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1. Itinerant Team for Students with Physical Impairments (PI), and/or Developmental Cognitive Disability (DCD)2. Audiology3. Itinerant Team for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students4. Itinerant Team for Students with Visual Impairments5. Itinerant Team for Students Needing Developmental Adapted Physical Education: Special Education (D/APE)6. Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS)7. Specialized Transition and Employment Planning Services (STEPS)8. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Child Guidance Clinic9. English Language Learners (ELL)1. Itinerant Team for Students with Physical Impairments (PI), and/or Developmental Cognitive Disability (DCD)
Students to refer:
• Students attending neighborhood/magnet schools who have
medically diagnosed impairments.
• EVALUATION BY THE TEAM FOR PHYSICALLY
IMPAIRED CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT A WRITTEN
DIAGNOSIS FROM A MEDICAL DOCTOR (MD)
• When students meet special education eligibility criteria for
developmental cognitive disability, the DCD Resource/Placement person should be contacted.
Services: This itinerant team is available to support staff and students in school buildings if there is no licensed person on staff in the building. Team members will be involved when a teacher licensed in PI or DCD is needed for evaluation planning, evaluation writing and the implementation of the IEP.
Location:
Bandana Square
1021 Bandana Blvd. East, Suite 131
Saint Paul, MN 55108 293-6661 |
2. Audiology
Students to refer: Students whose school hearing screening results point to possible hearing problems, and students with hearing impairments.
Services: Audiological evaluation; amplification management
Location: Audiology Department
740 York Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55106 793-7391
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3. Itinerant Team for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students
Students to refer: Students whose audiological evaluation indicates a hearing loss which may be interfering with the learning process.
Services: Services available to students who are deaf or hard of hearing: academic support and monitoring; amplification management.
Location: 1930 Como Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108 603-4895
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4. Itinerant Team for Students with Visual Impairments
Students to refer: Students whose Ophthalmological Report Form (from a licensed eye care specialist) indicates a vision loss of 20/60 or greater in the best eye with best correction, a significant visual field restriction or a progressive vision loss. (See Help Sheet for more detailed information.)
Services: Services are provided by the Vision Team which includes a licensed vision teacher, a personal management specialist, an orientation and mobility specialist and a vocational specialist. This program provides service to students with visual impairments in their home schools. Programming includes modifications and adaptations for mainstream curriculum and instruction in compensatory skills such as Braille, large print, taped text books, travel skills, daily living skills, assistive technology and vocational skills.
Location: 1930 Como Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108
603-4880 or 603-4881
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5. Itinerant Team for Students Needing Developmental Adapted Physical Education: Special Education (D/APE)
Students to refer: Students with an IEP who are not able to benefit from the regular physical education program because of their educational disability and identified motor needs.
Services: D/APE screening and assessment service plus assistance with IEP development, consultation and guidance to physical education teachers regarding modifications of curriculum (including equipment and materials) to meet the special education needs of students with educational disabilities. Direct D/APE instruction to students determined in need of developmental adapted physical education, based upon formal ASSESSMENT BY THE VISION TEAM CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL REPORT THAT MEETS THE MEDICAL CRITERIA.
eligibility evaluation within the framework of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
Location: Bandana Square
1021 Bandana Blvd. East, Suite 131
Saint Paul, MN 55108 293-8923
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6. Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS)
Students to refer: Students from birth to age five who have significant delays in one or more of the following areas: cognitive readiness skills, speech and language, and emotional/behavioral development, motor development, hearing and vision.
Services: Screening and inter-disciplinary team assessment in all developmental areas, determination of eligibility for special education services, facilitation of enrollment in Early Childhood Special Education programs, periodic follow-up screening and assessment for preschool children and referral to other Saint Paul Public School Early Childhood Programs.
Location: 1780 West 7th Street
Saint Paul, MN 551116 696-9650
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7. Specialized Transition and Employment Planning Services (STEPS)
Students to refer: Secondary students attending school in Saint Paul who have IEPs containing goals and objectives for transition.
Services: This program offers a wide range of career exploration in jobs and job training, home living, community participation, leisure and recreation and post-secondary training and learning.
Location: Focus Beyond/STEPS
251 Starkey, Suite 127
Saint Paul, MN 55107 293-5997
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8. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Child Guidance Clinic
Students to refer: Students with IEP's who may need additional assessment for possible Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Referrals to the Child Guidance Clinic MAY OCCUR ONLY THROUGH THE DISTRICT’S SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT at 360 Colborne (767-8325).
Service: Testing for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Location: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Child Guidance Clinic
919 Lafond Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104-2198
Phone: 642-4001 |
9. English Language Learners (ELL)
Students to refer: Students from kindergarten to grade 12 with linguistically, culturally and/or educationally diverse backgrounds.
Service: Staff are available to assist in all aspects of evaluation and IEP planning for English Language Learners. Special education interpreters for Hmong, Spanish and Somali are available and must be used in this process.
Location: Bandana Square
1021 Bandana Blvd. East, Suite 131
Saint Paul, MN 55108 293-8923
10. Augmentative Communication Team (ACT)/Assistive Technology Team
Students to refer: Students whose limited speech intelligibility does not allow them to communicate effectively and students who are nonspeaking, students who need assistive technology, software and other devices to participate in school.
Service: • Observation and evaluation of student’s need for an
augmentative communication system or strategies.
• Assistance with augmentative communication system design and intervention.
• Assessments for insurance and medical assistance
reimbursement for augmentative communication device.
• Observation and evaluation of need for asssistive technology services, equipment or other accommodation.
Location: Bandana Square
1021 Bandana Blvd. East, Suite 131
Saint Paul, MN 55108 293-8923
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