Programs for Students with Special Needs

In compliance with state and federal law, notice is hereby given by the Stroudsburg Area School District that it conducts ongoing identification activities as a part of its school program for the purpose of identifying students who may be in need of special education and related services. If your child is identified by the district as possibly in need of such services, you will be notified of applicable procedures. Individualized services and programs are available for children who are determined to need specially designed instruction and who have been identified with exceptionalities recognized under the Pennsylvania State Regulations governing special education including:

Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder Other Health Impairment Blindness/Visual Impairment Physical Disability Deafness/Hearing Impairment Serious Emotional Disturbance Intellectual Disability Speech/Language Disability Mentally Gifted Specific Learning Disability Multiple Disability Traumatic Brain Injury Neurological Impairments

Children age three through the age of admission to first grade are also eligible if they have developmental delays and, as a result, need Special Education and related services. Developmental delay is defined as a child who is less than the age of beginners and at least three years of age and is considered to have a developmental delay when one of the following exist: (i) The child’s score, on a developmental assessment device, on an assessment instrument which yields a score in months, indicates that the child is delayed by 25% of the child’s chronological age in one of more developmental areas, or (ii) The child is delayed in one or more of the developmental areas, as documented by test performance of 1.5 standard deviations below the mean on standardized tests. Developmental areas include cognitive, communicative, physical, social/emotional and self-help. For additional information you may contact Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 at 610-252-5740.

All information gathered about your child is subject to the confidentiality provisions contained in federal and state law. The district has policies and procedures in effect governing the collection, maintenance, destruction and disclosure to third parties of this information. For information about those policies and procedures, about rights of confidentiality and access to educational records, as well as for further information on rights of parents and children, provision of services, evaluation and screening, you may contact any building principal.