Special Education - Contact Us
For general questions, or to speak with a Special Education Manager, please call:
Special Education Main Line: 216.838.7733
To request special education records from CMSD (Individualized Education Plans, Evaluation Team Reports):
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
For enrollment questions, please call or visit:
216.838.3675
1111 Superior Ave East, Cleveland, OH 44114
For transportation questions for students who already receive specialized transportation as a related service in their IEP, please contact:
216.838.4297 (838-4BUS)
TransportationConcerns@clevelandmetroschools.org
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