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Special Education Information
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Mission Statement
We will ensure student success by providing a free and appropriate public education through a continuum of services to maximize each student's academic and functional abilities.
Contact Information
Phone: 972-522-3152
Fax: 972-237-4033
Executive Director of Special Education: Dorothea Gordon, Ed.D
Coordinator of Assessment & Related Services: Rodney Traylor II, S.S.P
Coordinator of Compliance & Instructional Support Kim Wilson, M.Ed.
Coordinator of Specialized Programs: Amanda Forman, M.A.
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Special Education: Assessment & Related Services
Child Find
Disability Categories:
- Auditory Impairment
- Autism
- Deaf-Blind
- Emotional Disturbance
- Intellectual Disability
- Multiple Disabilities
- Non-Categorical Early Childhood
- Orthopedic Impairment
- OtherHealth Impairment
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Visual Impairment
Related Services
- Counseling Services
- Music Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Orientation & Mobility
- Psychological Services
- Physical Therapy
- Transportation
Personnel
- Educational Diagnosticians
- Licensed Specialists in SchoolPsychology Occupational Therapists
- Orientation & MobilitySpecialist Physical Therapists
- Speech Language Pathologists Teachers of the VisuallyImpaired
- Adapted PhysicalEducation/Special Olympics Facilitators
School Health & RelatedServices (SHARS) Interpreter/TranslationServices
Coordinator of Assessment & Related Services: Rodney Traylor II, S.S.P
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Special Education: Compliance & Instructional Support
- Results Driven Accountability(RDA)
- Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) State Performance Plan (SPP)
- Co-Teach
- Indirect Instructional Support(IIS) Instructional Support (IS) Supplemental Support (SS) Transition Services
- Homebound
Coordinator of Compliance & Instructional Support: Kim Wilson, M.Ed.
Section 504
Director of Special Services Dr. Michelle Brinkman
Specialized Programs
- Access to General Curriculum Transportation
- Extended School Year (ESY)
- In-Home Training/ParentTraining Transition Services
- Early Childhood SpecialEducation (ECSE)
- Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD)Preschool Program for Improving Communication Skills (PPICS)
- Children with Autism &Related Exceptionalities (CARE) Daily Living Skills (DLS)
- Functional Skills (FS)
- Social Emotional Achievement(SEA)
- Program and Academic Development and Behavioral Support Services
Coordinator of Specialized Programs: Amanda Forman, M.A.