School Social Work Services are provided by school social workers to parents and students. Oral communication disorders include deficiencies of articulation, voice, fluency and, language. Traumatic Brain Injury and Autism are two recently added categories within the special education arena. Traumatic Brain Injury refers to those injuries to the brain caused by an external force or an internal trauma such as a stroke resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial maladjustment. Autism is a development disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction.
Autism is generally evident by age three and adversely affects learning experiences.
Vision Disabilities serves students who are visually handicapped having disabilities that, even with best corrected acuity or field loss, impairs their educational performance. Medical documentation of visual disability is required along with other procedures related to the assessment for special education needs.