Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 - Special Education Services
368 Tioga Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704
Eligibility
Children qualify for special education and related services if they have
one or more of the following disabilities and, as a result, need such
services: (1) intellectual disabilities (formerly mental retardation);
(2) hearing impairments, including deafness; (3) speech or language
impairments; (4) visual impairments, including blindness; (5) serious
emotional disturbance; (6) orthopedic impairments, or physical
disabilities; (7) autism, including pervasive developmental disorders;
(8) traumatic brain injury, or neurological impairment; (9) other
health impairment; (10) specific learning disabilities.
(570) 287-9681
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Application process
Parents may request a multidisciplinary team evaluation of their children in writing or in some cases an oral request can be made but must be followed up by permission to evaluate from the parent. Every public school within the Luzerne Intermediate Unit has a procedure in place by which parents can request an evaluation. For information about the procedures that apply in your public school, contact the public elementary, middle, or high school to which children in your area are assigned. Parents of children in private schools residing within the Luzerne Intermediate Unit may request a multidisciplinary team
evaluation of their children from the public school district that they reside without enrolling in the public schools.
Call for information, 570-287-9681
Service area
Luzerne, PA
All of the public schools of Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 (LIU), 368 Tioga Ave,. Kingston, Pennsylvania provides special
education and related service to resident children with disabilities who are ages three through twenty-one. Services ensure that children with disabilities are educated to the maximum extent appropriate in the regular education environment, and that the instruction they receive conforms as much as possible to the instruction that non-disabled students receive.
Providing organization
Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18
The Luzerne Intermediate Unit endeavors to focus our internal and external leadership, guidance and support resources to ensure the provision of meaningful and purposeful education-related programs and services to our educational clients, community stakeholders and business partners.