Special Education
At the Apple Valley Center for Special Kids, we are dedicated to providing Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) that are centered on a personalized, differentiated, balanced, and relevant curriculum. Our primary focus is on enhancing motor, cognitive, social, and academic skills for all students. Our Special education programs are meticulously crafted to accommodate the diverse learning styles and needs of each student facing various learning challenges.
Here are the key areas covered in our Special Education programs:
- Cognitive Skills: Targeting improvements in memory usage, decision-making, task planning, problem-solving, and organizational abilities.
- Communication and Social Skills: Enhancing the expression of needs and wants through speech, visual supports, signs, or alternative means. Fostering skills in reading with understanding, conveying ideas in writing, active listening, conflict resolution, cooperative play, and social interaction.
- Academic Skills: Improving essential literacy, reading, writing, comprehension, and functional math and numeracy skills.
Self-Help and Lifelong Learning Skills: Cultivating independence in daily living skills and self-care. Developing hygiene practices, competence in using information and communication technology (ICT), and vocational skills.
- Physical Development: Focusing on the refinement of fine and gross motor skills through structured and exploratory play, as well as engaging in physical activities.
Benefits of Special Education:
- Our licensed Special Educators possess specialized training in the field to meet the unique needs of each child.
- Instruction is tailored to the individual student, ensuring a customized learning experience.
- Special Educators provide full-time specialized support, and special resources are employed to support learning across all areas of development.