Special Services

Mission Statement

The Braintree Special Services Department is committed to providing students with disabilities with a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. Deliberately planned around our District Core Values and Mission Statement, learning opportunities are designed to meet students’ unique needs in the least restrictive environment.

Vision Statement

The Braintree Special Services Department seeks to assess students accurately to determine eligibility for special education, using data to drive eligibility determination and  decision-making regarding Individual Education Program (IEP) development. The Department strives to ensure that each student’s IEP is appropriately ambitious, crafted to consider the student’s individual circumstances, and designed to enable each student the opportunity to work toward challenging objectives appropriate to the student’s individual needs.

Petra W Platt, EdD
Director of Special Services
Braintree Public Schools
Parent's Notice of Procedural Safeguards - English and Translated Versions 

• Quick Reference Guide on new IEP procedures

• DESE - Parent Information Page - Special Education 

• Parent's Notice of Procedural Safeguards

• DESE IEP Improvement Project

• Mass Referral Evaluation and Eligibility Determination Guideline