TMS CONTINUUM OF SERVICES

Listed below are the special education programs offered at Tuckahoe Middle School for the 2018‐ 2019 school year. These programs are listed starting with the least restrictive learning environment.

  1. Resource Room Program (5:1 ratio) is a special education program for a student with a disability registered in either a special class or general education class who is in need of specialized supplementary instruction in an individual or small group setting for a portion of the day. Resource programs are for the purpose of supplementing the general education classroom instruction of students with disabilities who are in need of supplemental programs. This means that instruction is not provided in place of the student’s regular academic instruction. This service must be provided for a minimum of three (3) hours per week.

  2. Integrated Co‐Teaching Services, as defined in regulation, means the provision of specially designed instruction and academic instruction provided to a group of students with disabilities and non‐disabled students. In this model, the general education teacher and a special education teacher share responsibility for the delivery of primary instruction, planning and evaluation for all students.

  3. Special Class ‐ Academic Skills (15:1 ratio) means a class consisting of students with disabilities who have been grouped together because of similarity of individual needs for the purpose of receiving specially designed instruction.

  4. Special Class ‐ Social Studies, ELA & Mathematics (15:1 ratio) means a class consisting of students with disabilities who have been grouped together because of similarity of individual needs for the purpose of receiving specially designed instruction.

  5. Special Class - Reading (8:1 ratio) means a class consisting of students with disabilities who have been grouped together because of similarity of individual needs for the purpose of receiving specially designed instruction in a self-contained setting, meaning that such students are receiving their primary instruction separate from their non-disabled peers.