Therapy Services
Kristen Graham, Director
The Therapy Team provides Speech Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapist, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, and Adapted Physical Education Teachers to the twenty-three districts served by the North Point Educational Service Center.
The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) is concerned with the child's communication skills as they relate to school success in the areas of language comprehension and expression, speech production, social skills, phonemic awareness, augmentative communication devices and auditory processing. The services offered by the SLP include direct therapy, consultation with teacher and parents, staff training, classroom lessons, hearing tests, assessments, and evaluations.
Adapted Physical Education (APE) teachers provide a number of services to ensure that every student has access to physical education. APE teachers modify the PE program by changing the activities, the equipment, the sitting or teaching methods. APE may include full time regular PE, regular PE with adapted PE consultation, combination of regular PE with APE and APE exclusively.
The Physical Therapy (PT) Team includes Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants. The Physical Therapy Team attempts to restore function and independence through gross motor activities, balance skills, strengthening and stretching exercises. Physical Therapy is a related service provided to assist a child to move as independently as possible in the school environment, to achieve academic success and to participate fully in classroom activities. The services offered by the PT Team include direct therapy, consultation with teacher and parents, staff training, assessments, assisting with Evaluation Team Reports, and Individualized Education Plans.
The Occupational Therapy Team (OT) includes Occupational Therapists and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants. Occupational Therapy is a related service provided to students with identified disabilities to help them achieve success in the educational environment. The focus of occupational therapy is to help them achieve success in the educational environment The focus of occupational therapy is to help individuals to be successful in their every day lives. Skills addressed may include fine motor, gross motor, visual perception, sensory processing, self-help, or vocational skills. The services offered by the OT Team include direct therapy, consultation with teacher and parents, staff training, assessments to determine assistive technology needs, assisting with Evaluation Team Reports and Individualized Education Plans.
Email Kristen at kgraham@npesc.org.
