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Focus
Day SchoolD-BIntellectual DisabilityMultiple DisabilitiesOther Health ImpairmentOrthopedic ImpairmentS/LTraumatic Brain Injury
Area
Loves Park, IL
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 disabilitiesAdults with severe and profound intellectual disabilitiesMedically complex individuals with developmental disabilities
Setting
Combination
On-site therapies
Physical therapySensory stimulationActive treatment and therapeutic interventions
Services
24-hour skilled nursing careResidential careAdult day training programNon-public approved school with IEPsSensory programsSpecialized medically complex care
Programs
Non-public approved school (IEP-based)Adult day training programSensory programs
Founded
1971
Accreditations & approvals
Licensed as a Medically Complex Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (MC/DD) by the Illinois Department of Public HealthState-approved non-public school2025 AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award
Phone
815-633-6636
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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