Special Education

Our special education team consists of a group of educators that bring a range of experiences and areas of expertise with them to Nokomis Montessori South. We have some team members that spend all or much of their day at Nokomis. We also have several educators that support our Nokomis students and also provide services to students at several other school buildings. All team members collaborate and partner with our Montessori educators to support the learning needs of our students.

Each and every team member plays an important role in ensuring our students and their families get the services they need and deserve.

We have two special education teachers that focus their learning in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)—they lead our ASD program here at Nokomis Montessori South. They, in collaboration with several education support professionals, collaborate with several other special education staff to provide individualized services to our students. They also work closely with our Montessori classroom teachers to provide a fluid education for our students.

On our team we have a speech-language pathologist that provides learning experiences for all of our students that qualify for services in the area of articulation, language processing, voice, or fluency disorders.

We have a special education teacher that partners with a teaching assistant to provide individualized services to students that qualify for specialized services across a variety of disability areas.

We also have a school social worker that works with our special education team to support students’ social-emotional learning goals.

You can explore the staff directory and/or contact our main office (651-744-5500) if you would like to talk to a specific team member.