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Ms. Linda Naimey, Director of Pupil Personnel

 Special Education Webpage

Special Education Teachers: 
Johnna Dolan  and  Joan Lewis

The Special Education Department is committed to supporting the long-term educational development of children with handicaps or disabilities.  In conjunction with State and Federal laws pertaining to children with special needs, we in West Bridgewater work to realize this goal for each child by providing a range of high quality programs and the services of an experienced staff of professionals.

Our department serves all children residing in West Bridgewater between the ages of 3 and 22 years who have difficulty in the learning process due to intellectual, physical or emotional factors.

Our primary objective is to help each child develop his/her academic, social and personal skills to the greatest extent possible by providing an individualized program in the most appropriate setting.  We accomplish this by providing services in the areas of:

  • screening and identification of community children to determine need for further evaluations
     

  • referral for specific or comprehensive assessments in the educational, medical or psychological areas
     

  • individualized educational planning by a team of professionals with parents / guardians and /or student
     

  • individualized programs designed to meet the child's specific social, intellectual, academic physical and emotional needs in as normal a manner as possible
     

  • case management to ensure accountability for monitoring the student's progress and needs and coordinating the activities necessary to provide for those needs on an on-going basis
     

  • consultation with instructional staff, parents and other parties involved
     

  • coordination of prescribed methods and interventions

Specialized services include, but are not limited to:

Speech& Language Therapy
Physical & Occupational Therapies
Adapted Physical Education
Vision and Mobility
Counseling
Specialized Academic & Tutorial Instruction
Augmentative Communication

Other resources available through the Special Education Department are:

Parent Advisory Council (serving parents of Special Needs Students and other interested people)

Informational and Referral Services (i.e. advocacy, medical, legal, psychological and social services)

Interagency Link-ups and Networking