The mission of the Kayenta Exceptional Student Services is to provide effective services to students while supporting the educational community that ensures lifelong learners.
Our Goal
Our goal is to make general education accessible for all students that prepares them to be productive and well-rounded citizens, which includes: social/emotional, cognitive, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Special education is defined by the specially designed instruction developed to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability. Students with disabilities are those students evaluated and found eligible as having:
Autism
Developmental Delay (until age 10)
Emotional Disability
Hearing Impairment
Mild/Moderate Intellectual Disability
Multiple Disabilities
Multiple Disabilities with Severe Sensory Impairment
Orthopedic Impairment
Other Health Impairment
Preschool Severe Delay
Specific Learning Disability
Speech/Language Impairment (including preschool age)
Severe Intellectual Disability
Traumatic Brain Injury
Visual Impairment
KUSD Child Find
Child Find is a continuous process of public awareness activities, screening, and evaluation designed to locate, identify, and refer as early as possible all young children with disabilities and their families who are in need of Early Intervention Program (Part C) or preschool special education (Part B/619) services.
KUSD #27 Child Find Schedule:
August 6, 2021
September 3, 2021
October 1, 2021
November 5, 2021
December 3, 2021
January 7, 2022
February 4, 2022
March 4, 2022
April 1, 2022
May 6, 2022
June 3, 2022
Exceptional Student Services Staff
Marcella Clark
ESS Director
(928) 697.2403
Laverne John
Administrative Assistant
(928) 697.2400
Lenora Begay
SLP Assistant
Elvina Charley
School Psychologist
(928) 697.2405
Alissa Jones
Physical Therapist
(928) 779.1679
Ashley Jones
SLP Tele-Therapist
Charlee Kee
SLP Assistant
Paul Kionka
Occupational Therapist
Lauryn Maxwell
Physical Therapist
(480) 250.7473
Nora Neztsosie
School Psychologist
Keith White
O&M Specialist
(928) 774.6825
COVID-19 Information
Confidentiality
KUSD ESS adheres to ethical principles and acts in compliance with laws and regulations which protect children and their family's right to privacy and which control the use of confidential information regarding children.
