Student Services

Contact Information

Dan Davis
Director of Student Services
(740) 927-3941
dgdavis@laca.org

Mackenzie Adelman
Coordinator of Student Services
(740) 927-3941
madelman@laca.org

Tammie Taggart Coordinator of Student Services (740) 927-3941 ttaggart@laca.org

504 and Scholarship Coordinator
(740) 927-3941
acarter@laca.org

Sherri Morgan Board Certified Behavior Analyst (740)-927-3941 smorgan@laca.org

Administrative Assistant Kendra Morgan Gr. K-3 kmorgan@laca.org (740)-964-3474

Administrative Assistant

Martha Dersom

Gr. 4-12 mdersom@laca.org (740)-927-4744

MISSION

The Southwest Licking Student Services Department works to support all students in the district. Our focus is to both identify and support the specific needs of individual students while also building capacity through our building level administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals to meet our students where they are at academically and social-emotionally. Our goal is to help each SWL student reach his or her full potential in a safe, inviting and masterfully taught environment.

Family Resources

Child Find

Child Find

The Southwest Licking Local School District is committed to the location, identification and provision of a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), for all children between the ages of 3 and 22, having disabilities. Location and referral of such children (Child Find) may be initiated by anyone with knowledge of the child and suspecting the child may have a disability. Please contact Dan Davis, Director of Student Services, at 740-927-3941, with any questions, concerns, or names for Child Find referrals within the Southwest Licking School District.

Evaluations and MTSS

Evaluations

The Ohio Department of Education has an Evaluation Roadmap that explains the evaluation process. Please click the link below to access this roadmap.

https://parentmentor.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Evaluation-Roadmap.pdf

MTSS

As a district, each building utilizes an MTSS model. MTSS stands for Multi-Tiered System of Supports. As a part of this process, each building has supports for students that help learners access the general education curriculum. Sometimes, these supports are not enough to meet the individualized learning needs of a student. Based upon the student's current response to intervention supports or the student's apparent need for specialized instruction, the student may be referred for a special education evaluation. If you have questions and or concerns regarding your child's progress, please reach out to your child's teacher, your building administrator, or your child's counselor.

FAPE

Notifications

Preschool

Southwest Licking Schools offers a preschool program for both typically developing peers and those with disabilities. This program offers an enriching and welcoming learning environment for children between the ages of three and five. Our preschool offers a range of services free to those with a qualifying disability, while typical peers are enrolled on a tuition basis. At our preschool you will find an emphasis on developmentally-appropriate activities with a focus on the High Scope Curriculum. Within our preschool setting, children with disabilities receive play-based, individualized, developmentally appropriate interventions, including child- and teacher-directed activities. Children of all abilities are given the opportunity to learn and to interact with each other. The typically developing peers within our program serve as role models for instructional and social interactions.

Our preschool program is operated according to the Ohio Department of Education Preschool Education standards, federal education mandates under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), and state licensure rules and regulations. Preschool teachers must hold a license issued by the Ohio Department of Education.