DoDDS-E Special
Education
The
Lakenheath Middle School special Education Program provides services
to identified students in grades 6-8. The individualized Education
Program (IEP) dictates the services provided to each eligible student.
LMS services students with moderate/severe learning impairments, mild/moderate
learning impairments, physical impairments, communication impairments,
and emotional impairments.
Students may be given direct services in pullout special education classes in the area(s) of math, reading/language arts, learning strategies, life-skills, and adaptive PE. Students may also be served by the special education teacher co-teaching with the regular classroom teachers, supervising the educational aides to assist the students in the regular classes, consulting with the classroom teachers, and/or monitoring the students' progress.
Other
services available to students may include services from: the teacher
of the communication impaired, teacher of the hearing impaired, teacher
of the visually impaired, educational prescriptionist, CSC Chairperson,
school psychologist, physical and occupational therapists, child psychologist,
school nurse, and school counselors.
Read 180
Read 180 is
an intensive reading intervention program, designed to meet the needs
of students whose reading achievement is below the level of proficiency
for their grade level. Students are enrolled in this course based on several
criteria, including Terra Nova Reading scores at or below the 25%tile,
less than proficient reading comprehension as measured by lexile level,
and teacher recommendation.
Read 180 classes are small (approximately 15 students) and instruction
is delivered through small group instruction in reading skills, high interest
literature, and a self-paced computer software program to continually
measure comprehension. The goal of the Read 180 program is to provide
additional reading instruction to support skill development so that enrolled
students can reach grade level reading proficiency.