SPECIAL EDUCATION-B LEVEL RESOURCE
ROOM
This
teacher operates a program, which is designed to assist the
regular classroom teacher with students whom have some
limited academic problems. Students usually are placed in
this program through teacher referral and Support Team
concurrence.
SPECIAL EDUCATION-D LEVEL
The
students working with the D Level teacher are placed in the
classroom full time. The students in this program have
learning or emotional disabilities, which prevent them for
maximum instructional benefit in a regular educational
classroom. The students served in this program usually
share break, lunch and other periods of time with the
regular educational classroom students. As the student
become more able, they are integrated or mainstreamed into
a regular classroom. A teacher and assistant work with a
maximum of class size of 8 students.
GATES PROGRAM
Gifted
Education in New Mexico is under the umbrella of Special
Education. A gifted child in this state is defined as a
school-age person who intellectual ability paired with
subject matter aptitude/achievement, creativity/divergent
thinking, or problem-solving/critical thinking is so
outstanding that a properly constituted Individual
Education Plan (IEP) team decides special education
services are required to meet the child's educational
needs.
SPEECH
AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
These
teachers help students with problems producing correct or
fluent speech. Comprehension and production of language
vocabulary, memory, auditory processing, word retrieval,
verbal organization and formulation skills. This aids the
student’s performance in classroom skills.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM
Students
from Carlos Rey have on site occupational therapy services.
Occupational therapy in the schools is part of ancillary
services the public schools are mandated by PL94-142 to
provide to qualified students. The occupational therapist’s
role in the system is to assist the student to learn and
achieve according to that student’s
potential.
Special
Education Teachers
Manuel
Crespin
Community Based Instruction
crespin_m@aps.edu
Sandra Crowell
3/4
Inclusion
Kelly Martell
3/4
Inclusion
Marilyn Mascareñas
4/5 Inclusion
mascarenas_m@aps.edu
Peggy Stall
G.A.T.E.S. (Gifted)
stall_p@aps.edu
Special Education-Educational Assistants
Marie Duran
Community Based Instruction
Ramona Mendoza -Para-Professional
Special Education Support Staff
Stephanie Anderson
Adapted P.E. Coach
Virginia Bejarano
Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Amy Carnes
Occupational Therapist
Marci Custer
Speech Language Pathologist
Roz Wilson
Physical Therapist
AnnMarie Lewis
Evaluation Specialist
Danielle Parker
Speech Language Pathologist
parker_d@aps.edu
Donna Rigano
Occupational Therapist