Welcome to the Exceptional Child Services home page. Our mission is to improve outcomes for children with disabilities by ensuring equal access to education and assisting teachers with unlocking learning one child at a time via various strategies. We know that exceptional children can learn but may learn differently and we work collaboratively to determine the best strategies for each individual child. Our most important role is to advocate for our students by having high expectations for their academic learning as well as communication, social/emotional, behavioral and vocational functioning!

This site is designed to assist parents, prospective parents, teachers, other educators, and students. We hope that you find resources that meet your needs. If you have other items you would like to see on our website, please contact Stephanie Barrows, Director of Exceptional Child Services, via email or call 502-633-2375.

The WHAS Crusade for Children Grant awarded Shelby County Public Schools $80,000 for the 2024-2025 school year. These grant funds continue to help us meet the needs of groups of our students with special needs by funding part or all of our sensory rooms, assistive technology needs, curricular needs, transition programs and social skills resources. Shelby County Public Schools thanks the WHAS Crusade for Children for their continued support of our students with special needs!

2024-2025 Award Amount: $80,000

2023-2024 Award Amount:  $80,000

2022-2023 Award Amount:  $74,000

2021-2022 Award Amount:  $74,000

2020-2021 Award Amount:  $75,000

2019-2020 Award Amount:  $75,000

2018-2019 Award Amount:  $62,400

2017-2018 Award Amount:  $80,000