Extended School Year
Extended School Year (ESY) Programs for special education students
One of my regular readers brought up the subject of summer school the other day. It occurred to me that this is an excellent topic to discuss. Our school District offers a six-week Extended School Year (ESY) for special education students who qualify. In our District, the Individual Education Plan (IEP) can state that ESY services are required for one of three reasons; Emerging Skills, Regression Recoupment, and Self-Sufficiency.
For Quincy we usually qualify under Regression Recoupment. If there is a lengthy delay in her physical therapy or occupational therapy services, Quincy will definitely lose valuable skills. So, it’s important for her to have a continuity with her services and this is what ESY provides.
Our ESY session is three days a week, for six weeks. It is divided into a morning and an afternoon session, so the kids are really only in school for about 2.5 hours, three days a week. But, it’s enough time for her therapists to continue to build on her critical skills. Transportation to and from school is also available. The ESY program does not run in each school, but instead at a central location. Luckily for us it is a location quite close to our home (Finger Lake Elementary) and in the past we have provided our own transportation.
Our last day of regular school is May 22, so for us ESY is quickly approaching. I encourage anyone with a child who is receiving special education services through an IEP to be aware of the ESY programs and inquire as to your own child’s eligibility.
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