Support Services

Support Services

Occupational Therapy
    Occupational therapy is a “related service” to a special education under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Related services are provided when they are needed to assist students in benefiting from their special education program.
    School based therapists look at the underlying skills and issues related to hand function, oral motor control, visual motor and perceptual skills, sensory processing, self-care and pre-vocational tasks in an educational environment. These areas can be addressed through interventions, which may include but are not limited to direct therapy with a child, consultation with the teachers, modification of the environment, use of adaptive equipment, and staff/parent training.

Speech/Language Therapy
    Speech therapy addresses a student’s needs in the areas of articulation, fluency, voice, and receptive and expressive language. Students are recommended for the program through referrals initiated by teachers, counselors and parents. Therapy sessions are typically 30 minutes in length and students attend therapy two to four times per week, depending upon the severity of the delay.
    In addition to individual sessions, speech therapy is provided as a push-in service in the classroom. Students are assisted with written language assignments, following directions and auditory comprehension. Grades K-5 receive a weekly language lesson. Speech/language therapy is a service designed to enable students to experience increased success in the regular education classroom.

Study Support
    This course is a designed to support students in the core courses of Math, Science, History and English through re-teaching and tutoring of the daily lessons provided by the academic teacher. Services are on a 5 to 1 ratio. Individual and small group support allows for the unique opportunity to focus on weaknesses while developing strengths.

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