Programs and Services

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy helps people improve their ability to perform tasks in their surrounding environments. Occupational therapists evaluate children's capabilities, recommend and provide therapy, modify classroom equipment and help children participate in school activities. Occupational therapists provide therapy to children who have or are at risk of having, developmental delays. Occupational therapists in schools collaborate with teachers, special educators, interpreters, other school personnel and parents to develop and implement individual or group programs provide counseling and support classroom activities.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapy helps children who have problems with balance, coordination, muscle strength, and gross motor skills. Interventions may include therapeutic exercise, functional training, manual therapy techniques, assistive and other adaptive devices. Physical therapists in schools collaborate with teachers, special educators, interpreters, other school personnel, and parents to develop and implement individual or group programs, provide counseling and support classroom activities.

Speech Therapy

Speech therapy is intended to assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent disorders related to speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency. Speech therapists teach children how to make sounds, improve their voices, how to strengthen muscles or use compensatory strategies to swallow without choking or inhaling food or liquid. Speech therapists work one on one with children to help improve their receptive, expresive and articulation delays. Speech therapists in schools collaborate with teachers, special educators, interpreters, other school personnel, and parents to develop and implement individual or group programs, provide counseling and support classroom activities.

Counseling

Licensed clinical social workers provide counseling services to assist children in dealing with stress and/or emotional issues improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families. Licensed clinical social workers will often serve as the link between students' families and the school, working with parents, guardians, teachers and other school officials to ensure that students reach their academic and personal potential. Many school social workers work directly with children with disabilities and their families, along with teachers, special educators and other school personnel.

SEIT Services

A SEIT (Special Education Itinerant Teacher) is a special education teacher specializing in working with children in their natural settings and environments. This may include a child's home, nursery school or summer camp. A SEIT will work with the child in a classroom setting providing structured guidance that focuses on both academic and social issues. SEITs will collaborate with teachers, interpreters, other school personnel and parents to develop and implement individual or group programs, provide counseling and support classroom activities.