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Continuum of Alternative Learning Environments |
| Educational Environment | Description |
| Regular Classroom | A child with a
disability attends a regular class with supports and services required in the IEP. |
| Regular classroom
with consultative assistance |
A child with a
disability attends a regular class with assistance being provided to the classroom teacher by consulting specialists. |
| Regular classroom
with assistance by specialists |
A child with a
disability attends a regular class with services provided to the child by specialists. |
| Regular classroom
plus resource room help |
A child with a
disability attends a regular class and receives assistance at or through the resource room program. |
| Regular classroom
plus part-time special class |
A child with
a disability attends a regular class and a self-contained special education classroom. |
| Full-time special class | A child with a
disability attends a self- contained special class full-time. |
| Full-time or
part-time special day school |
A child with a
disability attends a publicly or privately operated special day program full-time or part-time. |
| Full-time residential placement | A child with a
disability attends a publicly or privately operated residential program full-time. |
| Home instruction | A child with a
disability receives all or a portion of her/his special education program at home. |
| Hospital or institution | A child with a
disability receives special education while in a hospital or institution. |