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Zanesville City Schools serves students from ages 3 to 22 who qualify for our exceptional education services under IDEIA who are identified as having disabilities in the following areas:

Autism
Cognitive Disabilities
Multiple Disabilities
Specific Learning Disabilities
Other Health Impairment
Orthopedic Handicapped
Severe Emotional Disturbance
Hearing Impairment
Visual Impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury
Speech / Language Disability
Hearing Impaired
Deaf-Blind
Visually Impaired

Exceptional education services for each student with disabillities are written into each student"s Individualized Education Program (IEP). Services may be provided in a variety of settings, with the goal being to educate each student in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). That means providing services in the regular classroom environment to the maximum extent possible. While the district continues to expand its full inclusion program, most students with disabilities receive some – and in a few cases, almost all – of their education outside the regular classroom. This occurs when the nature or severity of the student"s disability is such that his/her progress in the general curriculum is at risk unless specialized instruction takes place in a different, more restrictive setting.

The continuum of services available to students with disabilities includes:

Collaboration / Consultation Services in the Regular Education Classes
Supplemental
Services Teacher
Inclusion
Individual / Small Group Instruction
Resource Room
Special Class
Separate Facility
Home Instruction
Institutions
Hospitals

In addition, students with disabilities may receive related services which are support services needed to allow the student to benefit from his/her educational program. Related services could include:

Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Speech & Language
Audiological
Interpreter
Orientation & Mobility
School Psychological
Transportation
Nursing Services
Assistants

Preschool children with disabilities, beginning on their third birthday, are entitled to the same type of services as school-age students.