Specialized Services & Staffing

• Assistive Technology Library
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  Assistive Technology Library

  An AT Library provides districts with access to technology, tools, and software for trial use.

• Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC)
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  Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC)

  AAC specialists examine all the different ways individuals with significant speech and language needs may communicate. Systems include unaided systems such as gestures, body language, and sign language and aid aided systems, such as text-to-voice computers, picture communication, and speech-generating devices.

• Autism/Neurodiversity
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  Autism/Neurodiversity

  Certified specialists serve students with disability-related needs in the areas of social and emotional learning, self-regulation, social communication, flexibility of mind, sensory processing, and executive functioning. Both in-service work and coaching are available.

• Educational Audiology
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  Educational Audiology

  Following federal and state guidelines, the Audiologist may select, fit, and verify personal assistive listening devices, provide on-site visits to monitor the function of any hearing equipment, and coordinate repair and maintenance as needed. Most importantly, they provide hands-on support for classroom and special education teachers who work with hearing-impaired students. Audiologists also provide services to support student goals and objectives.

• Occupational Therapy
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  Occupational Therapy

  Occupational therapists use purposeful activity to facilitate a child's active participation in self-maintenance, academic and vocational pursuit, and play or leisure activities that occur in school environments. School occupational therapists collaborate with parents, teachers, and other educational staff to help implement a child's special education program.

• Physical Therapy
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  Physical Therapy

  Physical therapy is a service provided to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education. School physical therapy focuses on a child's ability to move as independently as possible in the school environment. Physical therapy interventions are designed to enable the student to travel throughout the school environment, participate in classroom activities, maintain and change positions in the classroom, and well as manage stairs, recess, and the cafeteria.

• Professional Resource Center (PRC)
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  Professional Resource Center (PRC)

  The Professional Resource Center (PRC) is an instructional materials library for both special and regular education classrooms to use to support students. School districts can get the most out of their ever-tightening budget by borrowing anything from listening devices and learning kits to board games and books from the PRC.

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• School Counseling
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  School Counseling

  School counselors' duties are focused on the overall delivery of the total program through school counseling, core curriculum, individual student planning, and responsive services. They help all students in the areas of academic achievement, career, and social-emotional development, ensuring today's students become the productive, well-adjusted adults of tomorrow.

• School Psychology
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  School Psychology

  School psychologists are uniquely qualified members of school teams who can provide direct educational, behavioral, and mental health services for children and youth. They also work with families, school administrators, educators, and other professionals to create supportive learning and social environments for all students.

• School Social Work
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  School Social Work

  Children today are subjected many social forces that negatively affect their capacity to learn. The unmet physical and emotional needs of students can interfere with their academic performance and ability to succeed in school.

  School Social Workers are trained mental health professionals with a degree in social work who provide services related to a person's social, emotional and life adjustment to school and/or society. School Social Workers are the link between home, school and community in providing direct and indirect services to students, families and school personnel to promote and support students' academic and social success.

• Services for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
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  Services for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

  Professional staff supporting students who are blind or visually impaired include qualified teachers and Orientation and Mobility Specialists. The Expanded Core Curriculum for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired includes areas needed specifically for student success beyond the academic curriculum. Braille translation services are also available. 

• Services for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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  Services for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  CESA 2 teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing collaborate with the IEP team and provide direct service to students with hearing loss, as well as determine appropriate modifications and accommodations, to improve student outcomes. 

• Speech/Language Therapy
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  Speech/Language Therapy

  Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the public schools work to assess and treat speech and language disorders including: articulation/phonological disorders, disorders in language-learning; pragmatic/social communication disorders, cognitivecommunication/executive functioning disorders, voice disorders, fluency/stuttering disorders, and augmentative-communication (AAC) needs.

• Trauma Sensitive Schools (TSS) Series: Returning Teams (Cohort 1 - 5)

  Jan 27 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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• Transition Talks: Entire Series (2:30pm - 3:15pm Sessions)

  Jan 27 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

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• Transition Talks: Transition Resources for Middle School Case Managers (2:30pm-3:15pm)

  Jan 27 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

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• Transition Talks: Entire Series (3:30pm - 4:15pm Sessions)

  Jan 27 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

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