For children and adolescents, school takes up a large portion of their day. Their major role in life involves learning new information and developing/refining fine motor and gross motor skills. In addition to the academics and skill development, children and adolescents are also developing vital social skills and forming their own self-image. The school environment and all that happens there has a big impact on who they eventually become as adults.
At TherapyPlus, teachers in our Therapeutic Learning Center are an important part of the interdisciplinary team that prepares patients to return to their school and achieve academic success. Whether the patient is returning to an elementary school classroom or their college campus, our teachers help offer guidance for re-integrating successfully.
The educational specialist contacts each patient's community school to gain records and begin to establish a relationship with them. This might involve a trip to the school to assess and/or practice mobility skills, a joint meeting with therapists, teacher(s), and parents to discuss strategies, or development of an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) jointly with the school personnel. The educational specialist follows up with school personnel after the patient re-integrates into their community school to ensure things are going well.