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What is the home teaching program?
The Home and Hospital program is
designed to provide instructional continuity to students who are
unable to attend their regular school of enrollment due to:
- Physical illness or
disability
- Emotional crisis (including
substance abuse)
- Pregnancy
- Chronic health impairment.
It is a short-term, itinerant
instructional service mandated by state law with specific
guidelines for program implementation and delivery. Preparing
for the eventual return to school, the educational services
provided enable students to continue their academic work and to
remain current with their peers.
Is my child eligible for home
teaching?
Howard County students are
eligible for Home and Hospital teaching when it is determined by
a physician or certified psychologist that the student has a
physical or emotional disability serious enough to preclude
school attendance or a chronic health impairment that causes the
student to be absent at least 20% of the time.
If my child is hospitalized in
Howard County, how will the Howard County School System provide
for his or her education?
If the child is hospitalized in
Howard County, education is provided by Howard County Home and
Hospital staff at the hospital and can follow him or her home
during recuperation. If the child is hospitalized outside the
county, arrangements to reimburse teaching staff from that area
will be made. Either way, please inform you child’s home school
when a hospitalization is eminent.
If my child were on
home/hospital teaching for any part of the year who determines
his or her grades?
Grades will be awarded by the
home teacher for work completed under his or her direction.
These grades are to be averaged proportionately with grades
earned while in school.
If my child has an IEP, will
he or she still get the support services in his or her IEP at
home?
The IEP team, with your input,
will decide how support services will be provided. Please
address this question to them.
How many hours per week will
my child receive once her or she is on home teaching?
Usually six hour per week of
instruction is provided unless otherwise specified in an IEP.
Where does home teaching take
place?
Services may be provided in the
home school, home, hospital, or community setting.
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