SASED Programs Overview
SASED Programs
Southeast Alternative School is housed within the SASED Central Office building in Naperville. The school provides special education programming for students from the SASED member districts with social/emotional and behavioral disorders in grades 1 through 12. There are two models of service delivery within the school. The Directive Program serves students considered to have more significant behavioral needs and the Supportive Program serves those identified as having severe social and emotional needs as well as behavioral issues.
Multi-Needs Program is designed to provide quality educational experiences to SASED member district students who have multiple disabilities which significantly impact their education. All students in Multi-Needs classrooms have some level of cognitive delay and may have other disabilities such as speech/language delays, physical challenges, sensory processing deficits, medical needs and/or autism. Instruction is provided in a small, structured classroom setting with a highly qualified Special Education Teacher, trained Teacher Assistants, Speech Therapists, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Music Therapists, Movement Therapists and other specialists depending on the needs of the students. The classrooms are located in general education buildings throughout the cooperative. Students are placed in educational settings that are age appropriate, offer opportunities for inclusion and are as close as possible to their district of residence. Community based instruction/programming can also be a significant part of this curriculum. The program is individualized and personally designed to meet the needs of each student from Early Childhood through High School.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program serves students with identified hearing losses from the 92 member school districts of DuPage/West Cook Regional Association. The Early Childhood through 8th grade classrooms are located in several schools throughout DuPage County. Using a Total Communication philosophy, traditional and modified academic content is taught with an emphasis on language development. A wide variety of communication methods are utilized. Oral communication or speech, written communication and manual communication through the use of conceptually accurate signed English, are all used to assist students as they fill in the language and vocabulary gaps caused by their hearing loss. The classrooms are currently located in cluster sites within SASED member districts. Early Childhood classrooms are located in a separate center.
Visually Impaired Program serves students who are blind/visually impaired from the 92 member school districts of DuPage/West Cook Regional Association. A full continuum of programming is available from Early Childhood through Transition for those students who are determined to need an intensive and /or specialized instruction due to their visual impairment. The classrooms are currently located in one High School district and its feeder Elementary district which allows for continuity of curriculum.
Physically Impaired Program SASED operates a program for High School and Transition aged students with significant physical disabilities from the 92 member school districts of DuPage/West Cook Regional Association. The High School program provides a continuum of instructional support levels for the students. In addition there are a full range of related serves available to meet the needs of all students including but not limited to, nursing, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and adapted physical education. Community based instruction/programming is also a significant part of the curriculum.
DuPage Juvenile Detention Program – SASED provides educational services to students who are being held in this correctional facility. The number of students varies daily, but averages 60/day.
Itinerant Servicesare available to all SASED member districts. Itinerant teachers are on hand to provide consultative level services to students with hearing, vision, and orthopedic impairments.
State Grants SASED currently acts as fiscal agent and supports the daily operations of statewide grants that facilitate and enhance inclusion, positive behavior intervention, services for students with autism and their families, parent training and transition services across Illinois. The grants include ProjectCHOICES/EARLY CHOICES, Illinois PBIS, the Autism Technical Assistance Combined Grant, Parent and Partnership Educator, Surrogate Parent Program and Transition.
