Metrokids - Guide to Schools Fall 2018

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Schools For Learning Differences This chart lists schools for students who struggle in a traditional classroom environment or have been diagnosed with learning challenges such as dyslexia or ADHD.

KEY:

Support Services = Medical staff/Nursing = Counseling = Art Therapy = Music Therapy = Animal/Dog Therapy = Hippotherapy = Occupational Therapy = Physical Therapy = Speech Therapy

Tuition

FAO = Financial aid offered

Use the key below to navigate the information, including special needs served, and get more info about each school at MetroKids.com/specialneedsschools.

Other Services = Residential = Extended Day = Summer Program = Transportation

Special Needs Served ASP AUT COM DD EMO HI LD NI PDD VI

Asperger syndrome Autism Communication/social disorder Developmental disability Emotional/behavioral disorder Hearing impairment/deaf Learning disability/ADHD Neurological impairment Pervasive development disorder Visual impairment/blind

FAPE = Free Appropriate Public Ed.

Learning Strategies ABA = Applied Behavior Analysis, behavior improvement through interventions based on learning theory Academic Club = learning model emphasizes the arts and hands-on experiential learning Association Method = phonics-based, multisensory curriculum to teach oral and written communication Lindamood-Bell = strategy that develops sensory-cognitive processes that underlie reading & comprehension Orton-Gillingham = multisensory, sequential, language-based reading approach PBIS = Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports, evidence-based interventions to enhance learning and behavior Read 180 = three-pronged strategic intervention for struggling readers SPA = Safe & Positive Approaches, comprehensive crisis-prevention program T2C = Transition to college Wilson Reading = structured, remedial research-based reading & writing program

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www.agora.org

844-462-4672 A Tuition Free Pennsylvania Public School

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