Therapeutic Programs

The Shire School utilizes therapeutic programs and activities throughout the course of the school day.

Due to the strong connection between movement and learning, students are moving a great deal throughout the day. Movement includes specialized BrainGym activities and a sensory- motor curriculum developed by professionals. Our motor curriculum emphasizes exercises for balance, strength, perceptual motor development and motor planning. The students attend GMS, a specialized gym and sensory motor program, once a week. In addition students work with a specialized swim instructor at Providence Recreation Center every Friday afternoon. At least one afternoon a week the children walk to the local playground and library.

Our language intensive classroom receives one hour of speech therapy and one hour of occupational therapy a week. The SLP and OT consult with staff regularly providing feedback for integrating speech and OT practices into the daily classroom schedule.

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