Special Education Programs - Indianola Community School District

Program Options

The Indianola CSD will provide specially designed instruction and supplementary aids and services in a variety of program models. Students may be served in multiple programs or move from one program to another depending on their unique needs, rate of progress and other factors.

Program	Key Points	Offered
Purple and Gold Early Childhood Programming	Implements Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards Taught by dual certified teachers (Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Special Education Meaningful play experiences	Whittier
Resource Program	Direct Instruction in goal areas Support academic and social skills within the grade level curriculum Provided in general education or special education classrooms.	Emerson Irving Indianola High School Indianola Middle School Laura Ingalls Wilder Whittier
Academic Skills Program	Moderate Supplemental Instruction in one or more goal areas May include modified benchmarks or alternate grade level benchmarks	Emerson Irving Indianola High School Indianola Middle School Laura Ingalls Wilder Whittier
Functional Skills Program	Significant supplemental instruction in multiple goal areas Most instruction is in the special education classroom Typical instruction includes alternative grade level benchmarks	Emerson Indianola High School Indianola Middle School Laura Ingalls Wilder
Behavior Skills Program	Moderate to Significant behavior plan Positive behavior skills training Typically instruction in grade level benchmarks that are not explicitly taught in the classroom Improve Social Skills and generalize positive behaviors	Indianola High School Indianola Middle School Laura Ingalls Wilder