Special Education Services
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Notice of Child Find
The Unified School District of De Pere must locate, identify, and evaluate all resident children with disabilities, including children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities. The school district has a special education screening program to locate and screen all children with suspected disabilities who are residents of the district and who have not graduated from high school.
For our preschool residents, we use the Ages and Stages Questionnaire for our child development screenings. Upon request, the school district will screen any resident child who has not graduated from high school to determine whether a special education referral is appropriate. A request for a screening may be made by contacting either
Samantha LeRoy, Student Services Coordinator
Unified School District of De Pere
1700 Chicago St., De Pere, WI 54115
(920) 983-9174 Ext.4116
Jerry Nicholson, Director of Student Services
Unified School District of De Pere
1700 Chicago St., De Pere, WI 54115
(920) 983-2456
A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or administrator of a social agency who reasonably believes a child brought to him or her for services is a child with a disability has a legal duty to report the child to the school district in which the child resides. Before referring the child, the person making the referral must inform the child's parent that the referral will be made. The referral must be in writing and include the reason why the person believes the child is a child with a disability. Others who reasonably believe a child is a child with a disability may also refer the child to the school district in which the child resides. Referral of a child residing in the Unified School District of De Pere may be sent to Jerry Nicholson at the address above.
Services for Children with Disabilities
- Early Childhood Special Education Programs
- Speech and Language Services
- Learning Disabilities Program
- Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities Program
- Cognitive Disabilities Program
- Hearing and Visually Impaired
- Occupational and Physical Therapy