Homewood-Flossmoor High School offers Special Education services to meet the varied needs of its students. The degree of contact by department staff may range from minimal service on a consultation basis to a full instructional program. The Special Education Program works to:
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Implement the mandates of NCLB and IDEA
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Analyze testing data to target areas of curriculum strengths and weaknesses
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Develop and implement an articulated curriculum
Special Education services are provided to those meeting qualification standards in the IDEA in the following categories:
Autism (O) Intellectual Disability (A)
Deaf/Blindness (H) Deafness (G)
Developmental Delay (3-9) (N) Emotional Disability (K)
Hearing Impairment (F) Multiple Disabilities (M)
Orthopedic Impairment (C) Other Health Impairment (L)
Speech and/or Language Impairment (I) Traumatic Brain Injury (P)
Visual Impairment Including Blindness (E) Specific Learning Disability (D)
Special Education services are provided on a continuum. The continuum of services at H-F consists of the following:
General Education
Cross-Categorical Program
Life Skills Program
Anchor Program
VAST Transition Program
Public Day School
Private Therapeutic Day School
Residential