Special Education

Welcome to the Special Education Services for Caldwell School District. We offer a continuum of services for students from preschool through age 21 that address a variety of student and family needs and concerns. Our program goals, curriculum and materials are developmentally appropriate and focused towards meeting the individual needs of students.

The district, in cooperation with parents and nonpublic school agencies, engages in Child Find services throughout the school year. Child Find activities are conducted (1) to create public awareness of special education programs, (2) to advise the public that students who qualify for services have the right to a free appropriate public education and confidentiality protections, and (3) to alert community residents that a process exists for identifying and serving children with disabilities fro the age of 3 through the semester in which they turn 21.

If you know of a child who is 3 through 21 years of age who may have individual needs that result from disabilities or developmental delays, and who is not enrolled in a school special education program, please contact the school’s principal or teacher where the child attends for school age children and Sylvia Garcia, 455-3300, for children from 3 to 5 years old. These children may have significant difficulty walking, talking, hearing, or learning, or may display behaviors that appear significantly different from other children their age.

Early Childhood programs are for children 3 to 5 (not of kindergarten age) who demonstrate a significant delay or disability. Early Childhood screenings for the 08-09 school year are on the following dates:

• Aug. 27, 28, & 29: Contact Sylvia Garcia, 455-3300, to register
• Sept. 26: All future screenings - Contact Vickie Becvar, Wilson Elem. 455-3313
• Oct. 31
• Jan. 23
• March 13

If you have specific questions, please contact the special education department in your child's school or the Special Education Director, District Office, (208) 455-3300.

Director: Ila Cockrum - icockrum@caldwellschools.org
Special Education Program Assistant: Sylvia Garcia - sgarcia@caldwellschools.org