Special Education Services

Yukon Public School 's Special Education Department seeks to provide a free and appropriate public education for all students with disabilities, from 3 years of age through twenty one or the completion of the twelfth grade. Special education programs are designed to provide students with disabilities the opportunities to learn and develop the skills necessary to be contributing member of our community. 

In order to meet the needs of our students with disabilities, we provide special education services and specially designed instruction. "Special Education Services " means specially designed instruction, provided at no cost to the parents, necessary to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability to allow them to benefit from their educational program. "Specially designed instruction" means adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of services, as appropriate to meet the needs of an eligible child resulting from the disability.

Specially designed instruction includes:
	"Specially designed instruction" means adapting content, methodology, or delivery of services, as appropriate, to meet the needs of an eligible child resultin from the disability. Specially designed instruction includes:
	Program monitoring by qualified special education personnel to ensure that the IEP is being properly implemented and that the child is progressing in accordance with the IEP.

Yukon Public Schools provide special education services in the least restrictive environment. The purpose of the least restrictive environment is to ensure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities receive instruction with children who do no have disabilities. The removal of a student with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only if the nature and severity of the disability is such that education in the regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.