Special Education
Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services
All residents of Bath County from the ages of two to twenty-one, inclusive, who have a disability and are in need of special education services shall receive a free appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Students otherwise eligible must have attained age two and not have exceeded age twenty-one by September 30. Programs and services are provided to persons identified as having autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, intellectual disabilities, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, emotional disturbance, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment. Because special education services attempt to prepare students with disabilities to live and work in society, such students are educated with their peers to the maximum extent appropriate. Effort is made to place the student in the least restrictive environment. In determining the most appropriate setting, each student is considered on an individual basis.
Resources:
Parent's Guide to Special Education
Timeline Factsheet for Virginia Parents
VDOE Special Education Evaluation Process Video Guide
Student Services
Sensory Disabilities | Virginia Department of Education
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Foster Care | Project HOPE - Virginia | School of Education | W&M School of Education (wm.edu)