Special Education

The E. John Gavras Center operates special education programs.  Therefore, the Agency will work with the local DOH and local school districts to provide special education services to students enrolled in the Special Class Integrated Setting (SCIS) program.  As indicated in the plan, it is critical that meaningful parental engagement occurs to ensure the understanding of how our programs will be provided to their child.  Continual collaboration and communication between each school district’s Committee on Preschool Special Education/Committee on Special Education (CPSE/CSE) and the E. John Gavras Center will be critical throughout the coming year to ensure each student’s needs are being met.

As described within this document, students that receive programming from the E. John Gavras Center will have access to the necessary instructional and therapeutic supports to address each student’s needs.  The E. John Gavras Center will collaborate with the home school districts for technology needs required by the families that may be above and beyond what the Gavras program is able to provide.  Gavras Center will provide the necessary documentation of programming, services and communication methods currently utilized and will provide these documents to parents and school districts as appropriate.  Gavras Center developed an in-person, hybrid, and a virtual learning model to support the best practice of the implementation of the student’s IEP. If it is deemed necessary, then collaboration will occur with the home school district to develop contingency plans to address remote learning needs in the event of issues brought on by COVID-19.