Special Education

Welcome you to the Department of Special Education for Randolph County Schools. Our goal is to provide a free appropriate public education to identified students with disabilities and gifted students according to Federal, State, and County policies and procedures.

Randolph County Schools offer services to all identified exceptional students between the ages of three and twenty-one. Services are provided in the areas of Autism, Blindness and Low Vision, Deafblindness, Deafness, Developmental Delay, Emotional/Behavior Disorder, Gifted, Hard of Hearing, Intellectual Disability, Orthopedic Impairment, Other Health Impairment, Specific Learning Disability, Speech/Language Impairment and Traumatic Brain Injury.  We also offer physical therapy and occupational therapy services. Contractual services supplement those offered directly by school personnel. Contractual services include psychological, vocational and other assessments, audiological services, life skills teaching, and other special services.

Staff members or parents interested in making referrals for special services consideration of school age students are to contact the School Assistance Team within the student's school. This Team assists in designing modifications, management strategies, and/or alternative curriculum for students within the regular school program, conducts screening, and forwards referrals to the central office for further evaluation and implementation of due process procedures when appropriate.

The following document, that is on file in each principal's office and the Randolph County Board of Education Office, which provides detailed information regarding provision of special education services, is Policy 2419:  Regulations for the Education of Exceptional Students, published by the West Virginia Department of Education. For more information contact the Randolph County Board of Education Special Education Department in Elkins, WV at 1-304-636-9150 ext. 133.

Department Information

Office of Special Education
40 11th Street
Elkins, WV  26241
(304) 636-9150 Ext. 133

Director:  April Senic
Secretary: Chris Currence

Psychologist: Katelynn Torrence 
Preschool Liason: LaDonna Rosencrance

Physical Therapist: Darlene Clark
Occupational Therapist: Debra Groves

Behavior Intervention Specialist: Rebecca Webley
IEP Specialist:​ Charlotte Armentrout

Questions and Answers

Question: How long does it take from the referral process to having the eligibility meeting?
 Answer: From the date we receive parental consent, the process takes 80 days.
   
Question: How does a parent make a referral?
 Answer: All parent referrals are to be made to the school principal who in turn will take the referral to the Student Assistant Team (SAT).
   
Question: At what age can a child receive Special Education through the school system?
 Answer: Children with special needs can be placed for services at the age of 3.
 
Question: How often is an IEP updated?
 Answer: Once per year.

Question: How does the MTSS process affect referrals for special education services?
Answer: Mulit Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a process where all children are educated in the regular classroom through differentiated instruction. Once a child is identified as needing extra help or accommodations, those accommodations are made within or outside the regular classroom with extra time as needed for instruction.

Once a child goes through Targeted and Intensive Interventions to gather data, they can be referred for Special Education Services.

Useful Links

WV Advisory Council for the Education of Exceptional Children (WVACEEC) 
Michael Sullivan, Executive Director 
Monique Williams, Secretary 
Marshall University Graduate College 
Phone: (304) 746-2076 or 1-800-642-3642 ext. 2076 or 2027 TDD 746-2008 
email: Email Michael Sullivan

Office of Special Education
Building 6, Rm 304
1900 Kanawha Blvd
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-558-2696
Fax: 304-558-3741

Teacher's Corner   

  Age of Majority Brochure

During the year in which a student becomes 17 years of age, the school is required t inform the student and the student's parents of this transfer of rights in writing.  This usually occurs at the IEP meeting for that year.

Behavior Intervention/ Functional Behavior Assessment/Manifestation Review

Procedural Safeguards

Checklist for Teaching Students With Autism

Parent's Place

Age of Majority Brochure

During the year in which a student becomes 17 years of age, the school is required to inform the student and the student's parents of this transfer of rights in writing.  This usually occurs at the IEP meeting for that year.

Tool Kit for Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities: Parents' Materials

A Parent's Guide to Support for Personalized Learning

Principal's Point

504 Information

Testing Information