Special Education Services

Resources Available to Parents of Special Needs Students

Programs of low incident disabilities such as physically or otherwise health impaired, visually impaired, hearing impaired and severely multiply impaired are offered in consortium in surrounding school districts.

Center Operated Programs

Center Program	Operating District	Service Area
Day Treatment Program Emotionally Impaired	Southgate	Downriver/Dearborn Region, Inkster, Romulus, Van Buren, Wayne-Westland, Westwood
Autistic Impaired Program	Preschool in Van Buren	All Wayne County districts. In addition, AI classrooms in general education facilities are operated by Livonia and Plymouth-Canton
Early Intervention Program (Birth to age 3)	Wayne-Westland	Western Region
Hearing Impaired Program (Auditory/Oral)	Redford Union	Western Region
Hearing Impaired Program (Total Communication)	Dearborn	Western Region
Physically Impaired or Otherwise Health Impaired Program	Wayne-Westland	Western Region
Severe Cognitive Impairment Program	Northville	Crestwood, Garden City, Livonia, Northville, Plymouth-Canton, Redford Union, South Redford, Van Buren
Severely Multiply Impaired	Northville	Crestwood, Garden City, Livonia, Northville, Plymouth-Canton, Redford Union, South Redford, Van Buren
Dual-Diagnosed Program (CI/EI)	Northville	Western Region, other regions by cross service area deviation process
Special Education Vocational Training (Work Skills)	Livonia	Western Region
Moderate Cognitive Impaired Program	Livonia	Western Region
Visually Impaired Program	Livonia	Western Region

Programs Available

Impairment	Programs Available by Impairment Area	Least Restrictive Environment	Agency Providing Services
Severe Multiply Impaired (R 340.1748)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings Center programs located in General Education buildings Center programs located in separate facility	LEA LEA-operated Center Programs
Non-classroom services to pre-primary aged children (R 340.1755)	Teacher & other support services	Student's home or General education buildings	LEA LEA-operated early intervention center programs
Early Childhood Developmental Delay (R 340.1711)	Basic classroom four half-days weekly	General education buildings	LEA
Speech and Language Impaired (R 340.1745)	General education and support services	General education buildings	LEA
Severe Language Impaired (R 340.1756)	Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings	LEA
Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic Brain Injured students are served within the special education delivery system described by rules (R.340.1738.49c) and (R.340.1754-58)	General education & support services General education and teacher consultant General education & resource room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement with support services as appropriate	General education buildings Center programs located in General education buildings Center programs located in separate facility	LEA LEA-operated Center program
Physically Impaired (R 340.1709) and Otherwise Health Impaired (R 340.1709a)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings Center programs located in general education buildings	LEA LEA-operated Center programs
Specific Learning Disabilities (R 340.1747)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings	LEA
Mild Cognitive Impairment (R 340.1740)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings	LEA
Moderate Cognitive Impairment (R 340.1739)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings Center programs located in General education buildings Center programs located in separate facility	LEA LEA-operated Center programs
Severe Cognitive Impairment (R 340.1738)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement	General education buildings Center program located in General education buildings Center programs located in separate facility	LEA LEA-operated Center programs
Hearing Impaired (R 340.1707)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement Residential placement	General education buildings Center programs located in general education buildings Detroit Day School for the Deaf Michigan School for the Deaf	LEA LEA-operated Center programs Michigan Department of Education
Visually Impaired (R 340.1708)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement Residential placement	General education buildings Center programs located in general education buildings Michigan School for the Blind	LEA LEA-operated Center programs Michigan Department of Education
Emotionally Impaired (R-340.1706)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement Day Treatment Program placement Residential/hospital placement Private or DMH facility	General education buildings General education buildings & mental health facility Option: Community mental health agency out-patient treatment Basic education in separate facility	LEA LEA-operated Center programs DMH facilities
Autistic (R 340.1758)	General education & support services General education & teacher consultant General education & Resource Room placement Part-time basic classroom placement Full-time basic classroom placement Residential placement	General education buildings Center programs located in general education buildings Separate facility	LEA LEA-operated Center programs DMH facilities

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