About Key Center Key Center proudly serves students with intellectual disabilities and autism from Fairfax County and surrounding areas. With a student population of 120, we are a small school by Fairfax County standards and unique in that our students range in age from five to twenty two. Our small size and low student to staff ratio ensure that our students get considerable one to one attention as we strive to help each one reach their potential. We offer many exciting programs to meet the diverse needs of our students, including Music/Sensory Therapy, Art, Adaptive PE, and Adaptive Aquatics. We also provide numerous opportunities for our students to interact with the local community and for the local community to come to them. For example, our Key to Key program provides an opportunity for students from Key Middle School, which is next door to Key Center, to come on a daily basis and serve as a peer helper in a Key Center classroom. In compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act along with IDEA, Key Center School provides an appropriate total educational program for students with in the least restrictive environment to meet their individual needs. Each classroom has a teacher, a personal health assistant and a personal health training assistant. In addition, Key Center has a full time Registered Nurse and a part-time Public Health Nurse provided by Fairfax County. Key Center School stresses a curriculum which complies with the Aligned Standards of Learning. On a typical day, students participate in: Classroom Instruction - which may include use of augmented communication devices, interactive white boards, touch screen computers or other devices as appropriate; Community Integration; Vocational Activities, Music and Sensory Activities; Literacy Activities, Adapted PE and Adapted Aquatics. This program is augmented through related services of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and vision/hearing services. These are all taught in the settings where they are most likely to occur which also serves to reinforce inclusion. Each student’s needs are addressed on an individual basis as determined by goals and objectives written in their Individualized Education Programs (I.E.P.). At the time of I.E.P. conferences, parents receive their Due Process Rights as stated in the Special Education Regulations. Data is taken to assure accountability of student learning in all of the above instructional areas. After assessing the child's level of functioning with various assessment instruments, these goals and objectives are established which enable the classroom teacher to plan lessons to address the areas of need through the teaching process. Teachers document student progress four times a year on Progress Reports, at which time parent conferences can take place. When conducting end of the year staffings with parents, all staff members involved in the child's program are present. We welcome any questions you have about Key Center. Feel free to email or call us at (703) 313-4000. Read our School Improvement Plan. School Plan Results Presentation. |
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