Polk County Public Schools, Parents
SEDNET District XIV serves Polk, Highlands and Hardee Counties. The network includes eighteen regional projects throughout the state of Florida. Local multiagency forums in District XIV provide a process for community planning and the development of collaborative initiatives with the goal of promoting a quality, comprehensive system of care for students with or at risk of emotional/behavioral disabilities. In addition, the following statewide initiatives are supported: counseling, transition, decrease in suspensions, transformation, Positive Behavior Support and Problem Solving/Response to Intervention. Project activities focus on helping students participate fully in the least restrictive environment in both the school and community. These activities include, but are not limited to linking community services to students and their families, staff development in behavior management, social skills, mental health and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, technical assistance to classroom teachers, administrators and agency personnel relating to students with emotional/behavioral disabilities, and participation in collaborative interagency initiatives to enhance and increase services for students and their families.
Amy Looker, SEDNET Project Manager/PBS District Coordinator
863-519-8864
The Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) Program is designed to provide support for students with learning disabilities that significantly impact their academic achievement in the areas that may include language, reading, writing and mathematics.
A learning disability is a specific weakness that interferes with one’s ability to store, process or use information effectively, which causes learning difficulties that are not the result of other factors or conditions.
Contact Information- Barbara Pack, SLD Facilitator
The mission of the Speech/Language Program is to provide necessary supports and training for students with communication deficits to the district, schools, teachers, students and parents. Please visit the ESE department pages for more information.
Contact: Meryl Chayt, Speech/Language Program Specialist