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Special Education Services

 
The West Jefferson Hills School District provides a personalized learning curriculum to meet the needs of every student. Special Education services provide support programs with teams of trained personnel in each of the five schools to assist and guide students who are experiencing learning or social emotional difficulties. Our staff have been trained in Safety-Care Behavioral Safety Training, a leading crisis prevention training course focusing on how to prevent behavioral challenges, de-escalate early and manage behaviors safely. The curriculum is founded upon evidence-based research in the areas of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) which we believe offers our staff and those we serve with the best strategies available. Safety-Care is consistent with our goal to maintain a comfortable, safe and learning environment and it meets or exceeds the accreditation standards outlined by CARF, JCAHO, COA and other agencies concerned with quality care. If you have additional questions regarding Safety-Care and its implementation, don’t hesitate to ask. For more more information, please see our staff listing below. 

2022-23 Public and Parent Information Notice

Click here to view the West Jefferson Hills School District's Records Policy for Non-Exceptional and Exceptional Students and 2022-23 Public and Parent Information Notice.

SAP Bi-Monthly OUTREACH Flyer

Please click here to access the most recent SAP Newsletter.

NOTICE - Special Education and Gifted Student Records

The West Jefferson Hills School District Pupil Services Department will be destroying Special Education and Gifted records of students whose services ended or students who have left the West Jefferson Hills School District more than seven years ago. Pick up of records may be arranged by calling the Pupil Services Department at (412) 655-8450.  An individual 18 years of age or older, unless adjudicated must request his/her own records.  Our address is 830 Old Clairton Road Jefferson Hills, PA 15025.  Photo identification is required to pick up any records. ALL RECORDS RELATED to SPECIAL EDUCATION and GIFTED dated prior to July 1, 2014, will be destroyed on July 1, 2021.  If further information is requested, please call (412) 655-8450.

Staff

Dr. Cassandra Bozek
Supervisor of Special Education/Pupil Services
[email protected]
 
Lauryn Gray
Secondary School Psychologist
[email protected]
 
Dr. Marissa Reed
Elementary School Psychologist
[email protected] 
 
Tracy Fedoris
Special Education & Pupil Services Secretary

Parent Training & Resources

Special Education

Gifted Education

504 Information

PAES Lab at TJHS

We are proud to offer the PAES Program to our students beginning the winter of 2021!  A classroom at Thomas Jefferson High School has been transformed into the "Jaguar Job Lab" where students become employees and teachers become employers. The PAES Lab assesses a student's competitive work potential and interest level, while simultaneously exploring various jobs, using real tools, and developing proper work behaviors in the following five areas: Computer Technology, Constructions/Industrial, Processing/Production, Consumer/Service, and Business/Marketing. Click here for additional information on the PAES Lab at TJ.