{"id":2771,"date":"2021-08-13T15:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/?page_id=2771"},"modified":"2025-06-13T17:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:05:44","slug":"special-education-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/special-education-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Education Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mindy Roberts, Ed.D.<\/strong>
402-436-1932
mroberts@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Special Education Leadership, Staffing, Budget, Office Coordination, SE Compliance, Parent Concerns, Rule 18\/19, Special Education Contracts, Future Leader Cadre, UNL\/VIP Activities, Co-supervise OT\/PT Team, and Quarterly Update<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Melissa Weber-Arnold, Ed.D.
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mweber2@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Deaf\/Hard of Hearing Program, Curriculum (social studies, reading, ELA, math, science, and life skills), MTSS-A, ILCD, PEAK, SE Team Leaders, New Educator Week Professional Learning, SE Year One Tenure, New Coordinator Support, and Universal Design for Learning<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Carrie Foster, Ed.S.
<\/b>402-436-1915
cfoster@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> Synergy SE, Unified Activities, District Contractual Professional Learning, School Psychology Program, MDT Process\/Manual, FBA\/BIP\/Safety Plans\/Critical Incidents, Handle With Care\/MANDT, EL PSP, and PAR Framework Committee<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Laura Stephenson, M.Ed.
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lstephe2@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Speech Pathology Program, SE Inventory, Neurodiversity Affirming Practices, Universal Design for Learning, EL PSP, and IEP Process\/Manual<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Amy Maschka, M.S., CCC-SLP
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amaschka@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Non-Public Program, Homebound, SE transportation, Surrogate Parents, Bottlers Administration,
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Tara Troy, M. Ed
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ttroy@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Independence Academy (ages 18-21), Assistive Technology, IEP Transition Process, Alternate Assessment, ADA Website Compliance, SE Website, and Parent Networking<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Val Bergeron, M. Ed
<\/b>402-436-1918
vberger@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Deaf\/Blind Team, Vision and O & M Programs, Co-supervise OT\/PT Team, Co-lead New Coordinator Support, SE Liaisons, Level Transition, and Para Training<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Doug Schindler, B.S., C.P.A.
<\/b>402-436-1913
dschind@lps.org.<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>Budget projections, Grant Mgmt System, MAC, MIPS, SE budget, Audit Preparation, Staffing, and Travel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brook Hamrick, M.S., CCC-SLP, M.Ed
<\/b>402-436-1690
bhamrick@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities: <\/strong>ISP Coordinator for district ISP sites (Humann, Robinson, Lux, East, Moore, and YHEC)
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Carol Winant, M.L.S.<\/strong>
402-436-1919
cwinant@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> Executive secretary to director, office supervision, AP\/coordinator meetings, contracts and wards, student records requests, payroll and attendance, summer school payroll, main contact for building administration and community in these areas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Maddie Maag, B.S.
<\/b>402-436-1922
mdeeds@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> On-site support\u2014A. Brightman, L. Stephenson, M. Weber-Arnold, C. Brunken; Program support\u2014school psychology, SLP, D\/HH, synergy SE help desk agent, ASL & world language interpreters, supplies, main contact for building administration and community in these areas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Carla Woeppel, B.A.<\/strong>
402-436-1905
cwoeppel@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> District Leadership Center SE reception, On-site support\u2014A. Maschka, T. Troy; Program support\u2014level transition, curriculum, homebound, summer school, medicaid, alternate assessment<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Aaron Foster<\/strong>
402-436-1534
afoster@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> Bottlers 2 SEM and on-site support, inventory\/protocol management for all programs, Bottlers 2 professional collection management, audiology testing scheduling, vision and AT resource support<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Paula Carlson
<\/b>402-436-1903
pcarlso@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> Bookkeeper, budget support, enhancement funds, ordering, reimbursements, MAC, technology and equipment inventory, TMA\/DLT, main contact for building administration and community in these areas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Caitlin Marrow, B.A.<\/strong>
402-436-1936
cmarrow@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> Bottlers 2 reception, supplies, and on-site staff support, program support independence academy, non-public, homebound, Bottlers 1 & 2 administration, AT, registrar non-public, Independence Academy, main contact for building administration and community in these areas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kari Shaw<\/strong>
402-436-1909
kshaw@lps.org<\/p>

Responsibilities:<\/strong> On-site support\u2014C. Foster; Program support\u2014professional learning (including HWC, mandt, new teacher orientation), vision, transportation, surrogate parents, PEAK, behavior (including CI reports & declinations), itinerant paras, social committee, main contact for building administration and community in these areas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special Education Office Director Mindy Roberts, Ed.D.402-436-1932mroberts@lps.org Responsibilities: Special Education Leadership, Staffing, Budget, Office Coordination, SE Compliance, Parent Concerns, Rule 18\/19, Special Education Contracts, Future Leader Cadre, UNL\/VIP Activities, Co-supervise OT\/PT Team, and Quarterly Update Assistant Director Melissa Weber-Arnold, Ed.D.402-436-1902mweber2@lps.org Responsibilities: Deaf\/Hard of Hearing Program, Curriculum (social studies, reading, ELA, math, science, and life skills), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3nNqc-IH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4001,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771\/revisions\/4001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/specialed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}