Secure Care

Contact Us

Tel: 602-542-3855 Fax: 602-542-5404 Email: Jeanette.Zemeida@azed.gov

What is Secure Care Education?
It is the education students receive in schools and instructional programs in juvenile detention centers, state juvenile corrections, jails, and prisons in the state of Arizona.

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Resources and Websites

Special Education Resources

• Secure Care Special Education Policies & Procedures
• Guide Steps
• Secure Care On-Site Monitoring
• Commonly Used Documents
  • Special Education Process Chart
  • Child Find/Confidentiality Brochure
  • Procedural Safeguards Notice: English, Spanish
  • Confidentiality (FERPA) Notice: English, Spanish
  • 45-Day Screening Form
  • Demographics Screening Form
  • Jail Screening Flow Chart
  • Developmental Milestones: English, Spanish
  • ADHS Sensory Program (hearing/vision screening information and training)

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Funding Resources

• The IDEA Secure Care and IDEA Basic Entitlement Grants can be accessed through ADEConnect.
  • FY 15 IDEA Secure Care Grant- Coming Soon! 
  • FY 15 IDEA Basic Entitlement Grant – Opened October 2014

 

• County Jail and Juvenile Detention Funding
  • FY 15 County Claim and Attendance Forms

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Secure Care Education Resources

• Secure Care Schools and Contact List
  • Comparison Chart of Facilities
  • Arizona Department of Corrections
  • Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
  • County Jail Education Programs
  • County Juvenile Detention Education Schools

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Merging Two Worlds

• Merging Two Worlds Curriculum
• Mini-Merging Two Worlds Curriculum
• For information regarding variations of the M2W curriculum and training:
  • Merging Two Worlds Website
  • Heather Griller-Clark (ASU), 480-965-1381

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Additional ADE Help

• AIMS: Mary Pat Wood,602-542-5345
• School Finance: Barbara Axe,602-542-8248
• Special Education Data: Peggy Staples,602-364-4024
• Special Education Certification: Maura Yildirim,602-364-0127
• ADE Support Center,602-542-7378, 1-866-577-9636
• Title I: Jim Lovett,602-364-1926

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Agency Websites

• Organizations
  • Arizona Correctional Educators, Inc (ACE)
  • Correctional Educators Association (CEA)
  • Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Agencies
  • Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC)
  • Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC)
  • Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
  • Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)

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ADE Websites

• Exceptional Student Services
• Secondary Transition Website
• Arizona Career Information System (AzCIS)
• Raising Special Kids (Parent Training and Assistance in Special Education)
• Teacher Certification