Description
As required by the Individuals with Disabilities Act, San Mateo Union High School District provides a continuum of services for students with disabilities. Programs for students with mild/moderate disabilities and full inclusion students are available at every school site within the district. Services for students with moderate/severe disabilities are provided in conjunction with the San Mateo County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA). The continuum of special education services is described below.
Open to grades 9-12
Courses
Speech And Language Services
A speech and language therapist is available on each campus to provide speech and language therapy for students who need no special education service other than speech and language therapy and for students in the special education programs who also need speech and language therapy.
Resource Specialist Program (RSP)
Resource Specialist Programs are available on every campus within the San Mateo High School District. These programs are for special education students who need less than one-half day in the special education program. The rest of the day is spent in the regular education program.
Special Day Class (SDC)
The district provides special day classes for students on every campus in the District except Peninsula High School. Additionally, there are four special day classes for students with severe disorders of language (Aragon, Hillsdale, Capuchino and Burlingame). Two special day classes) for the mentally retarded (Mills and Hillsdale High Schools) serve students throughout the district. Two programs for seriously emotional disturbed students are available, one at Hillsdale High School and one at the Therapeutic Day Class at Peninsula High School. The District also operates a program for the hearing impaired at Capuchino High School.
