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Douglas County School District Special Education Advisory Committee (DCSEAC) serves as an advisory committee to Douglas County School Districtโs (DCSD) Special Education Leadership Team; and is committed to a positive, professional, collaborative, and solution-seeking relationship with our school district partners.ย
DCSEACโs goal is to support the students of our district who receive special education services, as well as their families and caregivers.ย
DCSEAC Board Members, leave their personal agendas at the door, and seek to advise in an unbiased manner that best supports the vastly-diverse abilities of all DCSD students receiving Special Education services. We are committed to preserving respectful discourse at all times and to ensure discretion around confidential topics.
Megan Hayes - Flagstone Elementary
Shannon Butler - World Compass Academy
Carolyn Bettner - Stone Mountain Elementary
Robert Eudaily - Legend High School
Nichole Vande Vusse - ThunderRidge High School
Ashley Howard -ย Cherokee Trail Elementary
Bastiaan Wolf - Highlands Ranch High School
Butch Bradley - Mesa Middle School
Kim Layton - Sagewood Middle School
Jeanie Lieberenz - Buffalo Ridge Elementary
Our Amazing Donors
๐ DCSEAC is deeply grateful to our many community partners who donated to our Shining Star baskets this year.ย
Thank you to all the companies and individuals who said "yes!" to supportingย Special Education by recognizing and honoring our dedicated staff members.ย
๐ Altitude
๐ Bella Vista Salon (Castle Rock)
๐ Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafoodย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
๐ Burn Boot Camp (Highlands Ranch)
๐ Carmen Hanagriff Mortgages
๐ Club Pilates (Lone Tree)
๐ Developmental Pathways
๐ Dominoes (Highlands Ranch)
๐ Elements Massage (Lone Tree)
๐ Erin Melville
๐ Facial Aesthetics (Highlands Ranch)
๐ Glass Doctor Auto of Castle Rock
๐ Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse (Loneย
ย ย ย ย ย Tree)
๐ Jimmy John's (Highlands Ranch)
๐ LevelUp Ortho (Parker)
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ๐ Magic Nails (Lone Tree)
๐ Newk's Eatery (Lone Tree)
๐ Obsidian Salon (Greenwood Village)
๐ Orange Theory (Lone Tree)
๐ Parry's Pizzeria & Taphouse (Lone Tree)
๐ Perfect Blend (Parker)
๐ PERSPIRE (Highlands Ranch)
๐ Phillip Lindsay (Host of the Drive onย
ย ย ย ย ย DenverSports)
๐ Qdoba (Highlands Ranch)
๐ Sazon (Lone Tree)
๐ Smoothie King (Highlands Ranch)
๐ SNOOZE (Lone Tree)
๐ Sports Clips (Highlands Ranch)
๐ StretchLab (Lone Tree)
๐ Ulta (Highlands Ranch)
๐ US Bank
The Arc of Colorado is a powerful resource. They offer connections to support services, advocacy at the school level for families, but also work extensively at the state and federal level to protect the rights of the disabled community. See link for their website, events, and newsletter.
Developmental Pathways (DP) is the Case Management Agency for Douglas County. DP is main access point for Medicaid State Waivers, Colorado Choice First, and other community funded programs designed to support individuals with ID/D and affective needs.ย DP also offers a variety of community supports for children and adults with special needs. See link for upcoming events and resources.ย
Check out our podcast, SpecialEd, IEPs, 504s, Oh my: Conversations with DCSEAC to learn about the Douglas County Special Education Advisory Committee, who serves on this committee, and how the team supports families in Douglas County who are served by Special Education.
If you are new to special education or have years of experience, there is always more to learn.ย Let's do this together!
Connect with DCSEAC's Socialsย
Our Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube pages keep you up-to-date on events and all podcast episides.
If you have a concern about your student or their IEP, use this link to see a powerful parent tool,ย a special education contact chart, to guide you to the correct help at your school or within DCSD special education leadership.
For an overview of Douglas County School District's organizational systems, see the linked chart.