STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

Supporting learners through individualized programming, services, and opportunities.

Support.
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Individual needs and unique learning profiles are supported through programming and services from specialists.

Include.
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All students are connected to their peers, schools, and community through a variety of learning opportunities and environments

Empower.
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Students develop the tools and strategies to be accountable for their learning, through challenging, yet supportive experiences that blend content, interest, and skill.

2021-2022 course and program offerings

Programming, services, and delivery of support are provided for students who require specialized instruction, curriculum modifications and/or additional remediation through various environments and approaches which include, Strategies Lab, Speech and Language services, Social Cognition groups and co-teaching, as well as more specialized instruction and opportunities in our STAR and VISTA program.  

Co-teaching
Co-teaching is a recommended service which provides specially designed instruction to students in the general education classroom using an inclusive approach.

Strategies Lab                                        
Students must qualify for enrollment into the Strategies Lab service based on evaluation results and recommendations from Student Support Services to provide specially designed instruction in the area of Executive Function Skills. Instruction is delivered through mixed methods of whole groups, small groups, and individually. Students who participate in this service learn and utilize strategies to enhance their academic independence and are expected to manage their time after school to complete their homework and access content specific help from their relevant content area teachers.

Speech & Language (Communication)                                  
Speech and Language (Communication) services are provided to students who are eligible. Skills assessed and addressed through direct instruction and consultation include:
    
Listening Comprehension - Auditory Processing - Oral Expression - Written Expression - Articulation – Cognitive Retraining – *Social Cognition  

*Co-led with Student Adjustment Counselor, small groups focus on direct instruction to improve students’ understanding of themselves and others in a social world, (including knowing that people do not always share points of view). Students learn self management strategies that allow for appropriate behaviors and thinking in order to thrive in higher education,  employment and relationships.

Every effort is made to integrate the student's’ academic objectives into sessions, in order to enhance the effectiveness of services and students’ successes within the high school classroom.


VISTA Program                         Grades 9-12/postsecondary
The VISTA Program is designed for children with moderate to severe cognitive and physical disabilities.  The class is self-contained, but allows for opportunities for inclusion as well as outside activities within the community.

Academically, reading, written language, mathematics, social studies and science are the core, base curricula within the academic day.  A life skills component related to current events, health, nutrition and safety is also targeted in small group instruction. The students practice six targeted areas of independent living: homemaking, health issues and grooming, consumer affairs, money matters, and community and government involvement, which include travel within the area.

Community, life-skill experiences include shopping for the elderly as well as participating in a food bank, recycling and restaurant etiquette. A monthly Teens Night Out is included in the curriculum to foster increased positive, social interactions with peers.  This supervised, Friday night activity, open to students with similar needs in the surrounding districts, offers interactive and entertaining events to build new relationships.



STAR Program                             Grades 9-12/postsecondary         
The STAR (Success through Alternative Resources) Program is for students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. The program strives to have each student reach their highest potential and become a valued member of society.  The program is based on the principles of Applied Behavioral Analysis and provides behavioral interventions, student specific inclusion opportunities, parent support and consultative support to general education teachers.  The STAR Program uses data-based, empirically derived and validated strategies. The teaching methods include but are not limited to task analyzed instruction, discrete trial instruction, fluency based instruction, incidental teaching methods, a rich array of prompting and reinforcement strategies and behavior reduction strategies.

• Community outings
• Vocational / domestic training within the school environment

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