Audiology Services

Hearing evaluations are provided by American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) certificated audiologists at no charge to students (birth to 21 years of age) who reside within our district boundaries. Test methods and techniques used to evaluate hearing are developmentally appropriate for each student. Most referrals originate from the hearing screening process, but other referrals for evaluation are accepted.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center-based Programs

Center-based programs for students with hearing loss are available at the elementary, middle and high school levels. These programs are designed for students with significant language, communication and auditory needs. Services can be provided in an integrated and/or self-contained setting, depending on student needs.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

Itinerant teachers provide district instruction in auditory training, language, and speech to deaf and hard of hearing students. They train school personnel on strategies to use in the classroom. They monitor academic progress at it relates to the hearing loss.

Occupational and Physical Therapy Services

Registered physical and occupational therapists are considered to be related service personnel. The therapists are responsible for assessment, planning, and goal development as part of appropriate intervention services. These services are designed to assist special education students in acquiring functional motor skills needed to gain maximum benefit from the educational environment, and to help students function as independently as possible.

Psychological Services and Social Work Services

The school psychologist and school social worker provide services to students and their families, around emotional and behavioral issues. Services may include: classroom intervention; group and individual counseling; consultation with school staff, parents, and school administration: and linking with other agencies to provide a wider range of services to students and families. Psychologists and social workers train and assist staff in the implementation of policies and procedures dealing with abuse, and are members of building crisis management/trauma response teams. As integral members of staffing teams they address student functioning in the home, school, and community, and contribute to program placement recommendations. Psychologists provide cognitive assessments and social workers provide adaptive behavior and functional social/emotional assessments.

Speech/Language Services

Speech/language services provide assessment and diagnosis of a student's abilities in the areas of language, articulation, functional communication, voice, and fluency. Remediation strategies may include individual direct services with students, suggestions for parents to use in the home, and providing adaptations for the regular education classroom teacher. Direct services in the General Education classroom may also be provided.

Vision Services

Vision specialists provide assessment, direct and consultative services to students, ages 3 to 21, who meet the eligibility criteria for vision disability as defined by the Colorado Department of Education. Services may include but are not limited to individual direct services in all academic and functional areas, providing adaptations and modifications to materials and teaching methods, consultation with a student's educational team, and orientation and mobility skills instruction when appropriate. A vision disability is defined as a student with visual acuity of no better than 20/70 in the better eye after correction or a visual field restriction to 20 degrees or less.