Intensive Interagency

PaTTAN’s regional consultants serve as the primary resources in partnership with local education agencies working to meet students’ service/program needs. 

In addition, consultants collaborate with other child-serving agencies to provide intensive interagency coordination to students with disabilities whose school districts have determined that they cannot be appropriately educated in a public educational setting and who have waited more than 30 days for the provision of an appropriate educational placement.
 

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This system is aimed at providing assistance to students who are at substantial risk of waiting more than 30 days for an appropriate educational placement.

In addition to assisting local education agencies with providing appropriate educational placements, the system of interagency coordination also works toward the goal of enhancing the capacity of school district programs so that the needs of students with disabilities can be met in public educational settings in most situations.

Parents and guardians may contact Special Education ConsultLine at 1-800-879-2301 for more information about Intensive Interagency support.
There are a variety of Technical Assistance (TA) resources available to assist Local Education Agency teams in resolving program/placement issues. Each Intermediate Unit has a consultant assigned as an IU Interagency Coordinator. This person has the responsibility of working with families and teams in an effort to identify resources, arrange services, identify needs and service gaps, and develop an action plan which will lead to the provision of an appropriate program.

Publication: County CASSP and Children's Behavioral Health Contact Persons, listed alphabetically by county

 

This BEC will explain Intensive interagency coordination. Intensive interagency coordination is designed for the rare situations when the local teams are not able to arrange for the placements of students in the public educational setting and the students have waited or are at risk of waiting more than 30 days for an appropriate educational placement.

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Local Intermediate Unit Interagency coordinators can also provide Technical Assistance. Contact them directly using the information in this spreadsheet.Local Intermediate Unit Interagency coordinators can also provide Technical Assistance. Contact them directly using the information in this spreadsheet.

 

IU

Fname

Lname

Address1

Address2

City

State

Zip

Phone

Email

 

1

Melissa

Hunter

Intermediate Unit 01

11 East Penn St., Suite 200

Uniontown

PA

15401

724-437-3237

melissa.hunter@iu1.org

 

2

Tracy

Brezicki

Conroy Education Center

2323 Brighton Road

Pittsburgh

PA

15212

412-529-3173

tbrezecki1@pghschools.org

 

3

Carrie

Frohnapfel

Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3

475 E. Waterfront Drive

Homestead

PA

15120

412-394-4593

carrie.frohnapfel@aiu3.net

 

3

Leanna

Lawson

Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3

475 E. Waterfront Drive

Homestead

PA

15120

412-394-5838

leanna.lawson@aiu3.net

 

4

Bryda

Drumm

Lawrence County Educ. Center

3463 Wilimington Road

New Castle

PA

16105

724-652-3302 x12

bryda.drumm@miu4.org

 

5

Danielle

Cotterill

Northwest Tri-County IU #5

252 Waterford Street

Edinboro

PA

16412

814-734-5610 x8459

danielle_cotterill@iu5.org

 

6

Amy

Smith

Riverview IU 6

270 Mayfield Road

Clarion

PA

16214

814-226-7103/800-672-7123,

amy.smith@riu6.org

 

7

Mindy

McMahen

Westmoreland IU 7

102 Equity Drive

Greensburg

PA

15601

724-836-2460 x2387

mmcmahen@wiu.k12.pa.us

 

8

Mark

DeRubeis

558 East Main Street

 

Somerset

PA

15501

814-940-0223

MDeRubeis@iu08.org

 

9

Brett

Lasko

Box 1566

119 Mechanic Street

Smethport

PA

16749-0566

814-389-1480

blasko@iu9.org

 

10

Erica

Milliron

345 Link Road

 

West Decatur

PA

16878

814-571-6843

emilliron@ciu10.org

 

11

Denise

Shugarts

2527 US Highway 522 S

Box 70A

McVeytown

PA

17051-9717

814-542-2501 or

717-899-7143

dshugarts@tiu11.org

 

12

Tanya

Morret

Box 70

65 Billerbeck St.

New Oxford

PA

17350

  thmorret@iu12.org

 

13

Lucinda

Harnish

1020 New Holland Avenue

 

Lancaster

PA

17601

717-606-1707

'LUCINDA_HARNISH@IU13.O

 

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14

Colleen

Rios

1111 Commons Blvd

P.O. Box 16050

Reading

PA

19612-6050

610-987-8512

colrio@berksiu.org

 

15

Beth-Ann

McConnell

55 Miller St.

PO Box 489

Summerdale

PA

17093-0489

717-732-8400 x 8176

bmcconne@caiu.org

 

16

Michael

Lord

   

Lewisburg

PA

17837

(570) 523-1155 Ext. 2231

mlord@csiu.org

 

17

Jeffrey

Pelly

Granville Summit Office

Box 63, Rt 514 & Cowley Rd

Granville Summit

PA

16926-0063

570-673-6001

jpelly@iu17.org

 

18

Regina

Myers

Luzerne IU #18

368 Tioga Ave

Kingston

PA

18704

570-718-4662

rmyers@liu18.org

 

19

Jessica

Capwell

North Eastern IU #19

1200 Line St.

Archibald

PA

18403

570-876-9308

jcapwell@iu19.org

 

20

Ken

Smith

Colonial IU #20

6 Danforth Drive

Easton

PA

18045-7899

610-515-6502

ksmith@ciu20.org

 

20

Phyllis

Heil-Henry

Colonial IU #20

6 Danforth Drive

Easton

PA

18045-7899

610-252-5550x6425

phenry@ciu20.org

 

21

Amy

Snyder

Carbon Lehigh IU #21

4210 Independence Drive

Schnecksville

PA

18078

610-769-4111

snyderag@cliu.org

 

21

Steve

Hawkes

Carbon Lehigh IU #21

4210 Independence Drive

Schnecksville

PA

18078

610-769-4111

hawkess@cliu.org

 

22

Judy

Heath

Bucks County IU #22

705 Shady Retreat Road

Doylestown

PA

18901

215-348-2940 x 1102

jheath@bucksiu.org

 

23

Sousan

Robinson

Montgomery County IU #23

1605 B W. Main St.

Norristown

PA

19403

610-755-9393

srobinson@mciu.org

 

24

Michelle

Gagliano

Chester County IU 24

455 Boot Road

Downingtown

PA

19335

484-237-5144

MichelleG@cciu.org

 

25

Karen

Neifer

Delaware County IU #25

200 Yale Ave

Morton

PA

19070

610-938-9000 x 2118

 

26

Sonya

Harris- Saunders

School District of Philadelphia IU #26

SDP Office of Specialized Services440 N Broad Street 2nd

floor

Philadelphia

PA

19130

215-400-6086

sharrissaunders@philasd.org

 

27

Carol

Roossin

Beaver Valley IU #27

147 Poplar Drive

Monaca

PA

15061

724-774-7800 x 3026

croossin@bviu.org

 

28

Al

Fiedler

ARIN IU #28

2895 W. Pike

Indiana

PA

15701-9769

724-463-5300

afielder@iu28.org

 

This BEC will explain the reporting requirements for students with disabilities assigned to instruction conducted in the home by the IEP team and students with disabilities who may be assigned to homebound instruction.

Publication: Instruction Conducted in Home_BEC

Video: Intensive Interagency, Homebound Instruction and Instruction Conducted in the Home: Definitions and Regulations

What is the difference between Homebound Instruction and Instruction Conducted in the Home?

  • When referring to a student who receives special education services, the terms Homebound Instruction and Instruction Conducted in the Home are often confused. This fact sheet explains the difference between the two services and provides links to further information.

 

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