Laurel Regional Special Education Center

Established in the 1970s the Laurel Regional Program is made up of students from the Central Virginia Area. Students in the Laurel Regional Program have complex health needs, severe behaviors and other factors which prevent them from participating in the general education curriculum in any area at their home schools. LAUREL is a regional public education program. It is governed by its own school board with five areas school divisions represented. The LAUREL program provides classroom instruction for regional students, ages 2-21, who are severely and profoundly mentally or physically handicapped or autistic. In addition to the specialized classroom program, other services available to eligible students include speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision services and services for the hearing impaired. LAUREL also offers occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision services, and services for the hearing impaired on an itinerant basis to participating school divisions.