Learning Services

Learning Services is an active part of each division at CCDS. The Learning Services support team consists of instructional specialists, a speech/language pathologist, and two school psychologists. The team works with teachers, students, parents, administrators, and admission to ensure that academic needs can be effectively met at each stage of development.

When a child struggles or does not seem to be making anticipated progress, the faculty, parents, and support team work together to draw on strengths, identify weaknesses, and utilize strategies that allow each student to make progress and experience success. Intervention and support levels vary by division, as developmentally appropriate.

Learning Services Support Team

• meets weekly to discuss students who seem to be having difficulties with academics
• works with classroom teachers and parents to establish differentiated teaching/learning strategies
• works with students during classroom instruction to facilitate strategies
• provides assistive technology training and support for qualified students
• determines eligibility for academic accommodations at school
• maintains files of disability-related documents and provides summaries of them for teachers and advisors in accordance with the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• develops plans for the provision of such accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
• helps families to obtain accommodations on standardized tests such as the SAT in accordance with Educational Testing Service guidelines
• provides opportunities for faculty education concerning learning differences