Special Services
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
WSD3 provides a variety of professional resources for children and their families through the Office of Special Education. Our mission is to ensure the best possible free, appropriate public education for children with disabilities.
Members of our professional staff include:
- Nurses
- Occupational and Physical Therapists
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Teachers for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Teachers on Special Assignment/SPED Coaches
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Transition Link Services
Services are provided in accordance with state and federal law (IDEA) governing the education of children with disabilities. Before any child is eligible to receive services, concerns about the child's educational progress must first be reviewed at a referral conference, and a referral must be made for an evaluation. Each child must receive a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation by special services staff and by specialists and teachers in their home school.
Additionally, their educational needs must be determined, and they must be declared to possess a disability under rules for the administration of IDEA. An "Individual Educational Plan" (IEP) must be written in a due process meeting (called a "staffing") which includes parents, school administrators, specialists and also the child (when the child is fourteen years old or older). Professionals from the Office of Special Education participate in the evaluation and staffing process in addition to becoming involved in follow-up services for many children.
- CHILD FIND SERVICES
- NURSING SERVICES
- OCCUPATIONAL & PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
- PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
- SENSORY & AUGMENTATIVE SERVICES
- SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
- WEBSITE RESOURCES
CHILD FIND SERVICES
NURSING SERVICES
OCCUPATIONAL & PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
SENSORY & AUGMENTATIVE SERVICES
SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
WEBSITE RESOURCES
Administration
Lisa Humberd
Executive Director
humberdl@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3050
Rachel Lake
Assistant Director
lakerachel@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3050
Milagros Melendez
Assistant Director
melendezm@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3050
SPED TOSA/Coach
Lisa Snell
SPED Coach
snelll@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3046
Lisa Griebel
SPED Coach
greibell@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3069
Christen White
SPED Coach
whitechristen@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3047
Administrative Support
Shana Johnson
SPED/Medicaid Secretary
(719) 391-3050
Monica Villarreal
Department Secretary
villarrealm@wsd3.org
(719) 391-3051