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The Lake Drive Program for Secondary Hearing Impaired Students is housed
at Mountain Lakes High School in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. The
curriculum is designed to foster academic and social skills, which are
prerequisite to a successful post secondary education in an academic or
vocational/technical setting. The program offers a wide variety of support
services for hearing impaired adolescents in grades nine through twelve.
Academic Support Services
Certified teachers of the deaf are available to offer support services to
mainstreamed students. Support might include preparatory teaching of
vocabulary or concepts, reviewing textbook material or class notes,
discussing written work, instruction in the use of study skills, or any
additional work needed to teach missing concepts or skills. Students who
wish to seek extra help directly from their mainstream teacher can arrange
for interpreting services.
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Speech/ Language Therapy
Motor Therapy
Each student may receive individual and/or group speech and language
therapy provided by fully trained and certified speech and language
pathologists with specialized training in deafness. In addition,
students may also receive occupational and/or physical therapy also
provided by trained and certified motor therapists. The number of
individual and/or group sessions provided to a particular student is
based on individual needs.
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Mainstream Staff
Mainstream teachers receive in-service preparation regarding the deaf
and hard-of- hearing students in their classrooms. The mainstream
liaison teacher of the deaf meets with staff regularly about the needs
of individual students.
Individualized Educational Planning Mainstreamed and Self-Contained
Options
An individual educational plan is developed for each student in the
program. Both mainstreamed and self-contained classes are available in
most academic areas. Decisions concerning class placement, academic
program, and related services are the result of collaborative planning.
Input from the student, the family, the educational team, and the
sending district is considered when devising the student's IEP.
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Interpreting Services
Sign language interpreters are available for mainstreamed classes,
academic support, and meetings with the mainstream classroom teacher,
guidance appointments, school assembly programs and all extra curricular
activities.
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Interpersonal Communication Skills Classes
Each student participates in a communication skills class designed to
encourage the development of interpersonal skills, which will facilitate
communication between the student and others in the home, school,
community and world at large. More specifically, the class provides
hearing-impaired adolescents in a mainstream high school program, the
opportunity to discuss and learn how to handle the social and
educational challenges, which accompany a loss of hearing.
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Social/Emotional Support
Students are provided the opportunity to participate in weekly
teacher-led discussions to discuss frustrations, concerns, or questions
they have related to interpersonal communication experiences. In
addition, if students are uncomfortable discussing their concerns in the
group, an individual session can be scheduled. Teachers who have
certification in both the area of deafness and social/emotional
development conduct both the group and individual support classes.
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Note-taking Services
Hearing impaired students in mainstreamed classes may request, through
the classroom teacher and the mainstream liaison, to have a hearing
classmate serve as volunteer note-taker. Hearing students who are part
of this program are provided with special notebooks containing
sensitized paper enabling them to make duplicate copies of daily lecture
information.
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Junior National Association of the Deaf
Students are encouraged to join the Mountain Lakes Chapter of Jr. NAD.
This organization provides opportunities to explore deaf culture,
participate in community service projects, attend informational sharing
sessions, social events and leadership training with other hearing
impaired students at local, regional and national levels.
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Sign Language Classes
Students, both hearing and hearing impaired, who wish to learn signed
English have the opportunity to earn credit by enrolling in Sign I or
Sign II. These classes are part of the Mountain Lakes High School
curriculum. They are taught by a certified and experienced teacher of
the deaf and include exposure to deaf culture and history.
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Devices for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
A variety of devices to aid deaf and hard of hearing individuals,
including, telecommunication devices, television decoders, and FM
systems, are available.
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for information about acceptances at Colleges and Universities.
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