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Southington board approves grant-funded elementary diagnostic classroom at South End School
Summary
The Southington School District voted to create a short-term diagnostic classroom for elementary students, funded by the state SEED grant. The pilot will be staffed by special-education personnel and is intended for 4–6 week diagnostic placements to better identify student needs and reduce out-of-district placements.
The Southington School District Board of Education voted to approve a grant-funded elementary diagnostic classroom at South End School intended to provide short-term, intensive evaluation and intervention for students with complex learning or behavioral needs.
Superintendent Mr. Madanci told the board the program will be staffed by a full-time special-education teacher, two applied behavior analysis therapists and a full-time school psychologist (the proposal contained a noted staffing-line typo listing 0.5 but the dollar amounts reflected a full-time psychologist). He said the placement is typically 4 to 6 weeks and is designed to support families, allow multidisciplinary evaluations on site, provide direct instruction and reduce the need for out-of-district placements.
The nut graf: The district said the classroom will be funded entirely by the state Special Education Expansion and Development (SEED) grant, removing near-term…
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