Support Services

Support Services are offered to students who require special education services, based on their IEP (Individual Education Plan), when modification and accommodations in the regular education room do not meet their specific needs. Based on individual student needs, services may include:

Consultation between the special and regular teacher
Co-teaching in the regular education classroom
Individual or small group direct instruction as a pullout service in the Support Services Center
Special education teacher or paraprofessional providing support in the general education classroom (Push-In service)

Dually Classified Students (Special Education including Early Childhood Special Education, and English Language Services)

Support services are offered in native languages who require special education services based on their IEP (Individualized Education Plan) and their English Language Programming (TBE) Transitional Bilingual Program or (TBI) Transition Program Instruction if found eligible. Please refer to the Bilingual Services page for more specific information regarding bilingual programming and services.

Exceptional Children Have Opportunities Programs (ECHO)

School District #147 is part of the ECHO Joint Agreement Cooperative. ECHO placements are utilized when a child’s needs cannot be met with the supports currently in place within the district. Specific programs include the following: Adaptive Behavioral Learning Environment Program (ABLE); Communication Development Program (CD); Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program (DHH); Providing Alternatives for Continuing Education Program (PACE); ECHO School: Physically/Health Impaired and Visually Impaired Program; ECHO Satellite; ECHO Early Childhood. All programs are locations vary throughout the south suburban area (Grades PreK-8).

Related Services

School District #147 also offers related services as needed for a student. Related services are listed with a child’s IEP when there is a need. Those services could include the following: School Health Services, Social Work Services (SW), Speech and Language Services (SLP), Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), Visual Itinerant, Hearing Impaired Itinerant, and Physically Impaired Itinerant (Grades PreK-8).

Home/Hospital Instruction

The West Harvey-Dixmoor School District #147 offers homebound instruction as deemed necessary in accordance with ISBE guidelines.