CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SERVICES
School for the Deaf
1800 East 10th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
1-605-367-5200
http://www.sdbor.edu/institutions/sdsd.htm
South Dakota Advocacy Services
221 S. Central Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
1-605-224-829
www.sdadvocacy.com
South Dakota Parent Connection
3701 W. 49th Street Suite 102
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
1-605-361-3171
www.sdparent.org
Center for Disabilities
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
http://www.usd.edu/cd/
South Dakota School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired
423 17th Avenue S.E.
Aberdeen, SD 57401-7699
1-888-275-3815
www.sdsbvi.sdbor.edu
Special Education Programs
Department of Education
Office of Educational Services and Supports
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
1-605-773-3678
www.state.sd.us/deca/special
Children's Special Health Services
S.D. Children's Specialty Clinics
Sanford Hospital
P.O. Box 5039
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5039
PARENT RESOURCES
What is an IEP?
IEP refers to a child's Individual Education Plan. These IEP's are made when a learning difficulty has been identified. Teachers, parents, and student meet together to figure out how to respond to these learning challenges. The idea is that with different teaching methods, the child can learn more, the parents are made aware of needs that they may help with, and the teachers can facilitate a better learning environment.
There is no shame in having a learning difficulty any more than one should be ashamed he or she has to wear eye glasses or has diabetes. Many learning difficulties originate in that being just the way we are wired. Talking together and working together to find a way to help the child learn is the most important thing.