Special Education/EIS

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.

• Education Directory for Children with Special Needs
• EFMP & Me digital tool
• Individualized Education Program & Moving
• Special Needs Parent Toolkit
• Special Needs Resources
• Exceptional Family Member Program videos

Individualized Education Program (IEP) 

Parents of children enrolled in special education should hand-carry all pertinent school and medical documents to include their children’s Individualized Education Program and current testing and evaluation reports.

If your child requires specialized equipment for example large print books, an FM trainer, or Braille services please contact the Area Special Education Coordinator in Wiesbaden, Germany.

The EFMP Manager at ACS can assist and answer your questions.

Please call 0611-143-548-9220 or 9221 or DSN 548-9220/ 9221.

DODDS-Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany Special Education Coordinator
Office of the Deputy Director, DODDS-Europe
Unit 29649, Box 7000 APO AE 09096

• 011-49-611-380-7208
• Fax: 011-49-611-380-7575

Kaiserslautern District Superintendents Office

• Mailing address: Unit 3405, APO AE 09021
• Telephone number : 011-49-631-536-5905

The ACS EFMP Program Manager at usarmy.wiesbaden.id-europe.mbx.mwr-acs@mail.mil 

or call DSN 548-9221/9220 or commercial 0611-143-548-9221/9220

The Wiesbaden School Complex includes Hainerberg Elementary School, Aukamm Elementary School, Wiesbaden Middle School and General H.H. Arnold High School. Hainerberg Elementary School, Wiesbaden Middle School and the H.H. Arnold HIgh School are found in Hainerberg Housing.

While Aukamm Elementary School is located approximately a mile away in the Aukamm Housing Area.

DODDS provides the following level of services in the Wiesbaden School Complex:

Preschool (3-5 years of age): The preschool program for the Wiesbaden school complex is located at Hainerberg Elementary School.              Services are available for children with developmental delays and/or other identified disabilities who require daily or less frequent support in a developmental preschool classroom setting.

• Aukamm Elementary School. This location does not have a preschool program for children with disabilities. Speech and language support may be provided by a communication specialist who is located at another school and travels to this school.

Autism Spectrum Disorder: The schools provide direct instruction in the general education classroom or in a resource room. The schools located in Wiesbaden would not be appropriate for children with the diagnosis of autism who require an individual support or more intensive special education service.

Communication/Speech Impaired: The schools in Wiesbaden provide comprehensive speech and language services in individual, small group, and/or general education classroom settings.

Emotionally Impaired: Part-time services are available on an as-needed-basis to support children in the general education classroom. These services may not be available within the school complex, but be provided by an itinerant teacher from another school. This placement would not be appropriate for children coming out of a residential placement and/or an alternative educational setting.

Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation): Services are available for children who have mild mental retardation and receive the majority of their instruction in general education classroom (approximately 75% or greater) with resource room support. Independence is stressed with minimal additional supervision or support.

Specific Learning Disability: Services are available to provide individualized instruction in the general education classroom with resource room support (up to 50% of the day).

Hearing Impaired: Services are available on an as-needed-basis to provide consultation for students with hearing impairments who can be served in the general education classrooms. The Hearing Impaired Specialist is not located within the school complex and on-site visits may be limited. Minor environmental modifications and some special materials are available. Support is provided for children whose hearing disability is typically corrected with hearing aids. This is not an appropriate location for children who are deaf or who require the services of an interpreter.

Visually Impaired: Services are available to provide limited resource room instruction, under the guidance of a vision consultant, to supplement instruction in the general education classroom for children who have low vision or progressive visual disorders. The Visually Impaired Specialist is not located within the school complex and on-site visits may be limited. This is not an appropriate location for children who are blind and require pre-Braille or Braille instruction or orientation and mobility training.

Provision of services in OCONUS locations: The military medical departments, through their Educational and Developmental Intervention Services, provide early intervention services and related services in OCONUS locations where the Department of Defense Education Activity is responsible for educational services.

In those OCONUS locations that are part of the United States, such as Guam and Puerto Rico, related services are provided by the DoDEA-Americas. Additionally, DoDEA provides related services to students attending DoDEA schools in those OCONUS locations.

Note: DoDEA is required to provide services to students who meet enrollment requirements and are space-required regardless of the sponsor's projected assignment location.

Provisions of services in DoDEA OCONUS Locations: EFMP Forms Required DD 2792 – Medical enrollment DD 2792-1 – Educational enrollment The DoDEA educational screeners are only responsible for the review of educational information.

The military is responsible for all medical information and the completion of all medical screenings. The military command is responsible for all final decisions related to family member travel. The military has the authority to recommend/not recommend travel regardless of the travel recommendation provided by DoDEA. Additionally, DoDEA is typically not informed of the final decision for travel. Educational screenings are mandatory for all potential civilian employees who are seeking enrollment in a DoDEA school at an overseas location (DoDI 1315.19).

The educational review does not prevent a potential civilian employee from accepting a position, but the review does provide information that allows the potential employee to make an informed decision concerningthe educational services available for their student. Army In all OCONUS areas, the Exceptional Family Member Program processes screening requests through the appropriate centralized family travel/command sponsorship office, which then coordinates all medical and educational documents with the appropriate gaining medical review office.

The appropriate medical review office forwards all educational screening requests and required documents to the DoDEA headquarters specialist via an encrypted electronic mail. A copy of the completed DD 2792-1 or automated enrollment summary and the student’s current Individualized Family Services Plan and/or Individualized Educational Program must be submitted for all Army educational screenings