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Self Contained Program
Whenever possible, students attend their home schools. However, the school district offers a continuum of placement options. To meet this need, Special Education classes are available for students with moderate or severe disabilities at the elementary, junior high and senior high school levels. The emphasis of these programs at the younger ages is on academic and other fundamental skills. For secondary students, the focus is on home, community and job related “life skills.”
The goal is to have students in the program be connected to the available agencies whose charge it is to support people with disabilities in the community, and/or be employed when feasible.
The Kitsap Achievement Program is designed to support the schools' efforts to serve their students with behavioral disabilities. Behavior plans and diverse interventions provided by this program have made it possible for many students with Behavioral Disabilities to be successful in their home school. KAP services include Behavioral Disabilities consultation, and placement options which offer:
an additional consequence which is otherwise unavailable,
the opportunity for the student to identify and work on productive school behaviors away from the usual classroom environment, and
the opportunity for the school to evaluate the existing program and make necessary adjustments.
Central Kitsap School District programs for students with disabilities are designed to fulfill the spirit and intent of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Adapted PE (APE) - Adapted Physical Education is alternative physical education for students with disabilities who may not safely or successfully engage in unrestricted participation on the vigorous activities of the regular physical education program on a full-time basis.
Adapted Physical Education is a direct service for children with disabilities. The provision of services shall be determined at the IEP committee Meeting using the recommendations of the adapted physical education evaluator and the results of the motor evaluation. Assessment of need for services is determined by review of records and current data, which would include a motor skills assessment such as the TGMD2 (Test of Gross Motor Development 2) and the CTAPE (Competency Testing for Adapted Physical Education). The continuation of services shall be determined at the annual IEP review using the recommendations of the adapted physical education teacher. A range of service options are available, including but not limited to a pull out self-contained program to individual modifications and adaptations made in the general education PE class. Currently, all students who are served in APE are in self-contained programs.
Adapted Physical Education is an individualized program of physical and motor fitness; fundamental motor skills and patterns; and skills in aquatics, dance and individual and group games and sports designed to meet the unique needs of individuals.