Contact Information
Sue Wieging
Director of Special Education
Corinne Fields
Coordinator of Special Education
Secretary: Alayne Quick
Secretary: Susan Owens
Phone: (614) 337-3777
Fax: (614) 478-5568
Gahanna-Jefferson Schools provides a continuum of services to students ages 3 through 21 identified as disabled under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Services are provided in accordance with Ohio's Model Policies and Procedures for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
Special education services are available for students with learning disabilities, as well as, physical, developmental, behavioral and multiple handicaps.
Intervention assistance teams in each school assist programming teams and parents in providing assessment, evaluation, and interventions to address student needs in the general education classroom. Student needs are supported to the greatest extent possible in the general education classroom. Students needing specialized instruction and support are provided an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and programmed according to their needs in a wide variety of settings.
The district's Special Education department provides a wide-range of related services based on student needs and specific support services, such as parent mentoring, psychological assessment, and alternative programming. Students with more intensive needs, or very specialized needs, may be placed in programs out of the district.
Preschool services are provided for children 3-5 years old who are identified as preschoolers with a disability. The district provides half-day preschool programs and itinerant services.