Home and Hospital Program

“We Bring the Classroom to the Child”

Master Plan Alignment 2006 – 2008

Goal 6: Effective management systems will support student achievement.

Home and Hospital Program Goals:

• Provide continuity of instruction for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade who are unable to attend school due to physical or emotional conditions.
• Provide direct instruction one – on –one instruction to students in their homes, in hospital settings, or by telecommunications/home visits until students are physically able to return to their home schools.
• Provide services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities.
• Provide procedures and policies for parents interested in providing instruction at home for their children.
• Manage the implementation of home schooling.
• Conduct biannual portfolio reviews
• Develop and disseminate administrative procedures that support students transitioning from home school back to school

Program Components:

Chronic Health Impaired (CHIP): designed to provide supplementary instruction for students whose chronic illness interferes with regular school attendance and academic performance.

Home and Telecommunication: designed to meet the individual educational needs of each student in the home and by telephone.

Transitional Head Injury: designed for students who are recovering from a traumatic brain injury.

Hospital: designed to meet the needs of students who are long-term patients in Baltimore City Hospitals.

Infant and Toddler: designed to provide instruction for infants and toddlers who have developmental delays and disabilities

Home Schooling: designed to support parent who are providing instruction for their children in the home.

The Home and Hospital Application is available by clicking on the attachment:

The Home and Hospital Application

All Home Schooling forms can be found under the Home Schooling link.

Contact:

Florence T. Johnson, Director (fjohnson@bcps.k12.md.us)
410-396-0775