Student Support Team Manual

The focus of the Student Support Team Manual is to formalize the Student Support Process in the Amherst, Pelham, and Amherst Regional Public Schools. The district goal is to provide students with the opportunity to receive the necessary supports and remediation in the general education program. This approach to remediation, in many cases, may allow the student who is having difficulty the opportunity to meet with success within the general education program. The basic concepts of the Student Support Process are:

1. identify the needs of the student
2. develop appropriate accommodations and interventions
3. access general education remediation options
4. Such efforts to meet the student’s needs in the general education classroom may include but are not limited to changes in:
   • teaching strategies
   • teaching environments
   • materials
   • quantity of output
   • time constraints

All accommodations/interventions and the results will be documented using the Student Support Report.

This district wide procedure will ensure that all students are given every opportunity to access the curriculum in the general education setting. Those students who are clearly in need of additional services will be efficiently and effectively identified.