Special Education Services at Pine Island Schools

Link to Problem Solving Team Referral Form (A.K.A Special Education Referral)

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Special Education Acronyms

Parent Volunteer Information

Special Education provides services for the following areas:

*Speech/Language (S/L) speech screening consent

*Developmental Cognitive Disabilities -
Severe/Profound (DCD-SP) Mild/Moderate (DCD- MM)
DCD - Elementary
DCD - Secondary
*Physically Impaired (PI)
*Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)
*Visually Impaired (VI)
*Severe Learning Disabilities (SLD)
*Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (EBD)
*Other Health Impaired (OHI)
*Autism (ASD) or Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD)
*Development Delay (DD)
*Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
*Severely Multiply Impaired (SMI)

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS
MN Statute 3525.0400 LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT. "To the maximum extent appropriate, pupils with disabilities shall be educated with children who do not have disabilities and shall attend regular classes. A pupil with a disability shall be removed from a regular educational program only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in a regular educational program with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be accomplished satisfactorily. Furthermore, there must be an indication that the pupil will be better served outside of the regular program. The needs of the pupil shall determine the type and amount of services needed."

Minnesota Department of Education Website:
http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Learning_Support/Special_Education/index.html

If you would like to contact the Special Education Department please call or e-mail the following contacts:

Contacts:

Christian Wernau
Special Education Coordinator
(507) 356-8581 ext 138