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The Special Education Department provides a continuum of consultation, co-teaching, resource, and self-contained services. These services are provided for students from Pre-K through Fifth grade. Each student has an Individual Education Plan, IEP, determined by the IEP team consisting of classroom teachers, Special Education teachers, administrators, and the parents.
Services are available for students with the following disabilities: Speech and language, intellectual, orthopedic, other health impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, specific learning disability, hearing impaired, visually impaired, deaf-blind, emotional and behavioral disorders and significant developmental delay.
An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is developed for each eligible student. IEP Teams review student strengths and weaknesses and consider factors such as parent concerns, learning style, need for specialized materials and adaptations, communication, fine and gross motor skills, sensory functioning, emotional and behavioral needs and motivation factors. The IEP Team, which includes the student’s parents, develops goals and objectives to address the identified learning needs and recommends services for the student.
Students may be served through a variety of delivery models based on the IEP Team’s recommendations. The IEP Team considers many options when making a recommendation for services for a student. A student's IEP must be delivered as much as is appropriate in an environment that includes non-disabled students. Personnel in the program for students with disabilities work collaboratively with school staff and with parents to assure that students with disabilities are provided with appropriate learning experiences and opportunities.
Related services such as physical therapy, transportation, occupational therapy and orientation and mobility are available in every school for students whose IEPs recommend these services.
BOE Contacts:
Ms. Cathy Stubbs
Director of Special Education
770-787-1330 ext.1232
Mr. Alan Satterfield
Elementary Special Education Coordinator
770-787-1330 ext. 1226
Documents of interest:
Newton County School System Pyramid of Interventions
Web sites of interest:
Georgia DOE Special Education Service and Support
Special Olympics Georgia web site
(Some content taken from the Newton County Board of Education web site).
Resource News...
Resources supports the Regular Education curriculum by providing small group and individual assistance for students needing additional instruction with basic skills.
These services are provided for students from Pre-K through Fifth grade. Each student has an Individual Education Plan, IEP, determined by the IEP team consisting of classroom teachers, Special Education teachers, administrators, and the parents.
Georgia DOE FAQ on Inclusion in the Classroom
Georgia DOE information on IEPs and Accomodation
