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Special Education

Special Education Focus Groups

In December 2003, ESE's Special Education Planning & Policy Development (SEPP) Office, convened a number of work groups to discuss the most recent data collection using the agency's new Student Information Management System (SIMS), which is an individualized, more comprehensive, and sophisticated means for tracking every publicly funded student in Massachusetts.

This report reflects on common, salient themes that emerged from the sessions and proposes a set of action recommendations.

The Report:
Recommendations for Action Based on Disability Work Group Discussions

Data discussion guide:
  Disability Data Focus Groups (Part 1)

Individual Disability data:
(Disability Data Focus Groups (Part II))

  Autism

  Communication Impairment

  Developmental Delay

  Deafblind

  Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

  Emotional Impairment

  Health Impairment

  Intellectual Impairment

  Multiple Disabilities

  Neurological Impairment

  Physical Impairment

  Specific Learning Disability

  Vision Impairment