Special Education

Every learner is empowered for a lifetime of success.

The Special Education Team is committed to educating students ages 3 through 22 with identified educational disabilities. Individualized services are designed to meet each student’s unique needs within the least restrictive environment.

To view the definitions of education disabilities the district must work within, please view the ADE Disability Categories site.

ADE Disability Categories

Programs

K-12 Programs

K-12 Programs

Program Name	Main Focus
Resource	Students are able to make progress within the general education classroom or resource room setting with the support of specially designed instruction. This level of support is available on all district K-12 campuses.
Learning for Academic Success (LAS)	Intensive academic support
Communication Development (CD)	Speech, language, and social skills. Academic support is also provided, if needed.
Connections	Social, emotional, and behavior
Roadrunner - Separate Facility EDP	Intensive social, emotional, and behavioral support
Learning For Independence (LFI) - Level 1	Cognitive, adaptive, and modified academic and life skills
Learning For Independence (LFI) - Level 2/3	Cognitive, adaptive, and functional academic and life skills with medical supports
Structured 1	Structured teaching strategies to support academic, social, and communicative growth
Structured 2	Structured teaching strategies to support all developmental areas and functional life skills
Uniquely Gifted	Support for co-existing areas of giftedness and disabilities
Pathways	Post-secondary independent living skills

Our special education team is dedicated to supporting students to meet their educational goals and to helping them grow and develop academically, socially and emotionally.

Pinnacle Peak is able to offer a wide variety of resources to students/families who qualify for resources.

Two Resource Teachers
Speech Language Pathologist
OT/PT Services
School Psychologist

In the classroom, we employ both push-in and pull-out services for academic needs.

Pinnacle Peak On-Site Service Team

Julie Reel
School Psychologist

Bailie Herchold
Speech Language Pathologist

Brandy Arnold
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Resource Teacher

Aubrey Singer
4th Grade - 8th Grade Resource Teacher

Shpresa Shuli
Classroom Para-Educator

Dorothy Balon
Para-Professional

Itinerant Service Providers

Megan Gilligan
SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) Specialist

Morgan Phillips
Occupational Therapist

Bob Strachan
Adaptive PE

Our special education team is dedicated to supporting students to meet their educational goals and to helping them grow and develop academically, socially and emotionally.

Related Services

Related services encompass specialized services from licensed professionals in particular domains. These related services are designed to support skill-building necessary for effective access to educational experiences within the life of the school and are provided to students who require this specialized intervention to access curriculum.

FAQs: Special Education & Related Services

Parents and Families Resources

Special Education Process Flow Chart - Understanding Arizona’s special education process
Procedural Safeguards - Provides parents and families with an understanding of special education rights and procedures
Raising Special Kids - State programs and services for parents and families
Family Resources - Because part of our students’ success depends on their community's strength, we offer information on the following resources.
AZ Find - Locating, identifying, and evaluating all children with disabilities, aged birth through 21

More About PVSchools

District Contacts

Gianna Colonna

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED

School: 602-449-2150

Gail Gold

COORD OF SPECIAL ED

School: 602-449-2150