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Tr Along with the Special Education Administrator, they 2013 school year, including the IDEA 240 grant of collaborate with the Cape Cod Collaborative and other $417,014 which covered the costs of salaries of many Collaboratives such as South Shore Collaborative and special educators. The Special Education Department the Pilgrim Area Collaborative, surrounding public also applied and received a federal special education ''. school districts such as Barnstable Public Schools, preschool grant(grant 298) of$3,000 which was used ' human service agencies (such as Department of to purchase I-pads,cameras and printers to support the Children and Families, Department of Youth Services implementation of the MKEA (Massachusetts and Justice Resource Institute), private special Kindergarten Educational Assessment)Work Sampling education day and residential schools, to ensure that portfolio assessment system. The preschool teachers our students receive adequate services to prepare them use this system to assess and document the growth of for high school graduation and/or transition to their students. Kindergarten teachers are now required tu independent living. to use this assessment. The district received state funding of $67,084 to support special education Monthly staff meetings were held at each school, services for students aged 3 to 5 years old, including focusing on special education programming and DESE $18,234 from the early childhood special education compliance, with the continuing goal of improving (262)grant and$48,850 from the Inclusive Pre-School timelines of completed evaluations and meetings, (391)grant.The Special Education Administrator also improving instructional strategies and the use of applied for a competitive grant and received an technology. The Special Education Department additional $13,002 from the Special Education provided training and professional development to Program Improvement (274) grant to provide training teachers, counselors, therapists, and paraprofessionals and professional development for special education including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI), staff.Total Special Education and CFCE grant funding ADHD, Paraprofessional Guide to Managing received for FY13 was $533,970 which was slightly Behaviors; Smart-table technology, Assistive less than last year. The district also received, over the Technology and I-Pad Applications,and 504 Planning course of the FY 13 school year,total reimbursement of and use of ESPED software. $370,943 from Circuit Breaker. In addition, Medicaid reimbursement in the amount of approximately Clinical Teams continued to monitor the progress $236,762.63 was returned to the Mashpee Town Hall, " of special education students, make recommendations totaling $607,705 in total reimbursement received, on challenging cases, and process new referrals. Child which is a$92,102 increase in reimbursement from last Study Teams met weekly to provide consultation to year. Total reimbursement plus the total amount of teachers in order to support students with challenging grant funding received during the 2012-2013 school behaviors or difficulty with academics. Special year equaled $1,141,675 which was used to support Education teachers at the High School were actively young children and special education students within involved in the NEASC accreditation process through the town of Mashpee. chairing committees, collecting data, and writing reports.;;-`f. The Mashpee Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAL) continued to give parents of special education students the opportunity to attend quarterly meetings which were attended by the Administrator and Assistant Administrator of Special Education. Workshop topics included: Program Evaluation regarding Special Education Inclusion Services; a Parents' Basic rights and Procedural Safeguards; Assistive Technology; A Student's Personal Perspective on Autism; and Questions and Answers with the Superintendent of Schools. aThe Mashpee Public Schools received$420,014 in federal special education funding during the 2012- J 137