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Army
School Liaison
460 Milam
White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
575-678-2708
575-678-2579
312-258-2708
Contact information for key programs and services at this installation.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, requires states and territories to provide early intervention and special education services to eligible children and young adults. Early intervention services, or EIS, are available for children from birth to 3 years old, and special education services are available to children from 3 to 21 years old. Installation EFMP Family Support providers can provide specific information and resources for these services.
All states and territories must provide early intervention services to children who have, or are at risk for having, developmental delays, from birth to their third birthday.
Most CONUS locations, local school districts or health departments provide these early intervention services. The program is called different names in different areas, but it is often referred to as Part C because that is the section of the law that pertains to early intervention. The Education Directory for Children with Special Needs has a list of resources specific to each state to help you determine who you should contact. Your installation EFMP Family Support provider can also answer your questions.
If you are moving OCONUS or to a CONUS location with a DODEA school (and you live on installation), your child will receive EIS through the Defense Department’s Educational and Developmental Intervention Services, or EDIS, program.
When moving, you should hand carry copies of your child's most current individual family service plan, or IFSP, and the most current evaluation reports to your new home to ensure they are not lost.
All states and territories provide special education and related services to eligible children between the ages of 3 through 21.
When a child transfers to a different district in the same state, the new school must provide a free, appropriate public education, including comparable services, until the previously held IEP is adopted or a new one is developed and implemented. When a child transfers to another state, the receiving school must provide comparable services until an IEP review can determine if a new evaluation or IEP is appropriate.
If you are moving and your child receives special education and related services, you should hand carry all necessary school and medical documents, including the most current IEP and current evaluation reports. Hand carrying these documents ensures that they are not lost and allows the new school to begin the process as soon as you arrive.
Special Education Programs
The district provides special education services to approximately 4700 exceptional students through a continuum of placement options. Itinerant teachers serve students that require very few changes in regular classroom instruction; special education staff team with classroom teachers providing integrated services in addition to pull-out. Self-contained staff provides self-contained or integrated classroom services for students with moderate and severe needs.
Mesilla Valley Training Center
Mesilla Valley Training Center provides training and work-study experiences for students who may require extensive modification of instructional content methods and the learning environment. Upon picking up basic work skills students are placed in work stations in the community.
Advanced Educational Services
Advanced Educational Services provides supplemental and accelerated instructional programming for students, grades K-12, whose abilities in one or more instructional areas go beyond that which can be met successfully within the student's grade level program.
The Early Childhood Developmentally Delayed Program
The Early Childhood Developmentally Delayed Program offers services to three and four year old children who are experiencing developmental delays in the areas of language, social, motor, or cognitive ability or who are at-risk due to medical conditions as determined by Special Education standards. Instruction is provided in an integrated model. It is a family oriented program offering social services, family counseling and parental involvement. The Las Cruces Public School District also identifies and services special needs students attending private and parochial schools in accordance with PL 94-142, Part B, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
The programs for students with behavior disorders offer structured educational and psychological interventions to students grades K-12 who are experiencing moderate to severe behavior problems at school. The BD Programs provide itinerant services, moderate services with inclusion, and self-contained services. Work study is offered for high school students.
Related Services
Special needs students may need related services to benefit from the special education being provided them. The need for services such as an audiologist, assistive technology, occupational and physical therapy, social work services, adapted physical education, speech/language therapy, psychological services and sign language interpreters is determined at the Individual Education Plan (IEP) Committee meeting.