Special Education

The D.C. Everest Area School District Special Education Department, in partnership with administration, staff and the community, is committed to providing an innovative and equitable learning environment with the goal of developing knowledgeable, productive, caring, creative, responsible individuals with disabilities prepared to meet the challenges of an ever-changing global society.

Misson

Provide an educational experience for students with disabilities that values:

• high expectations for ALL
• standards based learning & grading
• a diverse and expansive continuum of services
• free and appropriate public education (FAPE)
• individual needs of each student
• specially designed instruction (SDI)
• appropriate accommodations & modifications
• least restrictive learning environment (LRE)
• responsive interventions
• meaningful inclusive classroom experiences (i.e. co-teaching)
• culturally responsive practices
• growth in student self-determination, self-advocacy & independence
• opportunities for vocational training and paid employment experiences
• high quality professional development
• community partnerships
• positive relationships between students, families, staff and administration
• trauma sensitive practices
• universal design for learning
• progress monitoring
• State and Federal laws

Autism

Deafblind

Emotional Behavioral Disability

Hearing

Intellectual Disability

Other Health Impairment

Orthopedic Impairment

Significant Developmental Delay

Specific Learning Disability

Speech and Language

Traumatic Brain Injury

Vision

Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative (WSPEI)

Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners

Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant

CESA 9 Parent Educator Connection Facebook Group

Parent 2 Parent of Wisconsin

Children with Special Health Care Needs Northern Region

Understood, website for learning and attention issues

Think College  - options for people with intellectual disabilities

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction  -  Families and Students

CESA 9 Family Engagement Resources