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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 are supported with 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 Inglewood Unified School District schools.

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 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: 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 residence schools.
 
Outside Agencies of Support

Department Staff Overview

Executive Director of Special Education Administrator of Special Education Instruction 
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

Ashley Cooper 
310-419-2775 Ext 2787
[email protected]
Preschool (Bennett Kew), Early Start SELPA 
Westside Regional Pre-school, 
JT Client, Home Hospital

Edren Bartley
310-419-2775 Ext 7856
[email protected]
Centinela, Highland, Hudnall, Parent
City Honors/Crozier, Regionalized Programs
 
Glorious Adeneye
310-419-2775 Ext 7862
[email protected]
Bennett Kew, La Tijera, Inglewood HS 
Morningside HS, Low Incidents
 
John Hughes
310-419-2775 Ext 7805
[email protected]
Non-Public Schools
RTC 
Incarcerated Youth

Rochelle Chatman
(310) 419-2775 Ext. 2790
[email protected]
Kelso, Oak, Payne, Woodworth Monroe
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 complex problems, and provides resources and training.
 

Special Education Leadership

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