Skylands School for The Exceptional:

A SCHOOL DEDICATED TO SERVING CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

A PROGRAM OF THE Passaic County Educational Services Commission

1037 Route 46 East, Suite C-201

Clifton, New Jersey 07013

 

All students need to experience success. Give them that chance at a program that works,

SKYLANDS SCHOOL FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL

Skylands School for the Exceptional is a full day program dedicated to providing the finest possible educational experience for children identified as Multiply Disabled and/or Medically Fragile. The mission of the school is to improve the quality of life for each student through a program that provides a highly structured and caring learning environment. A transdisciplinary approach is utilized whereby all staff – Teacher, Speech and Language Specialist, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Registered Nurse, and Teacher Assistants – work together towards the development and implementation of curriculum to meet the unique needs of each student.

Outstanding features of the program

Ø Nurturing and supportive environment

Ø One-to-one and small group instruction based upon individual student needs

Ø Small class size

Ø Registered nurse in the classroom at all times

Ø A curriculum that provides for the development of:

 

- Communication skills through the use of PECS (Picture Exchange System). Total communication, Auditory Process Training, and Augmentative Communication

- Cognitive skills

- Fine and gross motor skills

- Self-help skills

- Social skills

Ø Extensive sensory integration training in a multi-sensory environment

Ø Transdisciplinary support services that include Speech and Language therapy as well as Occupational therapy, Physical therapy

        *2 individual sessions each per week are included in tuition for speech, OT& PT (additional sessions will be billed separately)

Ø Continual student monitoring

Ø Daily communication and involvement with the home

Ø Positive personal relationship between staff, students and their families

Ø M.O.V.E. (Movement Opportunities Via Education)

Ø FIELA Curriculum (Flexible Individual Enriched Level Appropriate          Curriculum)

Ø Extended School Year (4-hour school day lasting 4 weeks during summer vacation)

        -    Provides an additional opportunity for skill maintenance

        -    Related services (speech therapy, OT & PT) maintained on a 2/3 session schedule

 

This is the opportunity for a Multiply Disabled and/or Medically Fragile student to be placed in a full day school program that emphasizes each student special needs throughout the school day.  An extended school year option is available.

 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO VISIT THE CENTER, CONTACT

Michele Cecere, Director of Education (973) 614-8585 ext. 27