Exceptional Education Services
Behavioral Support
Academic Support
Special education is a broad term that describes the education of students who have intellectual, physical, behavioral or emotional disabilities. Special education involves specially designed instruction that is provided at no cost to parents to meet the unique needs of children with a disability.
The Main Street Academy is committed to servicing students with special needs utilizing one of the four models appropriately:
Consultative ModelSpecial education students remain in the general classroom. A special education teacher assists the general education teacher in adapting and modifying for the special education students. Direct teaching is the responsibility of the regular ed classroom teacher
Collaborative ModelA regular classroom teacher and a special education teacher/paraprofessional work together and have mutual responsibilities. The special education teacher/paraprofessional provides accommodations and modifications for any students needing additional strategies for learning.
Resource/Small Group ModelA pull-out model where special education students receive instruction outside the regular classroom. A special education teacher provides direct instruction. Special education students are served up to 3 hours per day.
Self-Contained ModelA pull-out model where special education students receive instruction outside the regular classroom. A special education teacher provides direct instruction. Special education students are served for more than half of the school day.
The Main Street Academy supports a student's growth and works to ensure that students are developing socially appropriate habits and norms. Our goal is to also reduce the frequency of inappropriate behaviors, help them learn new appropriate behaviors, and foster the growth of age appropriate social skills. TMSA offers behavior support on a weekly basis, which can include group social skills sessions, individual support and annual safety checks.
Occupational therapy helps children to develop the underlying skills necessary for learning and performing specific tasks, but it also addresses social and behavioral skills. One of the goals of Occupational Therapy is to help children develop the basic sensory awareness and motor skills needed for motor development, learning and healthy behavior.
The Main Street Academy is committed to assuring students receive wholistic support and as a result provides occupational support on a weekly basis to students that exhibit a need.
Speech and language disorders affect one's ability to talk, understand, read, and write. Such disorders have different causes, and may range from a few speech sound errors or repetitions of sounds or words to a total loss of the ability to use speech to communicate effectively. The Main Street Academy offers speech services to students on a weekly basis.
Students needing speech services will typically be recommended by their teacher or have attained a recommendation from their pediatrician, psychologist or a licensed speech pathologist, after a speech evaluation has been administered.
Occupational Therapy
Speech/Language Support
Services for Special Education
