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Parkland High School

Educating for Success, Inspiring Excellence

Learning Support

Services for Students With Special Needs

Philosophy

We strive to build special programs specifically tailored to the assessed needs of a student and attempt to deliver those programs in the regular education environment as much as possible. The district is committed to creating programs that are integrally involved with and delivered through general education programs. We offer a continuum of services for each exceptional situation to allow for more independent functioning on the part of students as they progress through the grades. More choices are available to students when they reach the high school, such as special programs at the Lehigh County Vocational-Technical School and job coaching services through the Intermediate Unit.

Learning Support Services

Special education teachers and special education paraprofessionals are on staff in every Parkland school. These personnel support participation of the students with learning disabilities or intellectual disability in the regular curriculum through modifications and adaptations. Students with learning disabilities generally possess average intelligence but evidence a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual ability in the areas of language arts and/or math. At times, some students require that instruction be delivered through different materials or levels than their chronological peers. Some of our students with disabilities participate in regular education environments with different goals than their peers. These environments can provide opportunities for communication and socialization which may be designated on the student’s Individualized Educational Program (IEP).

Because we strive to develop programs to meet individual needs of students, there are some students whose goals have a life skills focus. The learning support teacher as the special education teacher, is responsible for delivery of the services and is usually assisted by another special education staff member, the teaching assistant. The special education staff works collaboratively with the general education staff to provide programs for students within the school community.

Click this link  to view the Secondary Transition Resources Page on the Parkland School District website:  Secondary Transition Resources

Learning Support Department Staff

Jason Auriemma

Learning Support
School: 72112

Souad Azim

Learning Support
School: 74209

Megan Carmosky

Learning Support
School: 72233

Jennifer Evans

Learning Support
School: 72127

Tara Faust

Learning Support
School: 74117

Carla Karboski

Learning Support
School: 43812

Edward Keichel

Learning Support
School: 72421

Jennifer Kleckner

Learning Support
School: 72210

Stephanie Knowlton

Learning Support
School: 72212

Mark Lesko

Learning Support
School: 74122

Daniel Lewis

Learning Support

Laura LoVaglio

Learning Support
School: 74411

Charissa Reardon

Learning Support

Andrew Walker

Learning Support
School: 74435

Christina Whitesell

Learning Support
School: 72422

Thomas Yankanich

Learning Support
School: 72205

Colleen York

Learning Support
School: 74203

David York

Learning Support
School: 72231