Pre-School/Auditory Oral Program
Lake Drive provides a full spectrum of educational options for children with hearing loss from birth through high school graduation. The auditory/oral program is dedicated to the development of listening, speech, language, literacy and communication so that students can function competitively within the hearing community.

A team of trained paraprofessionals and other support service providers compliments our highly qualified professional staff. All staff receives comprehensive training in the latest developments in technology and strategies for enhancing children's listening, speech and language development and learning. Staff has up-to-date knowledge and skills for working with children with cochlear implants.

The school has a comprehensive academic program that is enhanced by allied subjects including art, music, dance, instrumental music, drama, library, physical education and extracurricular sports. All classrooms in the Lake Drive Program have a high ratio of computers to students with access to computer-assisted learning opportunities and the Internet. The Lake Drive School building also provides cable TV access in each classroom. There is a state of the art audiological diagnostic testing center which has the capacity to program cochlear implants.

Preschool Program

 
 

 

Services Offered to Children

 

Educating children 3-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer program

 

Physical therapy

Counseling

 

Auditory/Verbal Intervention

Occupational therapy

 

Intensive auditory training and auditory learning - classroom and individual


 

Individual and small group instruction based upon the child's Individual Educational Plan

 


 

Intensive language and speech training 4-5 times per week/30 minute sessions


 

Educational instruction based on individual needs within an auditory-oral classroom

 



 

Diagnostic and consultative services in: clinical audiology, psychology, psychiatry, and speech and language

 

 


Mainstream Program
For those hearing impaired students who are linguistically, academically, socially and emotionally able, a mainstream educational program supervised and implemented by the Lake Drive Program is available.


 

Our Ivy Hall program offers preschool and early elementary inclusion class-rooms combining community children and children with hearing loss in the Lake Drive building.


 

Mainstream education with comprehensive support services is available throughout the Mountain Lakes school district for academically able students.


 

There is also a team of mainstream resource consultants who provide support and in-service education to students in their home school districts.


Organization Of Mainstream Program



Lake Drive School plans and organizes IEP in conjunction with student's home district case manager, parents, and staff at mainstream school.


 

Students spend a portion of the day in mainstream with support services of teacher of the deaf in mainstream, as needed.

Orientation and In-service training for teachers of mainstream classrooms.

Team approach for monitoring student progress.

Sensitivity and awareness sessions with hearing pupils.


Services To Parents

 

Preschool Children

 

Reference Library: Books and videotapes

 

 

 

Home visits

 

Evening family education meetings

Individual parent counseling

 


 

Social worker-led group parent information meetings


 

Home-school communication log
 


Staff

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Education Teacher

Supervisors of Instruction

Librarian

Fully certified teachers of the deaf

Classroom teacher paraprofessionals

School Psychologist

Consulting Clinical Psychologists

ASHA certified audiologists

Occupational Therapists

Audiological Technician

Physical Therapists

Computer Specialists

Art Teacher


 

MSW certified social worker - bilingual services available


 

Consulting specialists in other areas,
as needed





 

ASHA certified speech and language pathologists with specialization in language, speech and auditory habilitation

 





 

Music Teacher



 

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