Special Education Services

Bethel Public Schools is committed to providing comprehensive educational services to all students with disabilities living in or attending school within our district’s boundaries. The district makes every effort to contact, evaluate and educate all children suspected of having a disability, ages 3 through 21, under the provisions established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA). Bethel Public Schools works with the Sooner Start Early Intervention Program in referrals for identification, evaluation, and services for eligible infants and toddlers, from birth through two years of age.

 Bethel Public Schools provides special education and related services for students identified as disabled under IDEA and who require such services in order to receive an educational benefit and a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Special education programs and related services are provided for students with the following disabilities:

 • autism
•deaf-blindness
• deafness
• emotional disturbance
• hearing impairment
• intellectual disability
• multiple disabilities
• orthopedic impairment
• other health impairment
• specific learning disability
• speech or language impairment
• traumatic brain injury
• visual impairment (including blindness)
• developmental delay (ages 3-9)

Bethel Schools provides a broad continuum of services available in order to ensure a free, appropriate, public education (FAPE) to qualified students. The district strictly adheres to the policies and procedures set forth under IDEA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Section 504 Procedural Safeguards, the State Department of Education, and the District Special Education Policy/Procedure Manual. 

 Further information regarding qualification criteria can be obtained by contacting the Bethel Public Schools Department of Special Services at (405) 273-0385. Referral and personally identifiable information will be considered confidential and protected under the regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).