Student Services
Combining Resources and Care
In an effort to be sure no child is without the resources to have what he or she needs to succeed, our special services team at Crestline Schools works endlessly to be sure each child is recognized, celebrated, and given the opportunity to thrive. Our district offers a comprehensive special services program aimed toward recognizing children with a disability and supporting them with resources and a caring team.
Child Find
Child Find is the process of locating, evaluating, and identifying children with disabilities who may be in need of special education and related services. The Crestline Exempted Village School District is committed to the location, identification and provision of a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), for all children between the ages of 3 and 22, having disabilities. Location and referral of such children may be initiated by anyone with knowledge of the child and suspecting the child may have a disability.
The purpose of Child Find is to alert parents, professionals, and the public to children who may have special needs and to guarantee that school districts find children who may have disabilities and who otherwise may not have come to their attention. Benefits include enabling eligible children to receive the special education and related services they need and to promote public awareness of disabilities.
Parent Information
Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center's Parent Mentor Project: Guiding Families through the Special Education Process, Parent Mentors provide information and support to families of children with disabilities and their school districts. Additionally, parent mentors make sure districts receive perspective and input from families. Each mentor is a district employee and a parent of a child with a disability.
Learn More
Crestline Parent Mentor:
Lindsey Schonauer-Howald
419-544-0468 Email Lindsey Schonauer-Howald
Definition of Disability
Birth to Age 3 years: a disability is defined as a physical or mental condition that may result in a developmental delay.
Age 3-5 years: a disability is defined as a documented deficit in one or more of the following developmental areas: communication, vision, hearing, motor skills, social emotional/behavioral functioning, self-help skills, and/or cognitive skills.
Age 5-21 years: a disability is defined as identification of one or more of the following conditions: autism, deaf blindness, hearing impairment including deafness, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, and/or visual impairment including blindness.
Local school districts are required by federal and state laws to find children who may need special education and related services.
Parents, relatives, public and private agency employees, childcare providers, physicians and concerned citizens are encouraged to help school districts find any child, ages birth to age 21, who may have a disability and are in need of special education and related services.
If you have concerns about a child’s ability or skills and suspect there may be a disability, please contact the child’s teacher, principal, or the Special Education Director at 419-683-3647.
The school district will contact the parents of the child to discuss the next steps in the evaluation and identification process. This process is provided at no cost to the family. If a need is identified, the child can begin receiving the appropriate special education and related services during the school day.
Special Services Team
Special Services Team
Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
Dahni Reynolds | Director of Student Services | reynolds.dahni@crestlinebulldogs.org |
Tracy McDaniel | School Psychologist | mcdaniel.trayc@crestlinebulldogs.org |
SECTION 504/ADA PROHIBITION AGAINST DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
The Board of Education prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant based upon his/her disability. As such, the Board will not engage in employment practices or adopt policies that discriminate on the basis of disability, or otherwise discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, or other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. The Board further will not limit, segregate or classify applicants or employees in any way that adversely affects their opportunities or status because of disability. Additionally, the Board will not participate in any contractual or other relationships that have the effect of subjecting qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants or employees to discrimination on the basis of disability.
"An individual with a disability" means a person who has, had a record of, or is regarded as having, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Major life activities are functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, sitting, reaching, interacting with others, and working.
Major life activities also include the operation of a major bodily function, including, but not limited to, functions of the immune system, special sense organs and skin, normal cell growth, and digestive, genitourinary, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, hemic, lymphatic, musculoskeletal and reproductive functions. The operation of a major bodily function includes the operation of an individual organ within a body system.
An impairment that is episodic in nature or in remission is considered a disability if it would substantially limit a major life activity when active.
The determination of whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity must be made without regard to the ameliorative effects of mitigating measures such as medication, medical supplies, equipment or appliances, low-vision devices (defined as devices that magnify, enhance, or otherwise augment a visual image, but not including ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses), prosthetics (including limbs and devices), hearing aid(s) and cochlear implant(s) or other implantable hearing devices, mobility devices, oxygen therapy equipment or supplies, use of assistive technology, reasonable accommodations or "auxiliary aids or services," learned behavioral or adaptive neurological modifications, psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, or physical therapy.
A qualified person with a disability means the individual satisfies the requisite skill, experience, education and other job-related requirements of the employment position such individual holds or desires and, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question.
The Board will provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified individual who has an actual disability or who has a record of a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the District's program and/or activities. A reasonable accommodation is not required for an individual who is merely regarded as having a disability.
Compliance Officer(s)
The Board designates the following individual(s) to serve as the District's 504 Compliance Officer(s)/ADA Coordinator(s) (hereinafter referred to as the "District Compliance Officer(s)").
James R. Saxer, Superintendent
(419) 683-3647
401 Heiser Court, Crestline, OH 44827
Dr. Dahni Reynolds, Director of Student Services
(419) 683-3647
401 Heiser Court, Crestline, OH 44827