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The Waterford School District is proud of the programs and services that are provided to meet the needs of students. Parents are important members of the educational team that help to determine the appropriate programs and services for their child. 

The Waterford School District offers a full continuum of services to identified students. Special education services are available at all of the district's schools.

Student Support Services is the primary referral source of all suspected and certified special education students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEAIA). Also, the department services all those students eligible under Section 504.

Services

• Homebound
  Homebound/Hospitalized Services are provided to a student with a medical condition that keeps the student from attending school. Parent(s) or an adult must be in the home at the time of the instruction. The student’s classroom teacher(s) provides instructional materials to the homebound/hospitalized teacher who in turn takes the work to the student for completion, helps with any problems, and in addition returns work to the student’s teacher.

• Non-Public Schools
  The Waterford School District provides special education support services for students with disabilities attending registered non-public schools within the Waterford School District. Services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work services and consultant services are provided for students per Individualized Education Plans (IEP’s). Click here to view a listing of the registered non public schools found within the Waterford School District.

• Project Find
  "Child Find" is a federal component of the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

  "Project Find "is Michigan's term for "Child Find". The project is funded by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services. Its purpose is to locate, identify and refer those individuals who may be eligible to receive special education services in Michigan.

  "Project Find" searches for children and youth ages 3 to 26 years of age who have disabilities in areas such as physical, social-emotional, speech & language, or cognitive impairments that may affect his or her  educational performance. These conditions may make the child or youth eligible for special education services provided by the public school system in Michigan. The services are governed by special education rules.

  If you suspect your child may have a disability, please contact your child's Building Principal or Nadine M. Milostan, Executive Director for the Student Support Services Department which is a division of the Waterford School District. You may reach Ms. Milostan by calling: (248) 682-3242 or by email at: milosN01@wsdmi.org.

  If you suspect your child age birth to 3 years of age may have a disability, please contact your local school administrator or: Mrs. Victoria Widman, Special Education Early Childhood Specialist at: (248) 666-9593 or by email at: widman01@wsdmi.org. 

• Safe Schools Healthy Students (SS/HS Initiative)
  The Waterford School District is the recipient of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Grant from The US Department of Education, Health, Human Services and Justice. The District was awarded a total of $5,745,460 to be used over the next four years, allowing the District, in partnership with local public mental health, law enforcement and juvenile justice entities, to implement a comprehensive, community-wide plan of prevention activities.

• Waterford Success Program
  The Waterford Success Program is a prevention program serving the Waterford School District. This program serves children in grades K-8 and their families. The program Facilitator seeks to address prevention and early intervention of high-risk behavior.

Specialized Schools

• Children's Village School
  Children's Village is a centrally located campus providing educational support services to adjudicated youth. Children’s Village is a division of  Waterford School District/Oakland County Health and Human Services Department and provides a unique approach to treatment of youth that falls under the authority of Oakland County Family Court or with the State of Michigan Department of Human Services.

• Kingsley Montgomery School
  Kingsley Montgomery School provides educational support for students who need a severe cognitive impaired or severe multiply impaired program, are impaired or are in need of an educationally therapeutic setting  because of an emotional impairment. Students accepted into Kinglsey Montgomery must go through a referral process from their resident school district.

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