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DESCRIPTION OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
Orton - Gillingham Reading: This progams is a multisensory structured language approach to reading and spelling. Three learning pathways (visual, auditory and kinesthetic) are used to complete the approach. "How a letter or word looks, how it sounds, and how the speech organs or the hand in writing feels when producing it" (Gillingham & Stillman, 1956) are considered during all sessions. This program is beneficial for students who are having difficulties with decoding and spelling skills

LiPs for Speech, Reading and Spelling: LiPS is a unique program that aides students that are having difficulty with decoding, spelling and pronuniciation errors. this program stimulates phonemic awareness through students becoming aware of mouth actions which produce speech sounds so they can "feel" sounds within words vs. having to be able to discriminate auditorilly between the sounds within words. This approach enables each student to be able to self-correct reading, spelling and speech mistakes.

Visualizing and Verbalizing for language Comprehension & Thinking: This program teaches students to image concepts and apply that imagery to higher order thinking skills. It is particularly beneficial with increasing reading comprehension, oral language comprehension, oral language expression and written language skills. It helps students discover the "whole", connect conversations and respond relevantly, and organize their language and writing in sequential order.

Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Sight Words & Spelling: This program teaches students to image letters in words and apply that imagery to phonetic processing, sight words, spelling and reading fluency. It is ideal for students that read slowly or cannot remember orthographic patterns, such as spelling "steem" for "steam" or "bach" for "batch".

On Cloud Nine Math: This program assists students with integrating concept imagery and numeral imagery with language so it can be applied to computation and problem solving. It successfully aides students that have difficulties memorizing math facts, understanding mathematical relationships and completing word problems.

Touch Math: Touch Math is a tactile method to teaching computation skills. It provides touchpoints on numerals for students to use while doing computation. It is like always having a manipulative handy while completing math work. This program is particularly effective with children who are having difficulty mastering computation or have low self-confidence in Math.

The Alert Program for Self-Regulation: This non-academic program helps students understand a way for him/her to monitor his internal "arousal" system (readiness to work, play, listen, attend, etc.) This program teaches children to provide their bodies with the correct type of sensory input that it needs to stay at a "just right" level so the child can participate successfully in all activities of life.

Hanblecceya : Hanblecceya is a Native American word meaning quest for vision. Hanblecceya facilitates healthy social relationships among students and improves academic success. Students are introduced to a progression of developmental social skills through the use of parables and short stories. These skills are carried over into everyday life through the use of catch phrases. A few words remind the students of the meaning of the story and place it in context to a socially apporopriate situation.

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