About River Bend
River Bend Education District Mission Statement
Collaborating, leading, and serving students and families through specialized instruction and programs to achieve the maximum potential of each student.
River Bend Education District provides a wide variety of special education and related services to our member districts, students and their families. We are committed to ensuring that comprehensive child find activities occur in order to properly identify students who qualify for special education service and that qualifying students receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in their least restrictive environment.
River Bend Education District provides the following special education and related services/resources to our member districts: (Click here to see Special Education Service Descriptions)
- Director of Special Education
- Assistive Technology Consultant
- Home Based Infant Teachers
- Speech/Language Pathologist
- Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- School Psychologists
- Physical and Other Health Impaired Consultant
- Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist
- Behavior Consultants
- Business Manager/School Finance Consultation
River Bend has the following special education programs located within the Education District facility:
- Imprints Program (Grades K-12)
- Raptor Program
- RISE Program – Reaching Independence through Structured Education (Grades K-12)
- WORK Program – World Of Responsible Kids
RBED serves the following school districts:
Section 504 is a federal anti-discrimination law that protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (29 USC §794,701 et seq.). It requires a school district to provide a “free and appropriate education,” (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability who is in the recipient’s jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the student’s disability (34 C.F.R. § 104.33(a). Under Section 504, FAPE means providing regular or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities as adequately as the needs of individuals without disabilities. 34 C.F.R. § 104.33(b)(1)(i).
