Please send an email with signed release (if applicable) to:  specialeducation@ClevelandMetroSchools.org

 

Representatives of public school districts who are educating Cleveland students with disabilities, please contact:

Coralise Terwilliger, Director of Special Education Compliance

coralise.terwilliger@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.0215

 

 

 

216.838.3675

 

1111 Superior Ave East, Cleveland, OH 44114

 

Click here for information on Enrollment and School Choice for all CMSD students.

 

 

 

Preschool Special Education Programs - Evaluation, Enrollment, and Placement

Click here to go to our Preschool Special Education page.

Note:  Children born AFTER September 30, 2020 and are not yet enrolled in a CMSD school are evaluated by the Preschool Assessment Clinic.  Children born ON or BEFORE September 30, 2020, and children in district PreK programs, are evaluated at their school of enrollment.

 

For questions about special education evaluation of students attending nonpublic schools in Cleveland (Child Find), please contact:

Office of Psychological Services main line

216.838.0280

 

For Autism and Jon Peterson Scholarship Program providers:

Please send an email to SpecialEducationScholarship@clevelandmetroschools.org

(Families, click on the links here for more information on Ohio's Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship or the Autism Scholarship Program)

 

For questions about Behavior Services, Reintegration Services, and Multi-Systems Support:

Alice Krost, Director, Behavior and Specialized Reintegration Services

Alice.krost@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.0199

 

For questions about special education instructional services in CMSD, please contact our main line or:

Patricia Gunvalsen, Director, Special Education Instructional Services

patricia.gunvalsen@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.0213

 

For questions about Gifted Education, including Early Entrance to Kindergarten:

Kerry Ivkovic, Program Manager, Gifted Education

216.838.0131

Click here for more information about Gifted and Talented programming.

 

For questions about Home Instruction:

Loracell Hempstead

loracell.hempstead@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.0209

For home schooling information, please visit CMSD's Non-Traditional Education Office web page.

 

Our Partners in Integrated Health (Nursing, Psychological, and Related Services):

Bernetta Wiggins, Executive Director of Integrated Health

bernetta.wiggins@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.0102

 

Samantha Brown, Director of Speech, Language and Communication Services

samantha.brown@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.2977

 

Karen Thompson-Repas, Director of Occupational and Physical Therapy

karen.thompson-repas@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.2976

 

Mary Ann Teitelbaum, Ph.D.,Director of Psychological Services

mary.teitelbaum@clevelandmetroschools.org

216.838.3994

 

Patricia Forrai, Director of Nursing and Health Services

216.838.0326 or 216.838.0270

Click here for the CMSD Nursing and Health web page.

 

Marcie Phillips, Director of School-Based Mental Health Services

216.800.4773

 

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