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The Exceptional Student Education Specialist at Terrace
Community Middle School supervises, coordinates, and monitors
school-wide ESE services and documents. This is done in
compliance with federal, state, and TCMS board policies and
procedures. We are assisted by the district with the
identification, evaluation, and placement of eligible ESE
students in the least restrictive environment. In addition, ESE
services offer support and assistance to faculty, staff,
students, and parents.
As a school of choice, TCMS and the ESE department provide
services to ESE and gifted students that maximize their
participation in our advanced and honors curriculum offered in
the general education classroom. This is accomplished primarily
through consultative services, which consist of monthly meeting
between the ESE Specialist and each grade level team, in order
to discuss appropriate academic progress. Every gifted student
with an Education Plan (EP) enrolled at TCMS is placed in the
consultative model. In addition, after meeting with the IEP
team to discuss individual student needs, highly compensating,
academically successful students with an Individual Education
Plan (IEP) may also be placed on consult. Consult services allow
us to monitor your student’s satisfactory academic progress
towards their EP and IEP goals. It also ensures proper
monitoring and of IEP instructional and testing accommodations
implemented in the general education classroom.
In addition to consultative services, TCMS provides the
following ESE services:
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a weekly learning strategies pull-out program for IEP
students who are performing below grade level in reading or
math
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Speech and language therapy provided by a privately
contracted speech pathologist.
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Students are pulled from electives for more supportive
services.
IF YOUR CHILD HAS AN IEP, it is extremely
important and highly encouraged, that you contact the ESE
Specialist in order to discuss their ESE needs, and whether or
not this is the appropriate school choice for them.
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