The Special Education Department at Hartford Public Schools works to provide all students with disabilities, a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. This requires that programs and services be delivered in a variety of settings designed to meet the needs of individual students. Hartford Public Schools through collaboration with Van Buren Intermediate School District offers local district programming and services in the following areas to eligible students:

• Speech & Language Therapy

• School Social Work Services

• Occupational Therapy

• Physical Therapy

• School Psychologist

• Teacher Consultant Services for the Visually Impaired

• Orientation and Mobility Services

• Teacher Consultant Services for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing

• Other Teacher Consultant Services (ASD, CI, EI, or Transition)

• Elementary or Secondary Resource Programming

• Instructional Specialist Inclusion Services (Special Ed. Teacher Consultant)

For more information, please contact:

Nancy Ely
Supervisor of Special Education 
(269) 621-7144
Email Nancy Ely