Special Education

LACOE's Special Education unit provides technical support and professional development to school staff who serve students with disabilities.

We promote inclusion and believe that all children and youth with disabilities can be educated in the general education environment alongside nondisabled peers.

All students with and without disabilities can engage in learning and benefit from meaningful instruction, have friends and be full members of their school communities.

Topics

Please contact the Special Education unit for direct and cosultative assistance in the following areas:

Instructional Strategies
Universal Design for Learning
Inclusive Practices
Behavior Management Strategies
Transition Programming
New Teacher Guidance
IEP Compliance and Facilitation
Foster Youth with IEPs
Autism
Visual Impairments
Braille and Large Print Library
English Learners with Disabilities
Program Redesign

Staff List

Carol Higa, Director

Nic Frank, VI Services

Christine Jackson, Coordinator

James McKenna, Inclusive Design/UDL

Marcie Peoples, Coordinator

Tristin Eros, Secretary

Karen Voigt, Administrative Assistant

Contact us at 562.803.8300

Events

Understanding & Addressing Student Behavior

October 14 & 15 — 2 to 4:30 pm (2-day training)

More information and registration here

Explicit Instruction Workshop

October 26 & 27 and November 2 & 3 — 1 to 3:30 pm (10-hour training over 4 sessions)

Workshop limited to 60 participants; designed for teacher leaders and district coaches who want to improve and maintain the instructional delivery skills of their teaching staff for both remote and in-person instruction.

More information and registration here