarten provides classroom opportunities and services to our youngest students. ESE Prekindergarten classes are located throughout the district. Our vision is to move these services to children’s natural environment for optimal learning opportunities and peer engagement.

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Behavioral services and supports are provided to eligible students in settings that range from the general education classroom to a special day school. Some of the behavioral services may include direct instruction for the development of social skills, an individual behavior management system based on a functional behavioral assessment, an altered bell schedule, or a daily home note.

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The purpose of gifted education is to provide programs and services that meet the unique cognitive, social, and emotional needs of gifted students, preparing them to succeed in a global society.

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The Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) program serves students who generally have average or above average intelligence. Learning disabilities is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. Specific Learning Disabilities may affect the way a student receives, processes, or expresses information.

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A traumatic brain injury (TBI) means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial functional or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects educational performance.

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Orange County provides educational services to over 200 students identified as blind or partially sighted. The Vision Program provides specialized services by Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation & Mobility Specialists.

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The OCPS Behavioral Support Team is available to provide services to students in which behaviors may impede their learning process. This team is comprised of District Behavior Analysts, District Behavior Coaches, Behavior Trainers, School-based Behavior Specialist, and School Based Behavior Trainers Technicians. It is our goal to support schools in their efforts to design educational settings that improve learning for all students.

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Students with disabilities may require access to their educational services through specialized transportation. A need for assistance may occur to and from school or as a student travels from one part of a school campus to another.

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School based occupational therapy is a related service to special education. A student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is eligible to receive a related service, such as occupational or physical therapy, if that student requires the related service in order to benefit from his/her exceptional education programming.

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School based physical therapy is a related service to special education. A student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is eligible to receive a related service, such as occupational or physical therapy, if that student requires the related service in order to benefit from his/her exceptional education programming.

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Orange County Public Schools provides health care services throughout the district, delivered by advanced nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and school health aides/health room assistants.

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