Depending on the concerns or problems your students or you are experiencing, there are many support staff people hired to assist the school community. Listed below are the titles of people most often contacted:
Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA) - There are 12 districts that include every school district in Wisconsin.
Counselor
District Business Administration Office (for free or reduced priced meals)
Gifted & Talented/Able Learner Coordinator
Local Vocational Education Coordinator (LVEC)
Police Liaison Officer
School Nurse/Heath Aide
School Psychologist
School Social Worker
School-to-Work/Work Study Coordinator
Special Needs Teachers:
Adaptive Physical Education (Adaptive PE)
Chapter I/Title I
Cognitive Disabilities (CD)
Emotional Disabilities (ED)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Learning Disabilities (LD)
Occupational Therapy (OT)
Physical Therapy (PT)
Reading Recovery
Speech and Language (SP/LG)
Within many communities are agencies that collaborate with schools to assist children and their families. The following is a list of frequently used community resource agencies:
Boys & Girls Club
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
Job Service
Mental Health Counselors & Agencies
Police
Social Services (various departments, for example, Children's Services, Nutrition, Housing, etc.)
YMCA/YWCA