Perhaps your child has a learning disability or they struggle with articulation. You know in your heart of hearts that your child can do anything they set their mind to, but you are worried that their teacher will not see their potential or challenge them.
Or maybe you have a child with significant special needs and you are terrified that they are not in the right program or that their teacher will only see their diagnosis and not the whole, amazing, person that you know and love.
At RSU 29, it is our goal to prepare each student to be a contributing member of society and to participate successfully in our local, as well as the global, community. We direct students to achieve academic skills while at the same time facilitate their social and emotional development, with a goal of becoming life-long learners.
Our students are educated in a school community where everyone belongs and is accepted. Every attempt is made to educate students with special service needs in the least restrictive environment. Our primary goal is to integrate them into general education classes; however, we make modifications and provide supplementary aids and services in an effort to foster success.
RSU 29 has a duty to locate, evaluate, and identify any child residing in the District who qualifies for Special Education services or Section 504 accommodation or services. Children eligible for special education include those children with disabilities who have autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, developmental delay, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment and who, because of such an impairment, need special education services.
Children eligible for Section 504 accommodations or services include those children who have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity.
If you suspect your child has a disability and may need special education services or 504 accommodations, or if you would like additional information, please contact your child’s teacher, or call me, the Director of Special Services, Jan Neureuther at 532-7950.— You may also visit our Special Services website at http://www.rsu29.org/ to find information on our programs, staff, and resources for various disabilities.
