Welcome
to the Sarasota Military Academy ESE Department.
Students who have special learning needs because of a disability are called exceptional students. The special help they are given at school is called exceptional student education (ESE). The purpose of ESE is to help each child with a disability to progress in school and prepare for life after school.. Students who benefit from the ESE program include gifted students who require more challenging coursework, students with learning disabilities of varying natures, students who have physical challenges and students with emotional difficulties.
Decisions about a
child's ESE services are made by a team. At SMA this team includes,
Barbara Coury, Jennifer Catena, Rob Knight, and Abby Williams. Services
are adapted to best suit the individual student through the development
of an Individual Education Plan (IEP) or an Educational Plan for
Students Who are Gifted (EP). IEPs and EPs are developed by a team of
individuals which always includes the parent and also includes teachers
and/or other district staff members.
ESE students who seek regular high school diplomas are taught the same Sunshine State Standards, take the same tests and are graded on the same scale as other students. Some eligible ESE students are instructed using a modified curriculum based on special standards and will graduate with a special diploma.
At SMA, every ESE student is assigned a case manager who is responsible for monitoring the student’s progress, communicating with the students parents and teachers on a regular basis and helping the student achieve academic success.
Links
fldoe.org/ese/pdf/ac-mod-parents
oppaga.state.fl.us/profiles/2012/
ASHA:American Speech-
Language-Hearing Association
Bureau of Exceptional
Education & Student Services
CHADD:Children and Adults
w/Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder
Clearinghouse Information
and Resource Center
www.fldoe.org/ese/clerhome.asp
FDLRS: Florida Diagnostic
and Learning Resources System
Students with Disabilities PSAT
and SAT application process:
ACT College Entrance Test