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    Big Picture Learning Academy

    GRADES 9-12
    Located at Camden High Campus
    1700 Park Boulevard, Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-5122 | Fax: 856-966-6266
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Brimm Medical Arts High School

    GRADES 9-12
    Located at Camden High Campus
    1700 Park Boulevard, Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-2500 | Fax: 856-366-2489
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Camden High School

    GRADES 9-12
    Located at Camden High Campus
    1700 Park Boulevard, Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-5100 | Fax: Fax 856-366-4756
    Office hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Creative Arts Academy

    GRADES 9-12
    Located at Camden High Campus
    1700 Park Boulevard, Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-5511 | Fax: 856-966-6266
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Eastside High School

    GRADES 9-12
    3100 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08105
    Phone: 856-966-5300 | Fax: 856-966-4755
    Office hours: 8AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Pride Academy

    GRADES 9-12
    1626 Copewood Street | Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-8955 | Fax: 856-342-6822
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Morgan Village Middle School

    GRADES 6-8
    990 Morgan Blvd, Camden, NJ 08104
    Phone:856-966-6267
    Office hours: 7 AM to 3 PM
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    Cream Early Childhood Development Center

    GRADES PRE-K—1
    1875 Mulford Street| Camden, NJ 08104
    Phone: 856-966-4760
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center

    GRADES PRE-K ONLY
    1602 Pine Street | Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-4171
    Office Hours: 7 AM - 3 PM
    School Hours: 7AM - 3PM
     

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    Cooper's Poynt Family School

    GRADES PRE-K—8
    201 State Street | Camden, NJ 08102
    Phone: 856-966-5370
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 7:50AM to 2:10PM

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    Dr. Henry H. Davis Family School

    GRADES PRE-K—8
    3425 Cramer Street | Camden, NJ 08105
    Phone: 856-966-8920 | Fax: 856-963-8379
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 7:50AM to 2:10PM

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    Forest Hill School

    GRADES K-5
    1625 Wildwood Avenue | Camden, NJ 08103
    Phone: 856-966-8930 | Fax: 856-963-8609
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 7:30AM to 2:25PM

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    H.B. Wilson Family School

    GRADES K-8
    2250 South 8th Street | Camden, NJ 08104
    Phone: 856-966-3961 | Fax: 856-963-3971
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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    Octavius V. Catto Family School

    GRADES K-8
    3100 Westfield Avenue | Camden, NJ 08105
    Phone: 856-966-4097 | Fax: 856-963-4070
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 7:45AM to 2:10PM

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    Thomas H. Dudley Family School

    GRADES PRE-K—8
    2250 Berwick Street | Camden, NJ 08105
    Phone: 856-365-0636 | Fax: 856-365-0520
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 7:50AM to 2:10PM

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    Veterans Memorial Family School

    GRADES PRE-K—8
    800 North 26th Street | Camden, NJ 08105
    Phone: 856-966-5090 | Fax: 856-541-5141
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 7:50AM to 2:10PM

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    Yorkship Family School

    GRADES PRE-K—5
    1251 Collings Avenue | Camden, NJ 08104
    Phone: 856-966-5110 | Fax: 856-536-3622
    Office hours: 7AM to 3:30PM
    School hours: 8:45AM to 3:05PM

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The Child Study Team Referral Process

Intervention and Referral Services process was put in place in an effort to reduce and improve student academic achievement while reducing the number of classified students in the State of New Jersey. The goal of the Information and Referral Service is to provide intervention and strategies to assist students who are experiencing difficulties in school and to address and reduce their school related problems so the student may have a pleasant and successful school experience. If and when this process is successful in improving student performance, it significantly reduces the number of students who will require special education services.

The Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS) for general education students is intended as a primary way in which general education teachers or specialists can assist a student who is at risk for school problems within the general education environment. I&RS programs are not intended to replace traditional methods or resources for helping students to function effectively in school. Rather, they exist primarily to focus on particular student problems using available resources within the general education environment.

The primary purposes of the I&RS team are to identify students in need and then plan and provide appropriate intervention for those students within the general education community; to identify the responsibilities of building staff who participate in the planning and provision of intervention and referral services; to actively involve parents/guardians in the development and implementation of the I&RS plans; to review and assess the effectiveness of the services provided in achieving the outcomes identified in the intervention and referral plan; to provide professional development to general education staff members who either refer students to the I&RS or who assist in providing the intervention and referral services; and, finally, to coordinate the services of community-based social and health agencies.

An I&RS team is one of the many resources used by schools to intervene with student problems, prior to Child Study Team (CST) evaluation.

THE INTERVENTION AND REFERRAL SERVICES TEAM PROCESS (I&RS)

The Intervention and Referral Services Team process is a collaborative school effort between district personnel and parents to intervene when a student has been identified as making minimal academic and/or emotional progress in the regular education setting. The team or committee collects and evaluates relevant data in order to determine or identify specific barriers to student performance. Once these barriers have been identified, individualized interventions are determined and implemented through an action plan in order to alleviate the concerns. In some instances this may include the use of the Response to Intervention Model. Although several variations of the model have been proposed, in general RTI is based upon three components: the use of multiple tiers of increasingly intense interventions; a problem-solving approach to identify and evaluate instructional strategies; and an integrated data collection and assessment system to monitor student progress and guide decisions at every level. Student monitoring continues throughout this process by the identified individuals in the action plan. This process is ongoing, in that, it continues to identify and evaluate problems, solutions and progress within the student’s academic setting.

I&RS PHASES

  1. Request for Assistance
  2. Information Collection
  3. Parent/Guardian Notification and Participation
  4. Problem Solve
  5. Develop I&RS Action Plan
  6. Support, Monitor and Continue the Process
  7. Problem resolved or referral to CST

If the I&RS process exhausts all of the available school based regular education interventions with minimal success, often, the student is referred to the CST for a comprehensive evaluation in order to gather additional information as well as to determine if the student is eligible for special education and related services. The recommendation for a CST evaluation could come directly from the I&RS team or from the parent at any time during the process.

WHAT INTERVENTION IS AND IS NOT

The term intervention is used when teachers and other school personnel study and creatively problem solve educational issues that place a student at risk for school failure. Using a team approach that also significantly involves parents, each school carefully considers the needs of students who are identified “at risk” for learning, behavior, and health problems. After careful consideration, strategies are put in place to work with the student and effectively address the issues at hand.

By its nature, intervention is a process. It is often the case that plans are revisited and modified. In most cases, however, a successful intervention plan which is created and shaped over a period of time proves to be a powerful method tool for the at-risk student. If successful, it is preferable to special education referral which requires a student to have an identified disability and undergo an evaluation.

In some cases, intervention is not successful and a referral for special education is deemed necessary. Even in these cases, the prior period of intervention is valuable. Prior intervention will illustrate that a referral is appropriate (as required by law) and it will help inform the IEP team about strategies that have or have not produced success when it comes time to develop the written IEP. It is important that parents not see intervention as merely a waiting process or a “red tape” step for special education.

For more information please review the New Jersey Special Education Law.

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2250 Berwick Street
Camden, NJ 08105

Main Office:
856-365-0636

Fax: 856-365-0520

Bell Schedule

Monday
8:40 AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday
8:40 AM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday
8:40 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday
8:40 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday
8:40 AM - 3:00 PM

Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB)

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    Ms. Minerva Castro