Special Education
Every child is unique. No two children learn the same way or have the same needs. For children with disabilities this is particularly true. Our goal is to educate all children with the support that each child individually needs. Developmental strategies are planned and implemented to help our students reach established goals for academics (reading, writing, and mathematics), but also daily living skills and social emotional development. We want for our children to generalize their skills in the classroom, during therapy and at home.
Our interdisciplinary team provides a comprehensive range of services that promote growth in all developmental areas. This interdisciplinary approach allows the student to be viewed as a “whole child” functioning with separate, distinct developmental skills. Our curriculum incorporates a range of therapies to engage students in a wide variety of experiences: social emotional learning and daily living skills, music, dance, movement group exercise, and field trips.
Curriculum
The Education Department uses two different curriculums.
For our students birth through 4K, we use the research-based Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum for Infant, Toddlers, and Twos and Preschool.
For our grade level students (Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade) we use Unique Learning System (ULS). ULS is a comprehensive, standards-based curriculum developed specifically for special education. This program is aligned to South Carolina state content standards and allows for built-in differentiation, life skills and transition support, assistive technology integration, and built-in data and progress monitoring.
For further exploration of the state curriculum, visit: Standards - South Carolina Department of Education
We continue to supplement our research-based curriculum with Kickstart Literacy, Read it Once Again, Handwriting without Tears, Social Emotional Learning content, and Spark Inclusive Physical Education Curriculum.
Building Friendships During Circle Time
Indoor Field Trip with Clemson DZ Sorority
Afternoon Circle Time playing Duck/Duck/Goose
Potential Schedule
* There are variations to our teachers’ schedules, please treat these as samples ONLY.
School Aged
Arrival/Free Play: 7:30-8
Morning Routine: 8-8:30 *possible therapy time
Morning Circle: 8:30-9 *no therapy pulls, but may push in
Learning Centers/Individual goal work with teachers
9-10:00 (Reading, Writing, Math) *possible therapy time
Related Arts: 10-10:30 *possible therapy time
Literacy: 10:30 - 11 *possible therapy time
Lunch: 11 - 11:30 *possible therapy time
Recess: 11:30 - 12 *possible therapy time
Afternoon Circle Time: 12-12:30 *possible therapy time
Social Studies/Science: 12:30 - 1 *possible therapy time
Afternoon Routine: 1-1:30
Load Buses: 1:35
Carline: 1:40
Birth/Pre- School
Arrival/Free Play: 7:30-8
Morning Routine: 8-8:30 *possible therapy time
Morning Circle: 8:30-9 *no therapy pulls, but may push in
Learning Centers/Individual goal work with teachers
9-10:00 (Reading, Writing, Math) *possible therapy time
Related Arts: 10-10:30 *possible therapy time
Literacy: 10:30 - 11 *possible therapy time
Lunch: 11 - 11:30 *possible therapy time
NAP/Guided Free Play: 11:30 - 1:15 (age dependent)
Load Buses: 1:35
Carline: 1:40