Life Skills
Besides the academic nature of the school programs, students are instructed in practical and functional living skills in order to prepare them for future adult environments in the home, community and work place. These programs include:
Pre-vocational skills
Career exploration
Activities of Daily
Living Community-Based Instruction
Self-care skills
Leisure and recreational skills
Functional math, such as learning time
and money skills
Functional reading, such as learning
to complete job applications and read
bus schedules
Work-related behaviors
Shopping skills
Cooking skills
Laundry skills
Technology
We incorporate technology into all of our classrooms and therapy areas. Each classroom has a flat screen television with a DVD player. Computers are in every room. Touch screens and other adaptive devices are used so that the computer is accessible to everyone.
Augmentative devices are being used by some of our students. Our speech therapists will recommend evaluations for augmentative devices for our students who need them. They are also able to program the devices for the student in order to implement them. The use of the I-Pod as a device to help our students facilitate communication is also being explored by our therapists.
The occupational and physical therapists use the Wii Fit System as part of our students therapy. This is a great motivator for our students. They feel like they are playing but they are really working on improving their motor skills.
Our Curriculum
Academic Programs
The school academic program covers all of the following subject areas:
Literacy/Reading Language Arts Handwriting Mathematics Social Studies |
World Language Science Computers Health |
Certified teachers assisted by trained paraprofessionals provide individualized and small group instruction in a small class setting. A multi-sensory approach is used with individualized and modified techniques. A wide variety of materials are used to help each child to reach his or her full academic potential.
Some of the standard educational programs, as well as state-of-the-art-programs, that are used:
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Edmark Reading Program Milestones Reading Program PCI Reading Program Wilson Reading Program Discrete Trial Trainer Intellitools |
Spectrum Math Touch Point Math Unique Learning System Handwriting Without Tears Steck Vaughn Materials Low Level High Interest Materials |
