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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
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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.

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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.
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Mainstream education with comprehensive support services is
available throughout the Mountain Lakes school district for academically
able students.
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There is also a team of mainstream resource consultants who provide
support and in-service education to students in their home school
districts.
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Organization Of Mainstream Program
Services To Parents
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Preschool Children
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Reference Library: Books and videotapes
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Home visits
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Evening family education meetings
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Individual parent counseling
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Social worker-led group parent information meetings
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Home-school communication log
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Staff

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Principal
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Physical Education Teacher
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Supervisors of Instruction
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Librarian
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Fully certified teachers of the deaf
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Classroom teacher paraprofessionals
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School Psychologist
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Consulting Clinical Psychologists
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ASHA certified audiologists
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Occupational Therapists
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Audiological Technician
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Physical Therapists
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Computer Specialists
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Art Teacher
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MSW certified social worker - bilingual services available
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Consulting specialists in other areas,
as needed
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ASHA certified speech and language pathologists with specialization in
language, speech and auditory habilitation
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Music Teacher
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