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Special Education

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 that are supported with individualized accommodations under 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 IEP’s) are part of the Resource Specialist Program (RSP) Setting. These students attend general education classes and are taught by credentialed special education teachers in the deficit subject area. There are RSP programs at all Inglewood Unified School District schools.

Special Day Class (SDC) Setting: Students who require a more intensive Least Restricted Environment due to their individual needs are taught in a Special Day Class (SDC) and will be mainstreamed into general education as specified by their Individualized Education Plan (IEP). There are SDC classes at all Inglewood Unified School District schools.
 

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: Through the Child Find process, the Inglewood Unified School District Special Education Department informs parents of Special Education services that are available and the procedures through which the services can be obtained. Parents are encouraged to ask for Special Education assessments in writing at their schools of residence.
 
Outside Agencies of Support

Department Staff Overview

Executive Director of Special Education Administrator of Compliance, Special Education
School Psychologists Program Specialists
Administrative Support Adaptive Physical Education teachers
Interpreters  
 
Address
9330 S. 8th Avenue
Inglewood, CA 90305
Office Number: (310) 419-2775
 

Program Specialists

Vacant
310-419-2775 Ext 7805
[email protected]
The Help Group, La Tijera, Frank D. Parent, Highland
Edren Bartley
310-419-2775 Ext 7805
[email protected]
Worthington, Woodworth-Monroe, Crozier, Kelso
Vacant
310-419-2775 Ext 7805
[email protected]
Beulah-Payne, Oak Street, Centinela, Hudnall, Grace Hopper
John Hughes
310-419-2775 Ext 7805
[email protected]
City Honors, NPS, RTC, Private
Vacant
(310) 419-2775 Ext. 8230
[email protected]
Preschool, Bennett-Kew, Regionalized Programs, Low Incidence
Jeanette Cervantes
310-419-2775 Ext 7805
[email protected]
Home Instruction, Health Assistants, Home Hospital, Long Term Independent Study, LACOE 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 placing students throughout SELPA schools as needed, assists with solving difficult problems, and provides resources and training.
 

Special Education Leadership

Latonya Southall
(310) 419-2775
Ext. 2754
Executive Director of Special Education
[email protected]
Temporarily- Inglewood High School, Inglewood Continuation High School
Phyllis Funches-Brown
(310) 419-2775
Ext. 4842
Administrator of Special Education, Instruction
Jennifer Chamberlain
Special Education Law
[email protected]