Welcome to the website for Exceptional Children Have Opportunities (ECHO), a special education cooperative serving students with disabilities and students at-risk for academic challenge in South Suburban Chicago as well as infants, toddlers and their parents through the Family Enrichment program.Our website will provide you a window into the many programs and services available through ECHO for students from our seventeen member school districts and those referred from nonmember school districts.
It is with great pleasure that I serve as the new Executive Director for ECHO.I stand with our educational leadership team and over 500 dedicated professionals in staunch commitment to the provision of quality educational programming and therapeutic services.Since 1967 ECHO has pledged to provide opportunities for exceptional children.We reaffirm our pledge and fully commit to assisting our students in the realization of their potential, assuring high quality teaching and learning and comprehensive support services.Through the collaborative efforts of a strong transdisciplinary team each ECHO program will offer students an appropriately rigorous and relevant curriculum, utilizing 21st century technology and assistive technology supports as part of the program’s comprehensive educational plan. Please visit each program website for more information regarding program offerings and special events.
I look forward to a productive school year and welcome our students, their families and staff back for the 2011/2012 school year.
