The Lewis County Public Schools serves approximately 380 students with Individual Education Programs (IEP) in accordance with federal and state law. Individual Education Program (IEP) goals for Special Education students are developed to address academic, social/emotional, and transition needs (e.g., changing to a different academic program, progressing from one level to another, or starting a career).

In addition to special education teachers and instructional assistants, service delivery staff include occupational, physical and speech therapists. If you would like further information or feel your child may benefit from these services, please contact the Director of Special Education at 606-796-2811.

Special Education services are provided for students with the following disabilities:  

Autism (AUT) 

Deaf-Blindness (DB) 

Developmental Delay (DD) 

Emotional-Behavioral Disability (EBD) 

Functional Mental Disability (FMD) 

Hearing Impairment (HI) 

Mild Mental Disability (MMD) 

Multiple Disability (MD) 

Orthopedic Impairment (OI) 

Other Health Impairment (OHI) 

Specific Learning Disability (SLD) 

Speech or Language Impairment (SLI) 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) 

Visual Impairment (VI)