In a series of workshops designed to help students with special needs, Milford School District will hold a session on Thursday, February 8 at 6 PM designed to help parents manage common issues that face those children. “This clinic, entitled “Finicky Feeders and Stubborn Snackers: Understanding Restricted Preferences,” is designed to help parents whose children may have strict food restrictions …
A professor from Delaware State University has been awarded a $1.06 million federal grant to create a certificate program for special education. The grant will also pay the cost for participants – and even give them a stipend. The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Rachel Juergensen, an assistant professor of special education at DSU, a five-year grant to develop …
Milford School District is working on plans to expand the autism program at Milford Central Academy. The district already has solid programs at Evelyn I. Morris Early Childhood Center and Lulu M. Ross Elementary Schools. At the end of each school year, the district receives a programmatic rating scale that compares them to national programs for those on the autism …
Laura Manges, Director of Student Services at Milford School District, provided information the Milford School District Board of Education regarding special education services in the district at their regular meeting in Dec. 2020. According to Manges, the district is serving the highest number of special needs students in the 14 years she has been working in the district. “In our …
