The Special Education team at Jackson Preparatory Magnet consists of:

• One full-time special education teacher, Genell Rygh
• One part-time special education teacher, Sheila Pearson
• One social worker, Sheng Thao
• One part-time social worker, Lao Lee
• One school psychologist, Terry Rounds
• One full-time speech/language pathologist, Shella Treon
• One part-time speech/language pathologist, Chao Khang-Lee
• One itinerant deaf and hard of hearing teacher, Karen Van Os
• One itinerant occupational therapist, Kristin Googins
• One itinerant adaptive physical education teacher, Bonnie Gustafson
• One full-time nurse, Jessica Lux
• Two special education paraprofessionals, Maureen Brazil-Sawyer,  and Leavon Fields
• One special education resource coordinator, Jill Close

**Jackson special education teachers work with students from all grade levels who have a wide range of needs.  These include academic needs, emotional and behavioral concerns, heath related issues, and vision, hearing or physical impairments.  The special education team provides support to Jackson students and also some students from nearby St. Agnes School.

 **We currently provide services for students with the following disabilities: developmental delays, other health disabilities, specific learning disabilities, emotional behavioral disabilities, autism, physical impairment, speech/language, vision and hearing impairment.

  ** At Jackson, we focus on a collaborative approach where special education staff works closely with general education staff while keeping the individual needs of the students and their individualized education plan at the forefront. High expectations are a must for ALL students. At Jackson, student progress and success is a must! We offer a continuum of services where we believe in both the push in and pull out approaches while keeping the least restrictive environment in mind.

Jackson is a great school in the heart of Frogtown with diverse students and exceptional special education and general education staff!

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