{"id":139,"date":"2025-11-18T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:53:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporting Every Learner, Partnering with Every Family!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Welcome to the Richland Parish Special Education Department.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mission is to ensure that every student with a disability receives a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. 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Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/2026\/02\/09\/stepping-into-aac-week-15\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t<div class=\"wpcp-single-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpcp-slide-image\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/2026\/01\/12\/stepping-into-aac\/\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-12-10.46.18-drive.google.com-2579f546c2d3-e1768236503409.jpg\" title=\"2026-01-12 10.46.18 drive.google.com 2579f546c2d3\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\">\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpcp-all-captions\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wpcp-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/author\/acardin\/\">\n\t\t\tBy Anna Cardin\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2026-01-12T16:50:30+00:00\">\n\t\t\t\tOn January 12, 2026\t\t\t<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<h2 class=\"wpcp-post-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/2026\/01\/12\/stepping-into-aac\/\">\n\t\tStepping into AAC- Week 14\t<\/a>\n<\/h2>\n\t<div class='wpcp-post-content'>\n\t<p>Source Attribution: These resources are part of the &#8220;Stepping into AAC&#8221; initiative, a collaborative project by the Angelman Syndrome Foundation and Kate Ahern, MS.Ed. 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Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/2026\/01\/12\/stepping-into-aac\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t<div class=\"wpcp-single-item\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpcp-slide-image\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/2025\/12\/01\/richland-parish-student-wins-2nd-place-in-governors-office-of-disability-affairs-art-contest\/\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/download-e1764617078735.webp\" title=\"download\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\">\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpcp-all-captions\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wpcp-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/author\/acardin\/\">\n\t\t\tBy Anna Cardin\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-01T18:48:14+00:00\">\n\t\t\t\tOn December 1, 2025\t\t\t<\/time><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<h2 class=\"wpcp-post-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/sped\/2025\/12\/01\/richland-parish-student-wins-2nd-place-in-governors-office-of-disability-affairs-art-contest\/\">\n\t\tRichland Parish student wins 2nd place in Governor&#8217;s Office of Disability Affairs Art Contest.\t<\/a>\n<\/h2>\n\t<div class='wpcp-post-content'>\n\t<p>Article posted by: myarklamiss.com &#8211; A Richland Parish student has placed 2nd in the Governor\u2019s Office of Disability Affairs Art Contest. 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