Guest guest Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Dear Jeanne- As you know, I work for the Ridgefield Public Schools, in addition to my private practice. We are looking into piloting a new classroom for 5-8 year olds with severe communication needs that have low average to average cognitive skills. This would include children with Apraxia, oral motor issues, high functioning Down's Syndrome and /or Cerebral Palsy. The classroom will be designed to include PROMPT, oral motor and feeding therapies with a teacher who also has experience working with apraxic children. Children should have a classification of CI, MD, LLD, or OHI to enter this classroom. This will not be a preschool. It is for those children who have issues in the mainstream setting due to severe motor based speech issues , but are too high functioning for a traditional self contained Autistic or MD class. We have speech pathologists on staff who have been trained in apraxia including Sara methodologies, Hammer, Kaufman and PROMPT training. The classroom staff will be trained to carryout carryover of specialized speech strategies for total communication throughout the day. This will be the pioneer program that parents are always looking for ! Parents who are interested should contact myself, or Pat Drimones, Director of Special Education , with the Ridgefield Public Schools. robynslp95@... pdrimones@... Respectfully, Robyn Merkel-Walsh MA, CCC-SLP Certified SRJ/Talk Tools Therapist /Instructor-Level 6 PROMPT Certified/Level 1 Beckman Trained Myofunctional, Feeding and Oral Motor Therapy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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