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Hospital Homebound
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What is Hospital Homebound?
H/H services should be viewed as a temporary intervention and are not intended to replace the classroom experience. The purpose of H/H services is to meet the student’s special educational needs during confinement to the home or hospital. Every attempt is made to maintain continuity of curriculum and learning by providing an appropriate instructional program. This continuity is attained by parents, home school personnel, and H/H personnel working together to meet the needs of the student who is ill.
Who do we serve?
A homebound or hospitalized student is a student who has a medically diagnosed physical or psychiatric condition which is acute or catastrophic in nature, or a chronic illness, or a repeated intermittent illness due to a persisting medical problem and that confines the student to home or hospital, and restricts activities for an extended period of time. The corresponding definition is found in State Board of Education Rule 6A-6.03020, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.)
Content Accordion
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State of Florida eligibility criteria
Eligibility and services are determined by an Individual Education Plan (IEP) Team
- Student is expected to be absent due to a physical or psychiatric condition for at least 15 consecutive (or block equivalent), or due to a chronic condition for at least 15 days (or block equivalent), which need not run consecutively.
- Student is confined to home or hospital (means student cannot be working, traveling, out in the community socializing etc.)
- Student is able to benefit from instruction
- Student is under medical care for illness or injury that is acute, catastrophic or chronic in nature (district can request an update on how the student’s health is progressing)
- Student can receive instruction without endangering the health and safety of instructor
Parent must sign Parent Agreement
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Hospital Homebound Service Delivery Options
- Home packets – provided for short period
- Partial or shortened day for student
- Intermittent – on as needed bases based on student's medical condition
- Broward Virtual School
- In Home Services
- Teleclass (virtual class for students who meet HH eligibility criteria)
- Support Facilitation
- Any combination of the above
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Related Services
- Students may receive services from a speech language pathologist if it is determined to be appropriate by the IEP committee and the student is found eligible for these services.
- Students may receive services from an Occupational Therapist and/or Physical Therapist if it is determined to be appropriate by the IEP committee and the student is found eligible for these services.
- Students may receive counseling as a related service if it is determined to be appropriate by the IEP committee and the student is found eligible for these services.
Contact Information
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Exceptional Student Education Division at Arthur Ashe Campus
1701 NW 23rd Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33311
Phone: --
Annette Torry
Curriculum Supervisor
Shadaryll Shird
Private Schools Specialist
