The SSD Parent Education and Diversity Awareness program maintains an online Parent Handbook that aims to keep parents and the community informed about a broad range of special education and disability matters.

View each section of the handbook using the links below. Additional resources are also available throughout this section using the links to the left.

If you do not see information or resources you were looking for or would like to talk with someone from the Parent Education and Diversity Awareness program, please contact us at 314.989.8460 or ssdpeda@ssdmo.org.

• Section 1: Overview of Special School District
  
  
• Section 2: Evaluation
  
  
• Section 3: IEP Process
  
  
• Section 4: Information & Resources by Educational Category
  
  
• Section 5: Transition
  
  
• Section 6: Terms & Acronyms