Director of Special Education

Laura

Laura Welch
305 West 5th Ave.
PO Box 38
Lennox, SD 57039
Office 605-647-2203 ext. 4204
 laura.welch@k12.sd.us

Additional Resources

Comprehensive Plan

SD Eligibility Guide

SD Parental Rights

SD Parental Rights in Spanish

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

Special Education provides specially designed instruction to enable students with disabilities to benefit from their education. Special education services are provided for eligible children birth to twenty-one years of age in accordance with the child's Individual Education Plan (IEP). An IEP is developed for each student qualifying for special education services. Children are identified through a referral and evaluation process and they are educated in the general education curriculum and classrooms to the maximum extent possible.

Disability Categories:

  • Autism

  • Deaf-Blindness

  • Deafness

  • Developmental Delay

  • Emotional Disability

  • Hearing Impairment

  • Cognitive Disability

  • Multiple Disabilities

  • Orthopedic Impairment

  • Other Health Impairment

  • Specific Learning Disability

  • Speech or Language Impairment

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Visual Impairment including Blindness