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Focus
Day School D-B Intellectual Disability Multiple Disabilities Other Health Impairment Orthopedic Impairment S/L Traumatic Brain Injury
Description
ISBE-approved nonpublic special-education facility (day school), serving students with d-b, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, other health impairment, orthopedic impairment, s/l. Illinois districts can place and fund students here under Section 14-7.02.
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Walter Lawson Children's Home is a licensed residential and day facility in Loves Park, Illinois serving children and adults with severe, profound intellectual, and medically complex developmental disabilities. It provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, an approved day school, adult day training, and therapeutic programs.
Leadership
Joseph Meyers — Executive Director
Teri Nelson — Director of Nursing
Stefanie McKinney — Assistant Director of Nursing
Kiimberly Waterson — QIDP, Director
Denise Beard — CDS Administrator/QIDP
Jerico Burog — Activity Director
Jose Castaneda — Facilities Director
Staff
Roschelle Gomez-Duffy — QIDP
Kathryn Krause — Dietary Manager
Carley Buss — Business Office Manager
Mark Venadas — Physical Therapist
Populations served
Children with profound developmental disabilities Adults with severe and profound intellectual disabilities Medically complex individuals with developmental disabilities
On-site therapies
Physical therapy Sensory stimulation Active treatment and therapeutic interventions
Services
24-hour skilled nursing care Residential care Adult day training program Non-public approved school with IEPs Sensory programs Specialized medically complex care
Programs
Non-public approved school (IEP-based) Adult day training program Sensory programs
Accreditations & approvals
Licensed as a Medically Complex Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (MC/DD) by the Illinois Department of Public Health State-approved non-public school 2025 AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award
Highlights
Serves 85+ residents from Illinois and neighboring states; operating for more than half a century since 1971.
Approach
Advancing the health and well-being of those served through compassion, respect, integrity, quality, community, innovation, and empowerment.
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