The mission of the Navajo County Special Services Consortium is to provide Related Services to the exceptional children in Navajo and Apache Counties. The Consortium was formed in 1988 and has grown each year.

The Consortium serves thirty school districts members in Navajo and Apache counties in Northeastern Arizona. At present the Consortium employees approximately 40 therapists - 20 of who are Speech-Language Pathologists. The remainders are Occupational Therapists, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists and School Psychologists. The services provided may consist of three types of therapy: A. Evaluations; B. 50% Evaluations/50%Services; C. Direct Services.

The categories of the children range from Learning Disabled to Multiple Disabled. The age of the children range from preschool to 21 years old. However, the majorities have been from preschool to 8th grade.

Specialist may work with several different schools depending on the need for services at each school. The normal working hours are 8:30AM to 4:00PM. Personnel working for the Navajo County Special Services Consortium have a 185 working day contract. Below is a listing of the schools that we service.

Positions are available in Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy. For more information contact Jeff Meeks, Director at director1@citlink.net or Olivia Jaquez, Office Manager at specialservices1@citlink.net or call 928-524-2123. The mailing address is Navajo County Special Services Consortium, P. O. Box 668, Holbrook, AZ 86025.

For more information, please visit the Special Services Consortium Web site.