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ACES Village School provides collaborative educational, emotional, and physical services to children ages 3 to 14 years with a range of cognitive, physical, behavioral, language, and medical challenges. Village School celebrates the diversity of our student population through innovative and individualized instruction. We strive to increase student independence and welcome our community and parents as partners. We provide a comprehensive program with inclusive services. Related services include speech, physical, occupational, and music therapies as well as social, nursing, and behavior services. The multi-disciplinary teams of educators, therapists, and medical personnel work collaboratively to provide empirically-based instruction in academics, behavior, speech/language development, and play/social skills. A developmental curriculum was designed to meet the individual needs of students and to access the essence of the general K-12 curriculum. This curriculum, in conjunction with state guidelines, is used by faculty to design and implement instruction to address the wide range of learners within the Village School population. This gives us the ability to offer a continuum of services to children and their families. Objective, skill-based assessments are used together with other information to appropriately place students in the most suitable instructional context. Early ChildhoodOur Early Childhood section provides quality educational and social experiences for all developmentally challenged students from 3 to 7 years. Emphasis is placed on fostering language and communication skills through a total communication approach. The learning process is facilitated through a variety of approaches, such as direct instruction, play-based context, inquiry based, or discovery learning opportunities. Students within this program have the opportunity to participate in integrated activities with typical youngsters. The environment offers a full spectrum of learning experiences from teacher-directed to child-initiated activities. Such activities include field trips, classroom projects, special events and more. Specialized equipment is provided to offer students the opportunity to be full and active participants of their classrooms. The structure and variety of offerings helps to stimulate children’s learning and serves to meet their physical, social, cognitive, and emotional needs. Village Elementary/MiddleThis program services children between the ages of 7 – 14 years. In addition to its academic mission, the program focuses on fostering independence through authentic learning opportunities within the classroom environments and the community. Using the whole child approach, transdisciplinary teams of professionals provide collaborative services that emphasize the academic, linguistic, and social development of students to meet their individual needs. After objectively identifying students’ strengths, individualized educational programs are designed, capitalizing on those strengths to produce optimal educational experiences. Professionals use a wide range of curricular materials and designs to address our varied learners. Total communication approaches and assistive technology are integrated into the students’ educational experiences. Instruction may be delivered individually or in small groups, depending on students’ learning style. Related ServicesTransdisiplinary teams comprised of a full complement of therapists provide services to the students. Related services available include speech, physical, and occupational therapies as well as social work, nursing, and behavioral services. A collaborative approach is utilized to develop skills in these areas, which allows students greater access and participation within their environments. Service delivery models may range from individual to group work at the discretion of the therapists, educational team, and evaluation. This is in keeping with our philosophy that therapy is a service, not constrained by place. Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) ACES EIBI is a highly structured approach to teaching based on well-studied principals of human learning and designed primarily for young children (ranging from three to 14 years of age) whose clinical diagnoses fall along the autism spectrum and/or who present significant behavioral challenges. Enhanced ProgrammingAdditional opportunities to enrich the educational experiences of students include:
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