Special Education Contacts
Contact your child's school first with any questions by calling the campus and asking for the appropriate staff member: Principal, School Psychologist, Special Education Teacher. To reach the department chair or a special education teacher at the Junior High Schools and High Schools ask for the Special Education Department and then ask for the appropriate staff member.
Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
Barbara VeNard Krista Dennis, Executive Assistant
480-497-3344
Special Education Receptionist
Sharon Cochran: 480-497-3474
Special Education Director
Jane Hecker
Emily Haskell, Administrative Assistant
480-497-3377
Fax: 480-926-3215
Special Education Records Office
Joanna Catanzaro: 480-497-3478
Mona Conlon: 480-497-3362
Claire Graham: 480-497-3404
Fax: 480-497-3460
Special Education Trainer
Jennine Davidson: 480-497-3390
Employee Training Calendar
Speech/Language Pathology/AT
Sharon Scott - Lead SLP
480-497-3457
Kathy Sawyers: 480-545-7172
Allison Jacobs - Assistive Technology Phone: 480-545-2137
Erin Brown: 480-545-2119
Margaret Rodriguez, Secretary
480-497-3472 | Coordinators of Programs
Lead Psychologist, Programs for students with emotional disabilities in and out of district:
Julene Robbins, Ph.D
Diana Monson, Administrative Secretary
480-497-3322
Kelly Jarrett, ED Support Teacher 480-497-3422
Laura Anderson, Secretary
480- 497-3458
480-507-1356 FAX
Preschool, OT/PT/APE Programs
Fran Grossenbacher
Darla Wilson, Administrative Secretary
Nancy Parker, Secretary/Tuition Program
480-497-3461 Fax: 480 497-3425
Autism, Vision, Hearing
Ann Padilla
Special Education Elementary Programs
Sara Word
Special Education Secondary Programs
Kshama Rosales
Administrative Secretary to Elementary, Secondary and Autism Coordinators:
Dorothy Hagerty: 480-497-3393
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Outside District Contacts
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| Parent Information Network
602-542-3852 Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
(Advocacy Publications)
1-800-776-5746 AZ Dept of Education
Exceptional Student Services
602-542-4013
Hotline: 1-800-352-4558 National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
1-800-695-0285 US Dept of Education
Office of Civil Rights
1-800-421-3481 US Dept. of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
1-800-514-0301 Children & Adults with Attention Deficit - Hyperactivity Disorder (C.H.A.D.D.)
1-800-233-4050 AZ Center for Disability Law
602-274-6287 | East Maricopa County
Barb Ross, PIN Coordinator
480-607-3030 AZ School Board Association
School Board Policies
602-254-1100 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
1-888-232-7733 Mental Health America
1-800-969-6642 Informatiion Resource Center for U.S. Dept. of Education
1-800-872-5327 Dept. of Economic Security
Division of Developmental Disabilities (DES/DDD)
602-542-0419 Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)
602-532-9960 Adult Guardianship Forms
Obtaining adult guardianship for adult special needs child. |
