Sellwood School
Special Education
The mission of Sellwood Middle School's Special Education Learning Center is to provide academic support for students based on their Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and core classroom workload and needs. The Special Education team works together on a daily basis with school administrators, the school psychologist and speech pathologist in order to support students in a positive and successful manner.
The program includes:
Our students share their thoughts regarding Sellwood Middle School’s Special Education Learning Center:
"School used to frustrate me but now with the Learning Center I have more time to get my work done and improve in reading and writing."
"Since last year, I have made a lot of progress and can now read on my own and write better papers."
"My Learning Center teachers have taught me a lot of strategies for organizing my school work and making sure it gets turned in.”
The program includes:
- Individualized and/or small group instruction in the basic skills of reading, writing, and/or math.
- Consultative support services in all core academic content classes - math, language arts, health, science, social studies.
- Assistance and advocacy with program development, scheduling and transition planning into high school.
- Study skill training and improvement.
- Case management of IEPs.
- Collaboration with staff to support modifications and accommodations in the general education setting.
Our students share their thoughts regarding Sellwood Middle School’s Special Education Learning Center:
"School used to frustrate me but now with the Learning Center I have more time to get my work done and improve in reading and writing."
"Since last year, I have made a lot of progress and can now read on my own and write better papers."
"My Learning Center teachers have taught me a lot of strategies for organizing my school work and making sure it gets turned in.”
