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