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 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,
complements 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.
K - 2 Program
Services Offered to Children
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Educating children 5 - 8
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Auditory/Verbal Intervention
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Physical therapy
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Occupational therapy
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Individual and small group instruction based upon the child's Individual
Educational Plan
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Intensive language and speech training 4-5 times per week/30 minute
sessions
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Summer program
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Counseling
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Intensive auditory training and auditory learning - classroom and
individual
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Educational instruction based on individual needs within an auditory-oral
classroom
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Diagnostic and consultative services in: clinical audiology, psychology,
psychiatry, and speech and language
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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
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Lake Drive School plans and organizes IEP in conjunction with student's
home district case manager, parents, and staff at mainstream school.
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Students spend a portion of the day in mainstream with support services of
teacher of the deaf in mainstream, as needed.
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Orientation and In-service training for teachers of mainstream classrooms.
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Team approach for monitoring student progress.
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Sensitivity and awareness sessions with hearing pupils.
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Services To Parents
K-2 Children
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Individual parent counseling
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Home-school communication log
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Reference Library: Books and videotapes
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Staff
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Principal
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Consulting Clinical Psychologists
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Supervisors of Instruction
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Occupational Therapists
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Fully certified teachers of the deaf
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Physical Therapists
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Classroom teacher paraprofessionals
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Computer Specialists
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School Psychologist
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Art Teacher
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ASHA certified audiologists
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Music Teacher
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Audiological Technician
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Librarian
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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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Physical Education Teacher
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