The Exceptional Students Education (ESE) Department is part of Student Intervention Services. The department oversees the implementation of policies and procedures related to Florida statutes or State Board of Education rules affecting programs for exceptional students, including gifted students. Specifically, the department works with schools and parents to ensure that students with disabilities and gifted students receive the appropriate educational opportunities and related services through the IEP and/or EP process.

FDLRS Early Childhood Training for Parents and Teachers

2023-2024 ESE Parent Survey

The 2023-2024 ESE Parent Survey is open beginning March 1, 2024, and will close on June 30, 2024. The survey can be completed on the web or mobile phone by visiting http://bit.ly/2024parentsurvey.

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• Acronyms in Exceptional Student Education

• ESE Matriculation Process

• ESE Placement and Program Options

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Gifted Students

• Hospital/Homebound Program

• OCSD LRE Checklist Template

• OCSD Response to FLDOE's On-Site Visit

• Records Request

• Student Intervention Services

• Transition Services

• Transportation

• Child Find Brochure

  • Road through Child Find

• Family Empowerment Scholarship

• Welcome

  • Please take this brief survey after watching the video

• Diploma Options

  • Please take this brief survey after watching the video

• Transition

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• Child Find

  • Please take this brief survey after watching the video

• Military Compact

• Notice of Procedural Safeguards for Parents of Students w/Disabilities

• Notice of Procedural Safeguards for Parents of Students w/Disabilities (Other Languages)

• Okaloosa BPIE

• PKD ESE Parent Handbook / Espanol

• P&P - Policies and Procedures 2023 – 2023-2024 through 2025-2026

• Transportation Flyer

• Quality Individual Educational Plans (QIEP)

• Matrix

• Accommodations

• Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS)

• Autism

  • Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)

  • FSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

• Florida Diagnostic Learning Resource System (FDLRS)

• Florida Inclusion Network (FIN)

• Florida School Choice

• Military Families

• Panhandle Area Education Consortium (PAEC)

• Parent Agency Book

• SED Network (SEDNET)

• PEER Instruction Videos

  • For more information, please contact Judy Peacock, ESE Program Director at 850.833.5866

Kathy Ard, Director, ESE
850.833.3164

Judy Peacock, Program Director, ESE
850.833.3164

Catherine McLane, ESE Specialist
850.833.3164

Christa Bass, ESE Payroll Secretary
850.833.5899

Robbie Sotelo, ESE Bookkeeper
850.833.5893

Christa Richards, Document/ Data Technician
850.226.4835
Public Records Request