The Auditory Integration Clinic is for children who have not yet learned to differentiate sounds, such as the teacher's voice from the background noise in a classroom. Through specially prepared audio tapes to which they listen once a day for 10 minutes, the children increase their ability to isolate and respond to specific sounds. It is highly effective for children diagnosed with dyslexia. All special education teachers are trained in Orton-Gillingham phonics which makes up a significant portion of our special education intervention. Classroom teachers combine phonics and whole language instruction for classroom reading instruction.
Teachers accentuate the positive in each child.
All teachers receive special training in perceptual development. Development optometrists and other specialists visit the school regularly to work with the students. The school opened fall 1994.