Special Services Department Marty DeLape, Director of Special Services        Email: mdelape@pennsauken.net Tamara Schmitt, Supervisor of Special Services        Email: tschmitt@pennsauken.net For school age children, every effort is made to assist the student in regular education classes. The intervention & Referral Services (I&RS) Committee develops interventions that will be implemented in the regular education class. However, if these interventions do not meet the needs of the student, a referral can be made to the child study team or speech language specialist. A teacher, administrator, parent, other school staff, or an agency can make a referral. However, if warranted, a direct referral to the child study team or speech language specialist is appropriate. Parents are involved in every step of the decision-making process from meeting with the I&RS Committee, to giving consent to evaluate, to giving information regarding their childʼs development history and their perception of their childʼs needs and finally, if eligible, giving consent for services. Pennsauken provides the following Special Education Programs: • Preschool Disabilities Program - five half days a week • Preschool Disabilities Program for children with significant developmental delays that have been diagnosed with autism • Autistic Program - Primary (K-1) • Multiply Disabilities Program - Kindergarten - Twelfth Grade • Learning and/or Language Mild to moderate - Kindergarten - 4th (Self-contained); Grade 5 - 12th (departmentalized) • Learning and/or Language Severe - Kindergarten - 5 • Behavioral Disabilities Program - Kindergarten - 4th (self-contained); Grades 5 - 12th (departmentalized) • Resource Center Programs - Kindergarten - 12th For more information you may call the Special Services Department at 662-8505 ext. 6526 for current assignments. Copyright 2012 Pennsauken Schools