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Occupational Therapy
This program utilizes a neurological approach that facilitates development of sensory-motor skills. Academic performance in reading, writing, and math is greatly enhanced by integration of tactile, spatial, visual, and motor processing skills.
Students perform activities which stimulate movement, posture, endurance, balance, bilateral integration, spatial organization, eye-hand coordination, visual tracking, visual perception, and fine motor skills. 
Improvement in these areas supports handwriting legibility, typing, handling utensils, tying shoe laces, and bike riding.
Older students participate in functional groups that are activity-based and provide practical experiences. Skills addressed include making/keeping appointments, reading maps, using directories and signs, following schedules, and handling money.
Speech/Language
The primary goal of the Speech/Language program is to support development of language and literacy skills necessary for effective classroom performance. Reading and written language problems are often due to dyslexia spectrum disorders. Dyslexia is defined as a language disorder related to the way the brain processes phonological information and may range from a severe reading disability to moderate interferences in spelling and/or written expression. In order for dyslexic students to learn to read and write successfully, direct instruction is essential. Language therapists provide training either individually or in small groups. The therapists also serve as consultants to the teaching staff regarding educational planning for individual language needs in the classroom.
Skills are addressed in the following areas:
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