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Kerrville ISD

Special Education

 

ESC 20 in coordination with the 2008 Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism has announced a web-based core training in autism.  This is six hours of training developed specifically to introduce the learner to the autism spectrum.  It is available at NO CHARGE to professionals, support staff, family members and the community.  If you are interested in this opportunity, for further information please click this link .

The Vision of the Special Education Program is to support the intellectual, academic, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development of ALL students to their full educational potential. It is the responsibility of ALL members of the educational community to provide appropriate services to students with disabilities that promote maximum access to opportunities for their individual development, future employment and independent living. The ultimate goal of service delivery for students with disabilities is their inclusion and participation in the general education program when it meets the identified needs of that student.

diversity.jpgThe philosophy of the delivery of services to students with disabilities is individually focused. It recognizes learning differences and promotes the development of students by challenging them to grow to their maximum potential through participation in the entire life of the school. 

Appropriate assessment, curriculum, and instruction are provided and modified, as needed, to support the continuous progress of each student with disabilities toward explicit goals set forth in the individual educational plan (I.E.P.).

Our Special Education staff shares the vision of a unified educational system which reflects the shared responsibility for the education of EVERY student. It allows for the full array of services and settings for ALL students by recognizing and protecting individual strengths and addressing individual strengths and addressing individual needs.

 District Special Education Office

 STAFF

  

 Senior Director

  Laurie Gagne
 Administrative Assistant to the Senior Director
 Myrna Olivarez
 Appraisal/Records Clerk
 Kay Blevins
 Special Education Manager Technologist
 Cathy Itz
 SpEd Supervisor, Elementary/FLU
 Lisa Hopson
 SpEd Supervisor, Secondary
 Claudia Smith Mullins
 Behavior Specialist / BIP Units
 Eunice McCoy
 Jacque Erickson
 Educational Diagnosticians
Ginna Marks
Gayla Fair
Bridget Henderson
Barbara Taylor
Susan Thorn
 Speech Therapists
Dilana Goehlke
Tracy Flowers
Tiffany Haag
Cheri Rippee
 SpEd Counselors
Monica Templeton
Cathy Martin
 Physical Therapist
 Elise Kinler
 Occupational Therapist
 Stephanie Drake-Woods
 Teacher of the Visually Impaired
 Linda Mann