Teacher Web Pages Mrs. Posorske Mrs. Schumacher     Special Education Statement The Special Education Department serves students with disabilities. Special Education is defined to include all mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities for which educational services to supplement or replace regular education are needed. Students are referred by schools, parents, community service agencies, and medical professionals. Students are evaluated and recommended by an Individual Education Plan (IEP) team for services. An IEP team consists of a student, parents, a specialist in the disability area, a regular education teacher (if the student has any regular education classes), school administration, and others as needed/requested by parents or the school. The IEP team is responsible ofr placement and programming decisions and strives for group conscensus.   Programs Offered Learning Disabilities Speech and Language Cognitive Disabilities Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities Transition Web Page     Brief Descriptions Learning Disability: is a disorder in one or more of the basic functions involved in understanding or using spoken or written language. A child with a learning disability generally has normal intelligence, based on standardized intelligence measurements, even though he/she exhibits impairment in actual achievement levels in the areas of listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, or doing mathematical calculations.   Speech or Language Disability: a delay or impairment in the development of communication related skills, both receptive and expressive language. Specific examples include stuttering, impaired articulation, vocal quality problems, or delayed language development wiich affects the child's educational performance.   Cognitive Disability: below average general intellectual functioning which usually originates during the development period and is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior. Varying levels of severity are included within this broad definition. Consequently, some children considered cognitively disabled are frequently able to participate in many regular classrooms, while others need more sturctured, specicialized instructional setting.   Emotional/Behavioral Disability: characterized by emotional, social, and behavioral functioning that significantly interferes with the child's total educational needs and programs and which differs from the acceptable behavioral patterns of other children of the sme age, sex and social status. With few exceptions, programs for students considered emotionally disturbed are intended to replace the regular educational programs.