We do not accept children who have only an attention problem. We do accept children who have a learning disability and an attention deficit. We have found that a large number of learning disabilities are language based. We believe that oral communication, comprehension of language, vocabulary development, and conversational skills should be a part of the program. Each class has a speech-language pathologist assigned to it.
Children receive individual or small group services as needed.
Much of the language work is done in the classroom with the teacher and the speech-language pathologist working together. All teachers in the Wardlaw School must have a master's degree or above in learning disabilities, special education, speech-language pathology or reading. The Atlanta Speech School requires continuing education. There is no single method of teaching that is appropriate for every child with a learning disability. We believe in using the child's learning profile, obtained through diagnostic evaluation and placement testing, to determine the methods used.