Special Education Department

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Our Vision

We strive to work cooperatively with special needs students, families, communities, colleagues, and other professionals in order to promote each student's success and well-being as they prepare for future endeavors. We facilitate the use of evidence-based practices to provide students the access, skills, knowledge, independence and opportunity to reach their potential and participate successfully in the least restrictive environment possible. We are committed to identifying and meeting the diverse needs of each student, from birth to age 22, in Davis County, through individualized educational programming and transition services. 

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Notices:

PARENTS URGED TO PICK UP SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS

Parents of special education children who were born in 1992 or 1993, or who graduated in 2013 or 2014, may request their student’s special education records from the Davis School District.  Written requests to obtain records should be sent to:

 Davis School District 
Julie Larsen, Special Education Director 
P. O. Box 588 
Farmington, Utah 84025-0588  
Email:  jlarsen@dsdmail.net 

Parents of Davis County students who received EI/Early Intervention Services (services during years Birth to age 3-years), and were born in 2010 or 2011, may now request their student’s EI records.  Written requests for EI records should be sent to:

Davis School District
Mandy Zeschke, Early Intervention Services (EI) Coordinator
P.O. Box 588
Farmington, Utah 84025-0588
Email:  mzeschke@dsdmail.net 

All requests must be received by September 13, 2019.  Records will be destroyed after this date.

Child Find Notice

Davis School District is responsible for Child Find identification and evaluation for all students suspected of having a disability residing in Davis County. This includes children (birth through 21 years of age) who are in public schools, private schools, are being home schooled, are preschoolers (birth to five years) and are in need of an evaluation for possible special education or early intervention services. Early identification and intervention may be essential to your child’s development.

If your child is having significant difficulty with vision, hearing, speech, behavior, is experiencing slow development typical for his/her age, physical development or learning difficulty, he/she may be a child with a disability that requires specialized instruction through special education. If you suspect that your school age child may have a disability, please contact your neighborhood school principal or special education department at 801-402-5169.

If your child’s age is birth to three years or three to five years, contact the Davis Early Learning Center at 801-402-5409.

Carson Smith Scholarship Notice

We are required by Utah Code Section 53A-1a-704(10) to inform you, if you are a parent of a student with an IEP enrolled in a public school, of the availability of a scholarship to attend a private school through the Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship Program. Further information is available at, http://www.schools.utah.gov/sars/Scholarships.aspx

DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES