Listing Type :
MANSEF Schools
Location :
Maryland / Prince George's County
County : Prince George's County
Phone : 443-923-4170
Fax : 443-923-4181
Website : Visit School Website >>
Referral Contact : Amanda Gallegos
Disabilities Served : 01 - Intellectual Disability, 10 - Multiple Disabilities, 14 - Autism
Length of School/Program Year : 11 month
MSDE Approval Category : Type I Special Education
Capacity of Facility : 80
Ages Served : 7 - 21
Grade Range : 2nd - 8th for diploma-seeking students; 2nd-12+ for certificate-seeking students
Private Pay Students Accepted : Yes
Setting : Day
Before and/or After School Program : No
Nurse on-site (full or part time) : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Hours of Operation for School Day : 7:55 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. (M, T, Th, F); 7:55 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. (W)
Program Description : The Kennedy Krieger School: Powder Mill Campus provides educational services to students with ASD and other developmental disabilities. The program serves diploma seeking students grade 2 through grade 8. High school students work toward earning a Certificate of Completion. The program features the following: - An interdisciplinary approach to individualized programming with professionals from many disciplines including special education, speech¬ language pathology, occupational therapy, behavior services, social work, expressive arts therapies (i.e., art and music), nursing, vocational education, physical therapy, and psychiatry. School staff are required to meet the MSDE certification requirements in their assigned fields. "Best practice" and evidence-based teaching methods including, but not limited to TEACCH, Applied Behavior Analysis, discrete trial, incidental learning, augmented communication, picture exchange communication, sensory diets, vocational training, and program-based related services. - A team and meeting structure that facilitates collaboration and communication among providers who are implementing the curriculum and IEPs. • Opportunities to participate in structured community based instruction. • Opportunities to participate in community based vocational training with specific training in the following vocational industries: Arts/Media/Communications, Office Clerical, Horticulture, Food/Service Retail, and Building Services. • Opportunities for travel training. • Transition to adulthood counseling, support, and services. • Standards based instruction with a balance between access to the general education curriculum and life skills curriculum. • Small classes (an average of 8 students) with a high staff to student ratio. • Classroom physical space designed to minimize environmental distractions and sensory input and foster independence through predictable and structured rules and routines. • Speech/Language services which focus on establishing functional language skills through verbal and/or nonverbal means (i.e. low tech and high tech devices), increasing receptive and expressive language abilities, improving articulation, and improving social language skills • Occupational Therapy services which emphasize evaluating and developing strategies in the areas sensory processing, motor skills, and executive function skills. • Mental Health Therapy services which emphasize development of social emotional regulation skills as well as social interaction skills. • Intensive behavioral supports including functional behavioral assessments, individualized behavior intervention plans, and safe crisis management procedures. • Access to positive behavior supports and interventions. • Case management focusing on home-school collaboration and identification of community-based Resources. **Private pay students accepted: Foreign Nationals only through SEVIS.
Related Services : Speech and language therapy, social work/counseling, expressive arts therapy (music and art), occupational therapy, physical therapy, and assistive technology.
