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Mesquite ISD

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Programs & Services

Special Education Programs & Services

Program and service assignments are individualized decisions made by the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee based on a comprehensive review of evaluation data, student strengths, and documented educational needs. These decisions ensure students receive a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) and are never based on disability category, campus location, or program availability.

  • Designed to provide students with disabilities access to the general education curriculum and learning environment to the greatest extent appropriate, delivering Specially Designed Instruction (SDI), accommodations, modifications, and supplementary aids within general education settings.

  • Provides specially designed instruction in a special education setting for part of the instructional day for students requiring explicit, systematic instruction to address skill deficits that cannot be fully met in general education alone.

  • Delivers evidence-based, multisensory structured literacy instruction to improve reading, spelling, written language, and overall literacy skills for identified students while providing access to grade-level curriculum.

  • Offers specialized behavioral, social-emotional, and self-regulation supports to teach replacement behaviors and increase student independence so students can successfully participate in general education environments.

  • Serves as a centralized, highly structured therapeutic setting to stabilize students experiencing severe emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges, preparing them for eventual reintegration into less restrictive settings.

  • Provides intensive, individualized preschool instruction (ages 3–5) focused on developing foundational communication, social-emotional, academic, adaptive, motor, and play skills to prepare students for kindergarten.

  • Delivers specially designed instruction within a general education Pre-K classroom, enabling students with disabilities to learn alongside typically developing peers through co-teaching and embedded supports.

  • Focuses on functional academics, independent living, communication, social development, and community participation using modified TEKS to prepare students for life beyond school.

  • Provides intensive, individualized instruction for students with significant communication needs, integrating specialized methodologies to develop functional communication and adaptive skills.