Special Education
Caring for students with unique needs
We offer a wide variety of services and learning experiences to support our students with disabilities - from birth to age 21 - at no cost to families. Instruction is designed to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability. As much as possible, we strive to deliver necessary services to the student in the neighborhood school. In few occasions, students may need to be placed in another school site where more services are available.
Our services include home-based services for infants and toddlers, specialized, small group instruction, instruction in the general education classroom and off-site instruction as determined by the student's individual education planning (IEP) team.
Contact
Student Support Services Office
Oak Park Building
6355 Osman Ave N, Stillwater, MN 55082
Email
Phone: 651-351-8605
Fax: 651-351-8635
Our Students In the News
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Students at SAHS created bluebird houses with the help of local volunteers.
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More than 100 people participated in the Polar Plunge as temperatures felt like just 13 degrees.
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A group of six 7th and 8th grade special education students and their general education peers worked together to imagine, design and build an interactive model of what an inclusive and adapted park could look like.
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The Ponies beat Minnetonka 33-21 in the title game at Target Center.
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Members of the high school's Ponies TRUST Club testified before congressional leaders about the impact of inclusion programming and the need for continued federal funding of Special Olympics.
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Bridge Transition students had a great showing at the SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships and Leadership Conference.
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For these students, graduation may have never felt possible, if not for the help of The Bridge Transition program.