Listed below are several websites and/or information that you might find helpful.

Visit this page often for informative information for parents.

Executive Summary

The leadership of the Taunton Public Schools commissioned this comprehensive review of specific areas within the domain of its special education program. A clinical and educational services analysis (CESA), which contains a proprietary methodology that triangulates information gleaned from qualitative sources, quantitative analyses, and established benchmarks with respect to school-based practices, was utilized to achieve this broad operational objective.

More specifically, the qualitative analyses comprised: (1) a series of interviews with related service providers, educators, paraprofessionals, and administrators; and (2) a review of educational documents (i.e., IEPs) to ascertain the effectiveness of educational-therapeutic interventions. Quantitative analyses included: (1) reviews and multidimensional descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of the District’s staffing configurations, workloads, and service delivery models; and (2) a review of related services and paraprofessional staff in comparison to "industry standards" and student needs.

In order to address areas of relative weakness, recommendations are offered throughout this document in order to promote the inter-related constructs of continued programmatic effectiveness and District finances.

Please click on the file below for the full report.

Why Support Community Autism Resources?

By creating and walking on a school team you will be supporting the free services for families & trainings for schools that are provided by Community Autism Resources in 85 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Please help provides services to
children & adults with ASD
and their families
Join us for the Hearts & Hands Walk for Autism
September 25, 2010
www.community-autism-resources.org

Please click here to view information on Bullying/CyberBullying

Massachusetts Family-to-Family Health Information Center 

Learn more about Massachusetts Family Voices and the Massachusetts Family-to-Family Health Information Center

Disability.gov

Information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration on Developmental Disabilities, provides information for families about preparing for emergencies.  The presentation includes information on state and local resources for family readiness, developmental disabilities networks, emergency supplies and checklists for parents of children with special needs. 

Challenger Cheer Program (pdf file - 46 KB)
For Children from 5-15 years old with Disabilities


Futures Education Report (pdf file - 166 KB)
Early College Opportunity (pdf file - 74 KB)
High school students in the Bristol Community College service area may enroll in one course per semester at no cost. Please click on the file for more information


Nutrition Resources (pdf file - 3747 KB)
Tic Bites & Lyme Disease - The Basics (pdf file - 841 KB)
Community Resource Guide 2009-2010 (pdf file - 364 KB)

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