Special Education Services

Special Education Services

Welcome to the Special Education Services area of the Harris County School District's website. We offer a wide range of programs serving students from preschool through age 21 that address a variety of student and family needs and concerns. Our program goals, curriculum and materials are developmentally appropriate and focused towards meeting the individual needs of each student. Please contact us if you have questions about any of our services. You will find our address and phone at the bottom of every page.

• Early Childhood Special Education - a program for developmentally delayed 3 - 5 year olds
• Resource Room Programs - K-12, available in all schools
• Small Group Classrooms - K-12, available upon approval of IEP teams
• Services - including:  
  • Visually Impaired - serves partially sighted, legally blind, and totally blind students.
  • Occupational/Physical Therapy - for students who qualify based on a referral for assessment by the IEP team.
  • Audiology - testing and amplification for students, referral through the building student support team (SST) or the IEP team.
  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing - serves students with varying degrees of hearing loss throughout the District. 
  • Speech & Language Therapy - preschool through grade 12, available in all schools.
  • Assistive Technology - equipment and systems used to improve the functional capabilities of our students with disabilities
  • Homebound Services - for students as identified by the IEP team
  • Transition Services - a variety of services aimed at facilitating life and employment skill development
    • Harris County High School community-based training sites are:
      
      • Troup-Harris Regional Library - Clerical 
      • First Peoples Bank - Customer Service
      • FOCUS - Warehouse Operative
      • West Point Essentials Soap Company - Manufacturing

Harris County Board of Education 132 Barnes Mill Road, Hamilton, Georgia 31811 706.628.4206