Search for Children with Disabilities
School districts throughout the country are continually involved in an effort to locate, evaluate and identify all children with disabilities from birth through age 21. Specific eligibility criteria vary with the age of the individual, but all address delays in communication; cognitive functioning; adaptive behavior; and sensory, physical and/or social/emotional development. Please contact us if you have a child who may qualify for services from the school district.
Student Services coordinates a variety of supports to assist in appropriately addressing the diverse needs of the district's student body. Through this office, special education teachers, English as a second language tutoring, speech and language therapy, school psychology services, guidance counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, adapted physical education, preschool diagnostics, nursing services, and other related services are secured and monitored. Specific services of the department include:
- Assessment of any preschool or school age student suspected of having a disability.
- Identification of children with disabilities residing in the Maumee City School District, and the subsequent development and execution of an appropriate Individual Education Plan (IEP).
- Assurance of district compliance with state and federal legislation governing the provision of services to individuals with disabilities.
- Maintenance of a full continuum of placement options.
- Support for Intervention Assistance and Intervention-Based Assessment teams.
- Staff training.
- Coordination of the district's Crisis Response Team.
- Acting as a liaison between the district and outside agencies.
- Consultation with the local non-public schools regarding special education issues.
Federal Funds Assist Students with Special Needs
Each year Maumee city Schools receives Title IDEA-B funds from the federal government to assist in providing services to students with disabilities in the Maumee school system, as well as at St. Patrick of Heatherdowns and St. Joseph's. These funds to help to provide instructional and paraprofessional staff and instructional materials and supplies. They also offset tuition costs for students in specialized programs housed outside of the district. |
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