Special Education

  • Special education programs, designed to meet all state and federal mandates, are available for students with special needs. Special education teachers are trained to work with physically, mentally, and behaviorally challenged students. These teachers provide supplemental instruction to students in the regular classroom and special instruction to students whose educational needs require a modified program. Teaching assistants work with classroom teachers to extend additional assistance to students.

  • Special Education Office: Room 110
    Department Phone: 847-755-5836
    Department Chair: Elise Hackl-Blumstein
    Department Chair Phone: 224-653-5501  Email: ehacklblumstein@d211.org

Special Education Faculty

  • - class schedules updated January 2025

Special Education Teacher Assistants Listing

Name Email
Andrea Abogado aabogado@d211.org
Ann Marie Coleman acoleman@d211.org
Tara Corwine tcorwine@d211.org
Caroline Cudney ccudney@d211.org
Whitney Dempsey wdempsey@d211.org
Yasnaya Gilbert ygilbert@d211.org
Alex Gonzalez agonzalez@d211.org
Edward Green egreen@d211.org
Mia Kinley mkinley@d211.org
Christine A. Kramer cakramer@d211.org
Brian Larson blarson@d211.org
Erin C. Lyons elyons@d211.org
Deborah L. Mallquist dmallquist@d211.org
Kathleen McGowan kmcgowan@d211.org
Jarman McMillon jmcmillon@d211.org
Frank Medina fmedina@d211.org
Kristin Milhousen kmilhousen@d211.org
Katie Miller kmiller2@d211.org
Roxanne C. Miller rmiller@d211.org
Michael Moffett mmoffett@d211.org
Name Email
J. P. Moore j.p.moore@d211.org
Leslie Neilsen lneilsen@d211.org
Brittany Papa bpapa@d211.org
Aleksander Piotrowski apiotrowski@d211.org
Benjamin Rago brago@d211.org
Michelle Rodriguez mrodriguez@d211.org
Tom Rossi trossi@d211.org
Deborah M. Salter-Green dsaltergreen@d211.org
Susan A. Sorci ssorci@d211.org
Jayme L. Spitzer jspitzer@d211.org
Patricia A. Susmarski psusmarski@d211.org
Lisa E. Tabrosky ltabrosky@d211.org
Kristin Thomas kathomas@d211.org
Christiana K. True ctrue@d211.org
James Truesdell jtruesdell@d211.org
Natalie Wandel nwandel@d211.org
Nicole M. Witt nwitt@d211.org