Programs and Services
Specially designed instruction and supportive services are available to students with disabilities and to mentally gifted students. Students must meet federal and Commonwealth definitions for one of thirteen disabilities, or the Commonwealth definition of giftedness, in order to be considered an exceptional student in need of special education. Each of these students is then entitled to a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive setting possible as determined by the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team, on which parents play a crucial role.
The categories of disability and the procedures for requesting an evaluation are included in the Public Awareness notice attached to this information sheet.
Support classes and services for students with disabilities are organized around the type and degree of support that students need:
Learning Support: students with disabilities whose primary need is academic learning. Most but not all, students receiving learning support are students with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation.
Life Skills Support: students with disabilities whose primary need is a focus upon the skills of independent living. Most, but not all, students will receiving life skills support are students with moderate mental retardation.
Gifted Support: students with outstanding intellectual and creative ability who require special services and programs not proceed in the regular classroom.
Emotional Support: students with disabilities whose primary need is behavioral support, or other emotional support. Most, but not all, students receiving emotional support are students with serious emotional disturbance.
Physical Support: students with physical disabilities where the program is modified to meet their physical needs.
Multiple Disabilities Support: students with disabilities whose complex combination of disabilities requires an emphasis upon functional daily living skills. Most students receiving multidisabilites support are students with severe mental retardation.
Support is also available to students with blindness or visual impairment, deafness or hearing impairment, speech and language impairment, and autism.
A continuum of support levels is available, ranging from support in the regular classroom to full time special education, the level of support decided upon by the IEP team in Milton Area Schools.
Special education classes in Milton Area Schools are taught and supervised by the district. Some students receive educational and support services provided by the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit # 16 while others attend I.U. and district operated classes in neighboring school districts.
Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and special transportation are examples of related services intended to assist a child to be successful in the special education program.
Students determined to be mentally gifted often attend the Enrichment program in Milton Area Schools. Both the elementary and secondary programs offer specially designed instruction in a setting apart form the regular classroom. Activities include special projects, participation in regional, state, and national academic competitions, and study in subject areas beyond the scope of the regular curriculum.
All student records are confidential and covered by the districts and Intermediate Unit's confidentiality policies, as explained in the attached public awareness notice.
Parents who disagree with special education decisions may exercise appeal procedures which protect their child's due process rights to a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive setting possible. These rights are enumerated in the Parent's Rights letter available in this office.
Parents who have questions about special education issues should contact he building principal of their child's school or the Special Education Supervisor, Milton Area School District, 700 Mahoning Street, Milton PA 17847. Phone (570)742-0539.
The categories of disability and the procedures for requesting an evaluation are included in the Public Awareness notice attached to this information sheet.
Support classes and services for students with disabilities are organized around the type and degree of support that students need:
Learning Support: students with disabilities whose primary need is academic learning. Most but not all, students receiving learning support are students with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation.
Life Skills Support: students with disabilities whose primary need is a focus upon the skills of independent living. Most, but not all, students will receiving life skills support are students with moderate mental retardation.
Gifted Support: students with outstanding intellectual and creative ability who require special services and programs not proceed in the regular classroom.
Emotional Support: students with disabilities whose primary need is behavioral support, or other emotional support. Most, but not all, students receiving emotional support are students with serious emotional disturbance.
Physical Support: students with physical disabilities where the program is modified to meet their physical needs.
Multiple Disabilities Support: students with disabilities whose complex combination of disabilities requires an emphasis upon functional daily living skills. Most students receiving multidisabilites support are students with severe mental retardation.
Support is also available to students with blindness or visual impairment, deafness or hearing impairment, speech and language impairment, and autism.
A continuum of support levels is available, ranging from support in the regular classroom to full time special education, the level of support decided upon by the IEP team in Milton Area Schools.
Special education classes in Milton Area Schools are taught and supervised by the district. Some students receive educational and support services provided by the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit # 16 while others attend I.U. and district operated classes in neighboring school districts.
Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and special transportation are examples of related services intended to assist a child to be successful in the special education program.
Students determined to be mentally gifted often attend the Enrichment program in Milton Area Schools. Both the elementary and secondary programs offer specially designed instruction in a setting apart form the regular classroom. Activities include special projects, participation in regional, state, and national academic competitions, and study in subject areas beyond the scope of the regular curriculum.
All student records are confidential and covered by the districts and Intermediate Unit's confidentiality policies, as explained in the attached public awareness notice.
Parents who disagree with special education decisions may exercise appeal procedures which protect their child's due process rights to a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive setting possible. These rights are enumerated in the Parent's Rights letter available in this office.
Parents who have questions about special education issues should contact he building principal of their child's school or the Special Education Supervisor, Milton Area School District, 700 Mahoning Street, Milton PA 17847. Phone (570)742-0539.