Polk County Public Schools
Keyword for this page: ESE
Polk County’s Exceptional Student Education Department meets the needs of over 15,000 students from preschool through 22 years of age. A continuum of services is provided for each of the exceptionalities. Transition programs are also available to those students who are graduating with a special diploma so that they may become functional adults within their society. The ESE Department has over 800 teachers that participate in in-service training throughout the year to insure continued success for the children and young adults that they serve. Additional support services such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, mental health counseling, assistive technology and audiological evaluations are provided to the students as needed.
The Exceptional Student Education Department enhances the instructional program of every school by helping students who are encountering roadblocks to successful learning.
The Polk County Schools’ ESE Department is supervised by a Director. There are seven Senior Managers that serve as liaisons to schools within their designated areas/programs. The Senior Managers assist parents with providing programming needs for their children. If you have any questions or need addition information, please call the ESE District Office at 534-0930 and the secretary will direct your concerns to the appropriate person.
| ESE Policies and Procedures (SP&P) Combined | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
| Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 |
We have included a list of keywords to help you navigate quickly to your favorite ESE site. You will go directly to your site when you enter the key words into the Search area on the Polk County Schools Home page. You can also click the keywords below and go to your page.
| ESE Keywords | ||
|---|---|---|
| assistive technology | boardmaker | child find |
| ese resources | fdlrs | fdlrs hrd |
| fdlrs parent services | fin | hearing |
| links to literacy | otpt parents | otpt resources |
| polk transition services | power point activities | transition |