Special Education

The Arlington Public Schools provides a comprehensive array of programs and services from pre-school through grades 12 designed to address the needs of eligible students who have a disability and require specially designed instruction.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Arlington Public Schools recently participated in a Tiered Focus Monitoring Review (TFM) conducted by the Department's Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM). The purpose of the Tiered Focus Monitoring Review is to monitor compliance with regulatory requirements focusing on special education and civil rights.

Each school district, charter school, vocational school, and virtual school undergoes a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review every three years. The statewide Tiered Focused Monitoring cycle is posted at https://www.doe.mass.edu/psm/tfm/6yrcycle.html. Regularly monitored standards are divided into two groups, known as Group A Universal Standards and Group B Universal Standards. Districts and schools are monitored on an alternate set of Universal Standards every three years in the areas of Special Education (SE), Civil Rights Methods of Administration and Other General Education Requirements (CR), selected requirements from the MA Board of Education's Physical Restraint regulations, Student Learning Time regulations, and various requirements under other federal and state laws. 

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*Services are available to all Arlington residents, children, adolescents and
their families, including all Arlington Public School students.
Hours: Mon - Fri, 9AM-5PM
Contact: Helpline 888-244-6843 or local 617-332-3666
What to expect when you call: Intake/Matching/Follow up/Closing referral - Translation services available.

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• Call 2-1-1 or 1-877-211-6277
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• Childcare ext 23
• Call2Talk (Mental Health Line) ext 25
• Child Requiring Assistance ext 24
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Thank you very much and we appreciate everyone's efforts to keep our community healthy.