Welcome to District 70's Special Services page. The Special Services Department provides support to the district in a variety of ways. The team provides leadership in the referral and evaluation processes in accordance with both IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, commonly known as special education) and Section 504 (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973). The department consists of a professional staff of school psychologists, social workers, speech/language pathologists, occupational therapists, early childhood specialists, and teaching specialists. In addition, paraprofessionals are employed to assist students with special needs in their general education settings. This department is also responsible for the development and implementation of Response to Intervention (RtI) and gifted and enrichment programming, and for maintaining data regarding homeless, home-schooled, and private school students.
Dr. Christian Otto, Director of Special Services |