The Student Services/Special Education Department at Malheur Education Service District Region 14 helps school districts support students with unique learning needs. Referral, diagnosis, consultation, and direct treatment therapy services are provided.

Offers a range of services for children with special needs and the school districts serving them, including IEP support and transition services.

Provides training and support to assist individuals in living independently. May include training in budgeting, cleaning, meal preparation and shopping, identifying the need for and planning appointments, taking a bus, and learning to supervise home care workers.

Provides training and support to assist individuals in living independently. May include training in budgeting, cleaning, meal preparation and shopping, identifying the need for and planning appointments, taking a bus, and learning to supervise home care workers.

Provides training and support to assist individuals in living independently. May include training in budgeting, cleaning, meal preparation and shopping, identifying the need for and planning appointments, taking a bus, and learning to supervise home care workers.

Provides training and support to assist individuals in living independently. May include training in budgeting, cleaning, meal preparation and shopping, identifying the need for and planning appointments, taking a bus, and learning to supervise home care workers.

Offers a range of services for children with special needs and the school districts serving them, including IEP support and transition services.

Offers a range of services for children with special needs and the school districts serving them, including IEP support and transition services.

Students with disabilities may receive help with transitioning from school into the community, the workforce, or extended education.

Special Education staff offer support and consultation to school districts in planning and coordinating their special education services.

Offers a range of services for children with special needs and the school districts serving them, including IEP support and transition services.

Provides administrative support to assist component school districts in planning and coordinating their special education services. Staff are also involved in consultation with instructional staff and parents regarding Individualized Education Program/Individual Family Service Plan (IEP/IFSP) development, interpretation of data, appropriate adaptive equipment, and inclusion strategies. Staff monitor and report progress as indicated on the IEP.

Provides specialized support for students with low-incidence disabilities, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, orthopedic impairments (OI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), who have visual impairments (VI), or who are deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH) or deaf/blind (DB).

Services provided by the program include evaluation to determine eligibility under IDEA; training for staff and families concerning assessment, program development, and interventions; technical assistance; and access to media resources.

Provides support for children with vision impairment, hearing impairment, severe orthopedic impairment, and autism spectrum disorder. Collaborates with component school districts and programs to provide specialized support. The support includes consultation, assessment, instruction, and adaptive or specialized materials and equipment, as well as assistance with IEP development and implementation.

Provides vocational rehabilitation, independent living skills training, career exploration and general counseling for legally blind adults. Also provides independent living services for visually impaired individuals. Includes orientation and mobility training, techniques of daily living, Braille, counseling, support groups, vocational training, job development, and transition services for blind high school students. Also offers a selection of adaptive items for people with visual impairments.

Provides a variety of support services to families and school districts to help children access public education. These specialties include Augmentative Communication, Feeding Team, Nursing and Oregon Intervention System, and Behavior Consultation.

Provides evaluative, consultative, and direct special education services to students with disabilities, including assistive technology, audiological, autism, deaf and hard of hearing, long-term care and treatment, visual, psychological, orthopedic, speech and language, and STEPS (students with severe and/or multiple disabilities). Also provides evaluation and special education services to children from birth to years.