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Tehachapi Unified School District

Programs Department

300 South Robinson StreetTehachapi, CA 93561

661.822.2100 District Office661.822.2103 Programs Department

Director of ProgramsHeather Richter, Director Suzie Onufrak, Secretary

Suzie is the secretary to the Director of Programs. She has many years of experience in the special education department. She is a wealth of knowledge and is a resource for those with questions. She over sees our IEP documents, 504 documents, oversite of health services, and SIRAS program.

Mrs. Richter will over see programs for TUSD, with her primary focus on the Special Education Department. She will help support the implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports for the district. Mrs. Richter

661.822.2111 or hrichter@teh.k12.ca.us 661.822.2103 or sonufrak@teh.k12.ca.us

will also oversee the district health services. She will attend meetings, conduct trainings, support all specialeducation staff, and do any duties necessary in order to help the district.

Suzie is responsible for LEA/MAA billing programs. She works out of the district office from 7:30-4:30 Monday- Friday.

Additional District Office Personnel……Kathleen Siciliani

Program Specialist

Jenna BurgessDistrict Nurse

• Provides support to our special education teaching staff in planning, organizing, and coordinating staff functions

• Oversee the special education preschool program

• Provide training for staff• Administration for IEP if needed• Provide mild mental health

services within the classrooms• Develop, implement, and revise

behavior programs• Develop data collection systems

• Over see the health clerks for the District

• Attend IEPs and 504s to ensure medical needs of students

• Meet and create health plans for our students

• Address any emergencies at our school sites

• Oversee the district LVNs and Health clerks at each school site.

661.822.2107 or ksiciliani@teh.k12.ca.us 661.822.2271 or jburgess@teh.k12.ca.us

Teresa TaurielloElizabeth SheleyOfelia EscotoGail PurdyTiffany Sparling

District PsychologistsWade Barrett Dawn Roach Joanna Hammer Laquida Wafford Michelle Flores

wbarrett@teh.k12.ca.usTehachapi High School

droach@teh.k12.ca.usGolden Hills

johammer@teh.k12.ca.usCummings Valley mflores@teh.k12.ca.us

Tompkins Our School Psychologists are given a site to oversee. However, we are a team in this district. Team members may go from site to site in order to best service our students. School psychologists provide direct support and interventions to students, consult with teachers, families, and other school-employed mental health professionals (i.e., school counselors, school social workers) to improve support strategies, work with school administrators to improve school-wide practices and policies, and collaborate with community providers to coordinate needed services. They administer all necessary tests to help determine special education services. They also help create behavior support services for our students.

lwafford@teh.k12.ca.usJacobsen Junior High

And Monroe

Speech and Language Pathologist

Lyndi Cyrlcyr@teh.k12.ca.us

Diane Coledcole@teh.k12.ca.us

What does a speech and Language Pathologist do:EVALUATE AND REMEDIATE:Speech sound disorders – (difficulty pronouncing sounds)Articulation: How speech sounds are made (e.g., children must learn how to produce the “r” sound in order to say “rabbit” instead of “wabbit”).Language disorders – (difficulty understanding what they hear as well as expressing themselves with words)

Semantics: What words meanMorphology: How to make new words (e.g., friend, friendly, unfriendly) Syntax: How to put words together to make sentences.

Stuttering (fluency) disorders – (interruption of the flow of speech that may include hesitations, repetitions, prolongations of sounds or words)Voice disorders – (quality of voice that may include hoarseness, nasality and volume) Voice disorders need to be diagnosed by an ENT before services can be addressed by a school based Speech Pathologist. This is a clinical disorder.

Carolyn Winchellcwinchell@teh.k12.ca.us

Kathryn O’Malleykomalley@teh.k12.ca.us

Tehachapi Unified Special Education Teaching Staff

ResourceGH- Sarah RandallTomp- Eileen PryorTomp- Amy ArmstrongTomp- Chris Duff (1/2 time)CV- Elizabeth GividenJMS 6- Matthew KabelJMS 7- Karly StilsonJMS 8- Janine Trauger TuftsJMS- Monica Nadon (1/2 time)THS- Lynette BrownTHS- Terri HobmeierTHS- Lana TellesTHS- Monica Nadon (1/2 time)Monroe- Chris Duff (1/2 time)

Special Day ClassCV K/1/2- Barbara JohnstonCV 2/3- Joleen LarsenCV Mod- Tracy KellyGH 4/5- Derek DevineGH 4/5- Mariah AlvidezJMS 6- Diane WightJMS 7- Heather RingleJMS 8- Sharon HeitmanJMS BC- Kimberly RoweTHS- Jillian KabelTHS- Hillary RomoTHS- Kathryn MackieTHS BC- Dennis Costa

Severely HandicappedTomp K/1/2- Kathleen QuijadaTomp 3/4/5- Jason GrimesJMS 6/7/8- Kim GrimesTHS 9-12- Brittany PursellTHS 9-12- Heather ReeceMonroe 18+- Glenn Orr

PreschoolCV-Amandina Vidal

Other Support Services….Occupational Therapist

• Occupational therapists help students perform particular tasks necessary for participation or learning. A teacher might notice that a student cannot write legibly or has serious problems in other motor tasks. The occupational therapy practitioner can work with the teacher to evaluate the child to identify the underlying problems that may be contributing to handwriting difficulty. The occupational therapy practitioner looks at the child’s skills and other problems (including behavior), in addition to his or her visual, sensory, and physical capabilities.

Adapted Physical EducationTeresa Wagner

• Adapted physical education is an individualized program of instruction created for students with disabilities that enables success in physical education. In the context of APE, "adapt" means "to adjust" or "to fit" modifications to meet the needs of students.

Physical TherapistMo CramerPhysical therapy is a related service provided to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education. School physical therapy focuses on a child's ability to move as independently as possible in the school environment. The school physical therapist evaluates the child's ability to move throughout the school and to participate in classroom activities.

twagner@teh.k12.ca.us stonemountainphysicaltherapy@live.com