Learning Support
Learning Resource room
Dayspring offers nine levels of learning support:
1. Accommodations - Individual strategies employed by the teacher to assist the student in the learning process.
2. Tutoring – Dayspring staff or peers
3. Remedial Program – Available through IU 13 for reading and math for students in grades 1-5. Testing required.
4. Modifications - A change in the course content, subject matter, and/or standard of evaluation applied to a given subject on behalf of a student with learning disabilities or profound learning problems.
5. Learning Resource Room – For students with learning differences or disabilities that are hindering learning or evaluation in the regular classroom. LSP and LST required. There is a fee for this service.
a. Students are assigned for special skill assistance.
b. Students are assigned to take a below grade level course.
6. NILD Program – For students who have been identified as having learning disability. Testing, LSP, and Learning Support Team required.
7. Work Study Program – Available for students with profound learning problems. Testing, LSP, and Learning Support Team required.
8. Cluster Program – Available for selected students with learning difficulties. Hosted by the local Career and
9. Gifted and Talented Program – Individual LSP that designates specialized program and/or schedule to meet the student’s needs.
NILD (National Institute for Learning Development) Educational Therapy
NILD Educational Therapy was developed to treat assumed, underlying causes of learning difficulties rather than simply treating the symptoms. It is a true therapy in that it aims the intervention just above the student’s level of functioning and raises expectations for performance. Students are trained to view themselves as competent, confident learners. The goal of NILD Educational Therapy is to help students develop tools of independent learning in the classroom and in life.
Students in NILD receive two 80-minute sessions of intensive educational therapy per week. This can be either in individual or small group settings. These sessions include a variety of techniques designed to address students’ specific areas of difficulty and to improve their overall ability to think, reason, and process information. Techniques emphasize basic skill areas such as reading, writing, spelling, and math, applying reasoning skills within each area.
Students are taught by educational therapists, who are trained specifically in NILD methodology and receive on-going graduate level training leading to NILD certification. Regular collaboration between the educational therapist, parents, and classroom teachers is encouraged in order to assess progress and appropriately adjust educational programs for each student.
NILD Fees and Application 2008-2009