Collaborative Consultative Services:

 

The West New York Collaborative Consultation Services (CCS) is a special education service delivery model that is deliberate, structured, and systematic. It is a process, not an event that uses all the vehicles of special education available in a flexible schedule which is responsive to the individual student's needs. This includes small group / individual direct instruction within or outside the general education classroom; monitoring of students within the general education classroom; co-teaching; in-class support; modifications / adaptation to general education curriculum and instruction; teacher consultation; technical assistance; and more. In other words, CCS is a special education service option in which special and general educators demonstrate on-going collaboration and decision-making regarding the instructional needs of students with disabilities through pooled resources and joint accountability. Most often, the general education teachers are responsible for content expertise and the special education teachers adapt that content for individual learning styles and abilities based on the student’s IEP.

 

 What Special Education Support is available in CCS?

 

Special Education Teachers Provide…

 

• Technical assistance in the expansion of instruction toward Universal Design for Learning; 

• Targeted strategies for individual students to the general education teachers; 

• Pre/post and re-teaching; Pre-teaching must include a collaborative lesson planning; 

• Work with or on behalf of the general education content teachers to make curricula and instructional modifications and adaptations; 

• Identify the use of assistive technology and facilitate its use in the general education classroom and the associated student required tasks (e.g. homework); 

• Work with or on behalf of the general education teacher to monitor progress; and adjust instruction; 

• Work with or on-behalf of the general education teacher to implement the grading criteria in the IEP, however, the general education teachers assigns grades; 

• Identify student needs for targeted skills instruction outside of the general education classroom; 

• Assist the general education teachers on how to implement Behavior Improvement Plans for specific students; 
• Responsible to report progress, problems, etc. to the Child Study Team; therefore, will act as a liaison to the CST; 

• Provide support to assist students with disabilities to develop healthy and robust social networks to include appropriate communication and interpersonal behavior; and 

• Provide relevant information regarding the unique learning and social characteristics of students with disabilities.