ABC, CDC / LRE, RESOURCE

ABC

Blount County Schools operates six Alternative Behavior Classes for seriously emotionally disturbed students and other identified special education students with documented behavior deficits.  ABC-l is for students ages 6-12 and is housed at Eagleton Elementary and Mary Blount Elementary.  ABC-ll is for students ages 12-15 and is housed at William Blount Middle and Heritage Middle Schools.  ABC-lll is for students ages 15-18 and is housed at both William Blount High School and Heritage High School.  Students in these programs receive academic instruction and behavioral intervention.  Group counseling is provided by Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Center.  A point system is utilized to document behavioral goal progress and to determine a reintegration time schedule.

This is a list of the ABC classrooms in our county. 

SCHOOL	TEACHER
Eagleton Elem	Lottie Prater
Heritage High	Paul Hodges
Heritage Middle	Debbie Skylar
Mary Blount Elem	Eileen McHale
William Blount High	Douglas Stokes
William Blount Middle	Julie Hilborn

CDC

The Academic Elementary and Middle School Comprehensive Developmental Classrooms (CDC) are designed to meet the needs of students with both adaptive and academic deficits. The academic CDC setting focuses on functional academics through individual and small-group instruction, while also placing emphasis on pre-vocational skills.

LRE

The LRE program is designed to teach functional living skills. Areas of instruction include functional math skills, functional language skills, basic domestic skills, community skills, and social skills. Skills are taught be using hands on activities, educational games, computers and Community Based Instruction Trips. Students are included in special area classes to enhance communication and interaction with regular ed. students.

This is a list of the CDC/LRE classrooms in our county.

SCHOOL	CDC	CDC/LRE
Carpenters Middle	Pennie Ray
Eagleton Elem.	Karin Powers	Ella Berven
Eagleton Middle	Robin Cross
Friendsville Elem.	Judith Krull
Heritage High		Diane Swaney
Heritage Middle	Bryan Roberson	Vera Yoder
Lanier Elem.	Natalie Cook
Mary Blount Elem.	Janice McPherson Laurie White	Elaine Feeley
Montvale Elem.	Candy McClanahan
Porter Elem.	Cynthia Johnson
Rockford Elem.	Kathy Jones
William Blount High		Tammy Hearon Amanda Anderson
William Blount Middle	Debbie Ballard	Shannon Nichols

RESOURCE

If a child is in need of special education services, an appropriate combination of classroom instruction and specialized help is developed. The goal of such help is always to enable a child to progress to the upper limits of his/her ability in the least restrictive environment.