Empowering districts for the best outcomes for students with disabilities. The School Association for Special Educationin DuPage County is a cooperative of 18 school districts providingservices to 6,442 students with disabilities in DuPage County,Illinois.A complete continuum of services is provided for all students withdisabilities ages 3-21. Member districts provide special educationand related services to the majority of students with disabilities.SASED, as an extension of each member district, provides programsand services for students with moderate and severe disabilities,and for students whose behavior requires an alternative setting.SASED also operates specialized programs on a regional basis forstudents with severe hearing, vision and orthopedic disabilities.Private placement opportunities are also utilized, whenappropriate.SASED's philosophical base is that, to the greatest extentpossible, students are educated in general attendance centers asclose to the students' homes as possible.SASED is governed by a Board of Control, which includes onerepresentative from each member district. The Board meets monthlyand functions similarly to a local school districtboard.