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Special Education

Riverside County Office of Education Special Education provides special day class offerings for students who have had an Individualized Education Plan determination that placement in a county program is the best placement to meet their students' needs. Special day classes serve students with moderate to severe disabilities in environments with specialized staff, assistive technology, and learning supports designed to meet their needs. Riverside County Office of Education Special Education also provides itinerant services by providing specialized staff to assist school districts in providing the supports identified by the Individualized Education Plan team. Itinerant services for districts include staff specializing in supporting students who are deaf or hard of hearing, have intensive behavioral needs, have orientation and mobility needs, have occupational therapy needs, and have visual impairment needs. The students who are served in county programs attend classes in local schools and are provided with the highest-quality education in the Least Restrictive Learning Environment to meet the individual needs of each child. 

Reaching out to provide effective services to students with autism and their families.

About 1 in 54 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. With the ongoing growth in student enrollment in the Inland Empire, there has been a dramatic increase in the demand for services for children with autism in this region.

Early intervention through educational programming is the primary form of treatment for individuals with autism. The Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) Reach Autism Program has developed educational programs to meet this need for students and their families and the professionals who serve them.

Committed to Excellence

RCOE Reach Autism Programs are committed to developing a culture of caring and compassionate support to children with autism and the families who love them.

Our program’s success is founded in partnerships and the strength of relationships with students, families, co-workers, district and agency staff, colleges and universities, local communities, and you.

Model Autism Classroom Programs

RCOE serves children with autism in a classroom setting by providing empirically-based methodologies and an integrated approach to educational services. These programs offer a variety of evidence-based practices and individualized services to meet the unique needs of each student.

Intensive Behavior Intervention (IBI)

The IBI program is built on practices of behavior intervention that have been widely researched and shown to be effective for students with autism. The IBI program will enhance the students’ existing skills while directly teaching deficit skill areas using a proactive and positive approach to increase student success. Please see the IBI Web site for more information.

Parent Involvement and Support

We partner with families, through parent education, including ongoing meetings, trainings, and workshops. Many of our families volunteer in our classrooms and form lasting relationships with other families.

Professional Development

Providing highly qualified staff is an important goal for RCOE. Individual and group instruction is provided on a regular basis on the most current and effective methodologies for the treatment of autism in an educational setting.

Locations

  • Arlington Regional Learning Center
  • Foothill East Elementary School
  • Hillcrest High School
  • Phillip M. Stokoe Elementary School
  • Desert Mirage High School
  • Hans Christensen Middle School
  • Nan Sanders Elementary School
  • Nuview Elementary School North
  • Rob Reiner Children & Families Center
  • Jurupa Middle School
  • Jurupa Valley High School
  • Temescal Canyon High School

Riverside County Office of Education partners with school districts of Riverside County to provide Special Day Class Services.  A Special Day Class or SDC is a term used to describe a self contained special education class which provides services to students with intensive needs that cannot be met by the general education program alone.  Students in grades preschool to 12+ who are served through the moderate to severe programs are eligible for services as a result of a disability that is moderate to severe in nature such as intellectual disabilities, multiple disabilities, or autism.   

Locations:

  • Arlington Regional Learning Center
  • Coachella Valley High School
  • Don F. Kenny RLC
  • Foothill East Elementary School
  • Glen Avon Elementary School South
  • John Kelley Elementary School
  • Jurupa Middle School
  • La Granada South Elementary School
  • Menifee Valley Middle School
  • Nan Sanders Elementary School
  • Norte Vista West High School
  • Nuview Elementary School North
  • Patriot High School
  • Rancho Verde High School
  • Toro Canyon Middle School

Resources

Title IX

Review RCOE's policies on sex-based discrimination and find information for reporting on the Title IX page.

Report Abuse

Mandated reporting of child abuse or elder dependent adult abuse