• SPED Handbook

• RCPS Local SPED Policies and Procedures

• RCPS Tech Toolkit - Accessibility Resources

• Reaching All Learners w/ iPad

• Virginia Procedural Safeguards Notice

• Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)

• Ten Things Every Paraprofessional Wishes You Knew

• National Resources Center for Paraeducators

• VCU Autisim Center for Excellence - Resources for Paraprofessionals

• Paraprofessionals Powerpoint

• Paraprofessional Handbook

• Annual Resources Update for Serving Students with Sensory Disabilities

• The Virginia Family's Guide to Special Education

• 504 Information

• General Resources

• Autism Resources

• Screening Administrative Procedures

• Web Resources

• Publications

• Flow Charts

  • AIM-VA Eligibility Chart

  • Autism Assessment Team Procedures

  • Change in Placement - Transfer

• Transition Services

  • RCPS Transition Services

• Assistive Technology

  • Request for Assistive Technology Consultation

All residents of Rockingham County from the ages of two to twenty-one, inclusive, who have a disability and are in need of special education services shall receive a free appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Students otherwise eligible must have attained age two and not have exceeded age twenty-one by September 30. A free appropriate public education is provided to all identified persons with disabilities ages two to twenty-one, inclusive, who live in Rockingham County or who have been placed by their parents in a private school located within the Rockingham County jurisdiction. Programs and services are provided to persons identified as having autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, intellectual disabilities, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, emotional disturbance, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment. Because special education services attempt to prepare students with disabilities to live and work in society, such students are educated with their peers to the maximum extent appropriate. Effort is made to place the student in the least restrictive environment. In determining the most appropriate setting, each student is considered on an individual basis. The Rockingham County Public School system provides a continuum of alternative placement options and services to meet the varying needs of disabled students.