Service Plan Details

Providing Speech Pathology Services to Children Birth to 21 including receptive language, expressive language, articulation, voice, fluency, literacy, and social communication.

Early Childhood Special Education teachers manage referrals and conducting evaluations of children birth to 5 years old. They provide instruction to children in their homes, child care settings, and/or preschools.

ESU 8 Learning Centers provide students with unique opportunities in academics, social skills, life skills, job skills including job sites and community based learning experiences. ESU 8 Learning Center staff members spend time developing, working with, and creating relationships with the schools, students and families we serve. For students age 5-21 with developmental disabilities.

Supports teachers, other district staff, and families to assist, provide guidance, training, resources, and strategies for working with students by utilizing programming and materials to improve learning through meeting each individual student's needs (ages 0-21). Examples: Implement verbal behavior program, IEP development-how to write measurable goals, District IEP meeting facilitation, Direct teaching to assist IEP implementation, Para, Parent & Teacher training-Behavior strategies, role modeling, coaching, & data collection, Model, instruct and collect data for social skills & functional life skills, Develop data collection systems, Direct student services in the home, Differentiate instruction, Provide resources (web sites, trainings, curriculum materials, evidence based research )

Provide nursing services as requested by schools.

To find the best solution for each student and situation and use different counseling strategies to address student’s needs socially and emotionally. Counsel with emphasis on prevention. Work with individuals and their families to promote the optimum mental health of the student.