Mesa Public Schools, Mesa, AZ

Special Education

Most of the self-contained classes or resource rooms for special education students are placed within neighborhood schools throughout the district. Special Education programs include:

Mild Mental Disability
Homebound or Hospitalized
Moderate Mental Disability
Specific Learning Disability
Severely Mental Disability
Orthopedic Impairment
Multiple Disabilities
Preschool
Emotional Disability
Speech/Language Impairment
Hearing Impaired
Visual Impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury

Special support services for the disabled include:

Audiology
Orientation and Mobility Training for the Visually Impaired
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Adapted Physical Education

The School-Home Adjustment Reinforcement Program (S.H.A.R.P.) serves seriously emotionally disabled students.Special education preschools serve 3- to 5-year-olds who are moderately and severely developmentally delayed, speech-language delayed, visually and/or hearing impaired.For more information on these programs, call the Special Education Department, (480) 472-0710.