The Ionia County Intermediate School District provides the following services to the students at Portland St. Patrick:
School Social Worker
Kristina Syjud – social worker ksyjud@ioniaisd.org
Speech/Language Therapy
Linda Trierweiler – speech/language ltrierweiler@portlandk12.org
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, my role at St. Patrick School is to provide special education services to students with communication difficulties that interfere with their academics. I work with students from preschool to 12th grade. My caseload may consist of students with delays in speech, using or understanding spoken language, stuttering, and social skills.
Occupational Therapy
Bev Kasper – Occupational Therapist bkasper@ioniaisd.org
School Psychologist
Katie Fischer – School Psychologist kfisher@ioniaisd.org
Teacher Consultant
Title 1
Neil Arnold – Title 1 narnold@portlandk12.org
Hearing Impaired
Lauren Denti – Hearing Impaired
Visually Impaired
Margaret Besson – Visually Impaired mbesson@ioniaisd.org