Albemarle County Schools are committed to providing all children with opportunities to benefit from a public education. Special education programs and services are available to county residents who have children with special education needs. These programs and services are provided for children with disabilities whose second birthday falls on or before September 30 through the age of 21 years. Each student receives special education services designed to meet his or her individual needs. These programs are discussed and planned by school personnel, parents, and the student involved. Often instruction is carried out both in the regular and special education classrooms.
Each special education student's progress is reviewed at least yearly and his/her need for special services is reassessed at a minimum of every three years. Special education programs and services are provided by trained personnel in the following areas as defined by federal and state law: autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury or visual impairment including blindness.
If you, your child or a member of your family is experiencing a crisis:
- Call 911
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
- Crisis Text Link (text “HOME” to 741741)
- Emergency Services, 24/7 (434) 972-1800
Click here for a list of community resources (
Street Sheet revised December 2019.pdf ).
Notice:
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The Virginia
Department of Education (VDOE) provides information on services for students
with hearing and vision impairments at its website. The following links to
information and resources are excerpted from the VDOE’s website: Special Education-Specific
Disabilities-Sensory Disabilities.
School divisions are required to annually post this information on their
websites and inform the parents of students with hearing and vision impairments
of its availability. Packets of this information are also required to be
available in an accessible format for parents who do not have Internet access.
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Statewide
Resources
- The Virginia School for the Deaf and the
Blind (VSDB) - The Virginia
School for the Deaf and the Blind is located in Staunton, Virginia and provides
a day program and outreach services, as well as a residential setting
exclusively to students who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or visually
impaired, or deaf-blind. The VSDB Outreach Services assist early intervention
providers, local school divisions, and families in meeting the needs of
children in the Commonwealth. The VSDB’s admissions policy is available at the
above Website.
- The Virginia Department for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
- The Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides standards
for educational interpreting services and other services to reduce the
communication barriers between persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and
their families and the professionals who serve them.
- The Virginia Department for the Blind
and Vision Impaired
(DBVI) - The Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired primarily
assists Virginians who are blind in achieving quality employment outcomes.
Vocational evaluation, job training, job development, placement, follow-up, and
other services are provided to assist consumers in obtaining jobs in the public
and private sectors. The DBVI’s education
services program provides services to early intervention providers, school
personnel, and families to help children to be successful in school and the
community, and to prepare for the future.
- The
Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired offers training in the skills of
blindness to blind and vision-impaired Virginians and encourages people to
develop positive attitudes about blindness. The Library and Resource Center provides services
to local school divisions to support the education of children who are blind or
visually impaired. Library services are also offered to persons who are print
disabled.
- The Technical Assistance Center for
Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and VNOC – The Technical
Assistance Center for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing provides
training and technical assistance in the areas of deafness and hardness of
hearing. Assistance is available to local public school divisions as well as
early intervention and preschool programs through the Virginia Network of
Consultants for Professionals Working with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of
Hearing (VNOC).
- The Accessible Instructional Materials
Center-Virginia (AIM-VA) - The Accessible Instructional Materials
Center-Virginia’s extensive library has developed an alternative system of
providing accessible educational media under standards set by federal law
(NIMAS) to students who meet the federal requirements for print disabilities
and who are eligible for accessing educational media under an Individualized
Education Program (IEP) as required under Part B of IDEA. The AIM-VA, in
conjunction with partnering agencies, provides required accessible educational
materials to students with an IEP and training for staff, at no cost to Local
Educational Agencies.
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Director of Special Education and Student Services
Division Section 504 / ADA Coordinator for Student Services
Albemarle County Public Schools
401 McIntire Road, Room 323
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: 434-296-5885
Fax: 434-972-4157
