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Special Education Services

Program Description

School Districts in California are mandated to provide special education services to children with exceptional needs from birth through age 22. While the local El Dorado County School Districts are able to provide many of these services for students with learning disabilities, there are many other disabling conditions which have such a low incidence rate that it would be fiscally and programmatically difficult for each district to provide the necessary services. The Special Services Department operates a total of 24 Special Day Classes, two Resource Specialist Programs and numerous itinerant services to meet the needs of children with these low incidence disabilities. Our classes are located on 19 different campuses around the county, with an emphasis on placing classes in age-appropriate settings which will allow for the greatest amount of integration possible. The classes which we provide focus upon students with the following disabilities:

  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Visual Impairments
  • Serious Emotional Disturbances
  • Orthopedic (Physical Disabilities)
  • Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  • Multiple Disabilities
  • Autism
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Learning Disabilities (Charter)
We also provide a number of itinerant services to eligible students in every school in El Dorado County except South Lake Tahoe. These include:
  • Speech-Language Therapy
  • Adapted Physical Education
  • Occupational and Physical Therapy Consultation
  • Audiology Consultation
  • Specialized Physical Health Care
  • Behavior Management

Betsy A. Christ, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Phone (530) 622-7130, ext. 2275
FAX (530) 621-1397
e-mail:

Robert Stromberg
Director, Special Education Support Services
Phone: (530) 622-7130, ext. 2274
FAX: (530) 621-1397
e-mail:

Betty Connolly  
Principal
Phone: (530) 622-7130, ext. 2246
FAX: (530) 621-1397
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