Special education means specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability. Services are available to meet the needs of all students with disabilities in district who are eligible and need special education and related services in order to benefit from their educational program.

Students with disabilities are those children evaluated as having:

• Autism (AUT)
• Emotional Disability (ED)
• Hearing Impairment (HI)
• Other Health Impairments (OHI)
• Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
• Mental Retardation (MIMR/MOMR/SMR)
• Multiple Disabilities (MD/MDSSI Severe Sensory Impairment)
• Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
• Preschool Delays: Moderate, Severe, Speech/Language Delay (PMD/PSD/PSL)
• Speech/Language Impairment (SLI)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Visual Impairment (VI)

What should you do if you think your child might have a disability and be in need of special services?

• Referral Process
  Preschool (ages 2 - 4)
  School (ages 5 - 22)
• Permission to Evaluate
• IEP (Individual Education Plan)
• IEP Review
• Initial Placement
• Least Restrictive Environment
• Exiting Special Education
• Parents' Rights.

Hours of Program
The preschool special education program is a partial-day program. The hours are as follows:

9:00-11:30 a.m. & 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
9:00-11:30 a.m. & 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Wednesday

*there are no afternoon classes the first Wednesday of every month
*there are no classes on Friday

In order for a child to be considered for enrollment the child will need to go through a screening and/or a series of evaluation depending upon the needs of the individual child. The results of the testing and placement options are discussed with the parents.