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Services
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) provides
a wide range of programs for children with hearing
impairments,
including a parent-infant program for babies and
toddlers, and special class programs for preschool
youngsters
ages three to five. At elementary and secondary levels
there are special classes, resource room assistance,
and/or support from an itinerant auditory teacher
in the student's home school. Oral/aural, total communication,
and cued speech programs are available.
Vision - there
are a range of programs available for visually
impaired children as well as children
with
a visual disability and other learning problems.
Orientation and mobility training is available
to all visually
impaired students as needed and itinerant services
are available to students in all grades.
Physical
Disabilities services are
provided to students with physical disabilities
that range
from consultation
with classroom teachers to occupational and physical
therapy or services in the local schools that
have been modified for full access for these students.
Students are integrated into the general school
program as much
as their physical ability allows.
Speech and Language services
are provided to children with a communication disorder
involving
poor articulation,
language, voice, or fluency. Services range
from consultation to direct intervention in
the local
school setting
to placement in a special class for the majority
of the day.
InterACT, the Interdisciplinary
Augmentative Communication and Technology Team collaborates
with school teams
to support students with severe communication
disabilities to increase their ability to communicate
through
augmentative and other assistive technology
systems
and strategies.
The Infants and Toddlers Program serves
children with developmental delays from birth to
age
3 using a home-based
model of services. The program emphasizes
parent involvement and is based on the philosophy
that a parent can be
a child's most effective teacher in the natural
setting.
Child Find works
with children between the ages of three and five.
The Child Find
office conducts
developmental
screening and refers the child to an interagency
assessment team or the local school.
The Preschool Education Program offers
a variety of preschool classes and programs for children
with disabilities
ages 3-5. These include the Preschool
Education Program (PEP) which serves children
with
developmental delays,
including classes for students with intensive
needs and the medically fragile; the
Beginnings classes
for children with significant physical
and
cognitive disabilities,
Early Childhood classes and the Preschool
Intensive Speech and Language program.
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