The Department of Student Services meets the individual needs of students ages three through twenty-one who are eligible for special education and related services in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004.
IDEA is a federal law ensuring services to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention and special education and related services to infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.
A full continuum of services is available, ranging from the least restrictive to more supportive environments, depending on the specific needs of the student. The department also supports schools in ensuring students with disabilities appropriately access the South Carolina Profile of the High School Graduate College and Career Ready Standards and provides specialized instruction and related services as determined necessary by the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Under a mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA), Willie Jeffries School of Excellence is to conduct activities to locate, identify, and evaluate any child with known or suspected disabilities who attends the school. Categories of disabilities may include: developmental delay, mental disability, emotional disability, speech or language impairment, deafness and hard of hearing, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, traumatic brain injury, autism, and multiple disabilities.
More information about Child Find please contact La’Aysha Jones at la’[email protected] or (803) 250-5717
