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Special Education Division


Special Education District Office
9330 S. 8th Avenue
Inglewood, CA 90305
Office Number: (310) 419-2775
 

Department Staff Overview

Executive Director of Special Education Assistant Director of Special Education  
                     Program Specialists                       School Psychologists
Administrative Support Adaptive Physical Education Teachers
Interpreters
Psychical Therapist
Speech & Language Pathologist 
Occupational Therapist
 

Inglewood Unified Special Education Leadership

Executive Director of Special Education                    Assistant Director of Special Education 
Latonya Southall                                                             Irvin Shannon                                               [email protected]                        [email protected]
310-419-2775 Ext  2754                                              310-419-2775 Ext 3020
 
Inglewood Unified Special Education Program Specialists
 
Ashley Cooper 
310-419-2775 Ext 2787
[email protected]

Payne School, Preschool 

Early Start SELPA, Westside Regional

JT Client (0- 3 services Lawndale SD) 

Home Service

 
Edren Bartley
310-419-2775 Ext 7856

[email protected]

Parent (Grades TK-8) 

Oak Street, Low Incidents

Regionalized Programs

Non-Public Schools (Help Group Support)

Glorious Adeneye
310-419-2775 Ext 7862
[email protected]
City Honors/IV, Inglewood United 
Inglewood Continuation 
(Back up for Home Service)
John Hughes
310-419-2775 Ext 7805

[email protected]
Non-Public Schools (Lead) 
NPA / RTC, Incarcerated youth
Private Schools 
 
Phyllis Funches - Brown
(310) 419-2775 Ext. 4842
[email protected]
Bennett Kew, Woodworth Monroe
Kelso, (Back up for Pre-School)
 
 
 
Rochelle Chatman
(310) 419-2775 Ext. 2790
[email protected]
La Tijera, Centinela, Transportation
 
 
 
 

Southwest Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA)

The Inglewood Unified School District is part of the Southwest SELPA. In Southwest SELPA, school district superintendents meet to determine how to implement State Special Education mandates. The SELPA Director provides consultation services to Special Education directors, expedites student placements across SELPA schools as needed, assists with solving complex problems, and provides resources and training.
 

 

Services Overview

  • Special Education services for students in all IUSD schools in several classroom settings
 
  • Other Special Education services in IUSD Schools, Southwest SELPA Regionalized Programs, nonpublic schools, and residential treatment centers
  • Language and speech pathologist services
 
  • School Nursing
  • Child Find services
 
  • Occupational Therapy services
  • Adaptive Physical Education
 
  • Counseling Services
  • Southwest SELPA participation
 
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution
 
Special Education services offered within IUSD schools include the following classroom settings:
  • General Education Setting with Accommodations: Students who experience mild learning difficulties receive individualized accommodations under the supervision of a general education-credentialed teacher.
  • Resource Specialist Program (RSP) Setting: Students who experience learning difficulties in one or more subject areas (as measured by formal assessments and identified in their IEPs) are part of the Resource Specialist Program (RSP) Setting. These students attend general education classes taught by credentialed special education teachers in the deficit subject area. There are RSP programs at all schools in the Inglewood Unified School District.
  • Special Day Class (SDC) Setting: Due to their individual needs, students who require a more intensive, Least-Restricted Environment are taught in a Special Day Class (SDC) and will be mainstreamed into general education as specified by their Individualized Education Plan (IEP). SDC classes are available at all schools in the Inglewood Unified School District.
  • Designated Instructional Services (DIS)
  • Speech and Language Pathologists (SLI), Occupational Therapists (OT), Physical Therapists (PT), Adapted Physical Education (APE), Behavior Intervention Services (BII/BID), Counseling, Educationally Related Intensive Counseling Service (ERICS), Counseling, Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH), Visually Impaired (VI) Services, Audiology
  • Qualifying Special Education Eligibilities
 
 
  • Child Find: The Inglewood Unified School District Special Education Department informs parents of available Special Education services and the procedures for obtaining them through the Child Find process. Parents are encouraged to ask for Special Education assessments in writing at their children's residential schools.