Special Education

 

Lakeview Public Schools in collaboration with the Macomb Intermediate School District (MISD), offers a continuum of special education programs and services designed to meet the unique educational needs of each child with an identified disability pre-school through 12th grade and transition years through age 26.

Students access special education programs and services through a comprehensive evaluation process initiated by the school team or parent. Once a student becomes eligible, programs and services can only be determined through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) plan developed by the school team and parent. Students with disabilities must have an educational need for specially designed instruction, programs and services to be eligible.

Our guiding principle is to educate all students in their least restrictive environment, ensuring high accessibility to grade-level content and their peers. All placement decisions are thoughtfully made based on individual student needs and desired outcomes, and these important decisions are determined through the Individualized Educational Planning Team (IEPT) process. We firmly believe that partnering and collaborating with families is extremely important to each student's success and growth. 

Each building has an assigned Teacher Consultant, Special Education Teacher(s), Speech and Language Therapist, Social Worker and School Psychologist. Ancillary services such as occupational therapy or physical therapy are provided through the MISD. The MISD provides specialized consultation to Lakeview staff on behavior, medical issues and other unique circumstances when teams need additional support in programming for a student. The MISD also provides programs for students who are most in need of the highest level of educational support. These programs are located in various places in Macomb County and transportation is provided to and from these specialized programs. 

Lakeview hosts one of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Programs for Macomb County. The DHH Oral program is offered pre-school through 12th grade (Greenwood Elementary, Jefferson Middle School and Lakeview High School). The DHH Total Communication program is only offered at Lakeview High School. Referrals for this program can only be made by the sending resident district and the IEP team must determine if a placement at Lakeview is the most appropriate placement.