Realignment of Developmental Delay Program

Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) has realigned the Developmental Delay (DD) program in order to provide additional services to our Early Childhood DD students, from age three to kindergarten.  The realignment took place through a task force with TPS and Community Action Project (CAP) Head Start to develop blended services for TPS DD students at their home schools or at CAP Head Start sites.  Placement of all students is based upon evaluation results eligibly criteria, and teacher/parent interviews. 

Services for Students with Developmental Delay

Tulsa Public Schools, in Collaboration with CAP Head Start will provide services to all three year old students with a Mild/ Moderate disability at the CAP Head Start site closest to their home school address according to our district feeder system.  These students will receive full day services in an early childhood program with an early childhood teacher. They also receive support services from a special education teacher and any necessary related services specified in the student’s Individual Educational Program (IEP).

TPS has developed three District Early Childhood Multiple Disabilities Classrooms to serve student’s age three to kindergarten who have severe/ profound disabilities.

Additional special education staff has been added to most elementary building sites; therefore, 4-year-old students will be placed in the early childhood programs at their home schools and will be served with a blended service approach.  This approach will allow them to receive services from the regular education and special education teachers, as well as related services required by their IEP’s. 

Kindergarten students will receive services in the kindergarten classrooms at their home schools and will also be served with a blended service approach.   They will receive services from the regular education and special education teachers as well as related services student require. 

Newly identified Mild/Moderate DD 3 year olds will attend CAP program

Newly identified Mild/Moderate DD 4 year olds not currently attending a 4 year old program, may attend the area school 4 year old program or the appropriate CAP program per the established IEP staffing procedure (if student is found eligible to receive services they must meet the eligibility cutoff date for birthday, September 1, 2005).

Students attending TPS school sites or CAP programs will remain at current TPS school site or CAP programs.

All students identified as Severe/Profound may attend one of three Early Childhood Multiple Disabilities classrooms per the IEP team decision with Special Education Supervisor.

Already Identified DD student situations:

If a student is enrolled in a 4-year-old program or CAP program, but then moves to another school area with a 4-year-old program that is full, they have two options:

1.   Parent transport back to the original school area 4-year-old program
2.   TPS will transport to the closest CAP site.

Parents of a 4-year-old moving into Tulsa Public Schools with an established category of Developmental Delay, may attend their home school 4 year old program.  If the program is at capacity, the student may attend the appropriate CAP program per the established IEP staffing procedure until an opening is available at the home school. When an opening occurs, the parents have the option of staying at the CAP program or moving their child to the home school 4-year-old program.

Crosstown

76 N.  Zunis

582-1457

Disney

11610 E. 25^th St.

439-9608

Frost

203 W. 28^th St. N.

556-0319

Good Shepard

8730 E. Skelly Drive

622-0109

Latimer

6520 E. Latimer Pl.

838-1767 / 838-1432

McClure

6150 S. Yorktown

747-7123

North Y

5424 N. Madison

428-0851

Reed

10940 E. 5^th

437-1495