Educational Life Skills

Community Consolidated School District 62 hosts classes for students in Districts 62, 63 and 64 as a part of Maine Township Special Education Program to provide educational services to children who demonstrate significantly below average cognitive abilities and adaptive behavior.  Students may also have multiple disabilities and/or autism. 

This program provides for students who may be described as having mild, moderate, severe, or profound mental impairment as determined by a full case study evaluation. 

Services may be provided through a resource push-in program, a pull-out resource program or a full instructional program depending on the student’s individual needs and the severity of the handicapping condition. 

This program is a collaborative team-based approach to serve children with cognitive, physical and communication disabilities, a program that provides structured teaching for children with autism and cognitive disabilities and a third program that provides educational life skills.  Emphasis is placed on the development of academic and life skills, including independence, personal-care, perceptual motor and recreation and leisure skills.

Services to support the child’s educational program may include: assistive technology, occupational and physical therapy, school nursing, school psychology, social work, speech and language therapy, and vision services.