Process
Thank you for your interest in the South Shore Educational Collaborative! Please visit our individual program pages to learn more about what we have to offer all students at SSEC. If you are a District in Massachusetts and you are considering a student referral to SSEC, please click the District accordion below. If you are a parent seeking information for your child, please click the parent accordion below.
Student Referral Process for Districts
Thank you for considering SSEC as an out-of-district placement to meet the needs of your student. If you are familiar with our five programs and you are interested in one specifically, please click the appropriate link below to read the Program’s referral process. If you are not familiar with our four programs, please fill out the inquiry fields, and we will contact you to help narrow down your needs and provide you with the contact information for the most appropriate program for your student referral.
In addition, please visit the parent link to read the information we have provided to families on behalf of the home district referral process.
Student Referral Process for Parents
The South Shore Educational Collaborative’s (SSEC) student enrollment is based on a referral process from your home school district. Students may be referred to one of SSEC’s four programs after your child’s IEP team has participated and agreed on a Placement Meeting and determined an out-of-district placement is the next appropriate step.
At that time, parental consent will be requested by the district to send out information packets to appropriate placements. These referral packets could include but are not limited to all relevant and appropriate paperwork such as most recent IEP, progress notes and evaluations completed in the past three years. Once SSEC has received the student referral packet, our programs follow their specific processes linked below.
As stated above, SSEC is a referral-based school program. The process starts with your home school district. If you are unsure where to start, there are several contacts you can try in your district:
The Team Chair or School Contact is listed at the bottom of the first page (Administrative Data Sheet) of your child’s IEP in the section, “Assigned School Information”.
The Special Education Department of your Home District. This information can be found on your school district website. The Special Education Director, the Out-of-District Liaison, the Department Chair/Team Chair of your child’s grade level can all offer information for your “next steps”. The Special Education department secretary should be able to aid you in finding the most appropriate staff member to contact.
The School District Contact is listed at the top of the first page (Administrative Data Sheet) of your child’s IEP. This is usually the Special Education Director of the District or the assigned Out-of-District Liaison.