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Exceptional Children

INTERIM DIRECTOR :: Sherry H. Thomas

DIVISION MISSION :: The mission of the Exceptional Children Division is to ensure that students with disabilities develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, and vocationally through the provision of an appropriate individualized education program in the least restrictive environment.

EC Division Strategic Plan

Hot Topics

NC IDEA Grant Application

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is making available its annual State Application for receiving grant award under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as amended in 2004.

IDEA Grant Application

Memo-Annual Registration of Legally Blind Students Now Open

Memo-Child Find 2018-2019

Memo APH Funding Registration

Memo AWARE Grant Announcement

Memo Summer Programs

Memo Tuition Reimbursement Application Memo-Fall 2018

Memo APH Funding Registration

Memo APH Parent Permission form English

Memo ECATS Newsletter October Final v3.0

Memo NCAPH Medical Addendum Form-final

Memo Schedule for December 2018 Periodic Child Count

Guidance Info Considerations for Specially Designed Instruction 2018

Memo Annual Registration of Legally Blind Students

Memo Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Technical Corrections – Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities

Technical Correction-HB 149-Dyslexia (August 2017)

Technical Correction-Rosa's Law-Intellectual Disabilities (August 2017)

Technical corrections approved by the State Board of Education on July 6, 2017. This change is effective immediately.

Considerations for Specially Designed Instruction

The design and delivery of specially designed instruction is the core of special education. This document serves as guidance for IEP teams, administrators, educators and practitioners as they determine the need for, plan, and implement specially designed instruction (SDI) for students with disabilities who require an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Considerations for Specially Designed Instruction (revised October 2018)

Dyslexia & Dyscalculia

The following videos provide parents and other interested individuals information about the characteristics of dyslexia and how dyslexia is addressed in North Carolina Public Schools.