The Special Education Department is structured into three units:• Student Services and Material Center provides the most efficient means of support and material needs; • Professional Learning and Support Services supports district staff in the most effective research based engagement and instruction for students with disability; and • Compliance Services with regulatory clarification and support.All services, supports and products are coordinated through the administrative team of the Director and Supervisors.Student Services• Teacher Consultant/Hearing Impaired • Teacher Consultant/Visually Impaired • Teacher Consultant/Traumatic Brain Injured • Orientation & Mobility Instruction • Audiological Evaluation for eligibility determination • Low Vision Evaluations • Alternative and Augmentative Communication Consultation • Psychiatric Evaluations* (*Fee for service)Material Center• Loaner hearing aids for birth through three-years-old • Alternative format textbooks & trade books for students in public schools • Assistive Technology device loaners and maintenance (for low incidence populations) Professional Learning and Support Services• Literacy instruction and intervention for students with IEPs accessing the general education curriculum and for students with IEPs who are being educated to alternate achievement standards• Student engagement for students with IEPs in all educational environments• Mathematics for students with IEPs accessing the general education curriculum• Assessment for RtI, including goal-setting and progress monitoring• Explicit Instruction• Autism Spectrum Disorder• Specific Learning Disability• Psychologist Series• Speech-Language Series• Assistive Technology• Communication Enhancement Project• Networks, book studies, and problem-solving teamsCompliance Support Services• Informal dispute resolution • Monitoring technical assistance • Professional learning opportunities and products • Parent Advisory Committee of Oakland County • Child Find • Transition coordinator coordination • Early Childhood Special Education provider coordination • Data submission and validation support • Complaint investigation• Continuous Improvement Monitoring System (CIMS)
Oakland Schools Education Service and Professional Development Center2111 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, MI 48328248.209.2000