Special Programs Department

Castleberry ISD Special Programs Department is dedicated to providing the highest quality education and services in the least restrictive environment to students with disabilities and their families.  CISD provides a comprehensive educational program with complete educational opportunities essential to the full intellectual and social development of students with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21.

The vision of CISD Special Programs Department is to provide every student with an excellent education such that:

• Students are successful,

• Parents are partners, and

• Educators are empowered.

The mission of the Special Programs Department is to promote the understanding of what is meant by “every” student and the individual nature of an “excellent education.”

Services are provided in the least restrictive environment that allows access to the general education curriculum and instruction with non-disabled peers to the extent that is appropriate for the student.  The Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee determines services for individual students with disabilities.  Only this committee can establish the child’s category of disability, develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and decide on an appropriate educational placement.

The Special Programs Department provides a continuum of services and related services to meet the needs of eligible students.  These include:

• Child Centered Process

• Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

• Work training programs

• Transition Planning

• Mainstream

• Itinerant services

• Resource

• Self-contained

• Home-bound

• Regional School for the Deaf

• Texas School for the Visually Impaired

Page last updated: 11/17/2008