Spero Center takes flight in new facility
In September, Spero Center welcomed students back to a fresh, new facility on the ESD 112 campus. An existing office space was converted into a [...]
ESD 112 Audiology students receive a visit from Miss Washington
Shy smiles and excited grins filled a conference room at ESD 112 as Southwest Washington students with hearing impairments and their families met with [...]
Graduation ceremony celebrates outstanding STEPS students
In June, ESD 112's Student Transition Educational Program Services (STEPS) commemorated their students’ accomplishments in a graduation ceremony. This life-changing, community-based program designed for 18-21-year-olds [...]
Spero provides hope for students with school avoidance
Derived from the Latin word for “hope,” Spero was started to help students whose mental health was the biggest barrier to school attendance. The [...]
Quest Academy Finds a Way Through COVID-19
Rewind to Friday, March 12, 2020, when Quest Academy, a therapeutic school program for students with varying degrees of cognition who need behavioral interventions and [...]
Prevent Coalition urges community to “Secure Your Cannabis”
On the heels of April 20 (4/20), a date commonly associated with cannabis, Prevent Coalition is reminding adults in Southwest Washington who have cannabis in [...]
Birth-3 Intervention Services Adapt to a Virtual Structure
As with many programs and services over the past year, ESD 112’s Birth to Three Early Intervention program made the switch from an in-person structure [...]
Spero Center offers FREE interactive webinars for students
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented interruptions to our students’ daily lives. For many students the abrupt change in daily routines, increased social isolation, [...]
Spero Center putting emphasis on students’ mental health
ESD 112’s new Spero Center program, which serves middle and high school-aged youth in Clark and Cowlitz counties who are struggling with mental health issues [...]
ESD 112 launches new therapeutic learning program “Spero” in Clark and Cowlitz counties
ESD 112 has launched a new therapeutic learning program in Clark and Cowlitz counties to support middle- and high school-aged youth who are struggling with [...]
Family resource coordinators are finding new ways to help families
Family Community Resource Coordinator Hilda Lail is still helping families at Harney Elementary during the pandemic, even though the services look a little different now. [...]
STEPS Program provides special ed students a bridge from high school graduation to working world
For 21-year-old Hunter Olin, traditional public school was challenging. As a child, she was diagnosed with a developmental disability, making routine school activities like classroom [...]
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