- Reading and Writing
Community School students receive daily instruction in literature/reading and written expression. Reading courses offer instruction and remediation in word identification, vocabulary development and comprehension. Literature courses expose students to a variety of novels, plays, short stories, informational text and poetry. English courses focus on writing and composition skills, including paragraph development, essay writing, editing and research skills, grammar, spelling and language usage. High School English courses also include resume writing and college preparedness. - Mathematics
Community School students receive daily instruction in mathematics. Mathematics courses offer instruction and remediation in computational, conceptual, calculator, note-taking and test-taking skills. - Speech and Language
Community students (when necessary) participate in speech and language therapy sessions. These sessions focus on the development of expressive and receptive language skills, auditory skills, syntactical skills, pragmatic and retrieval skills.. - Transition
Graduating students have many post-secondary options. The Guidance Department assists each student in making these important decisions. Post secondary options include summer pre-college programs, community college, four-year colleges, technical schools, certificate programs and employment.
Studies On Special Education and Students With ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, And Other Issues
Essays prepared by our founders, members of our Professional Advisory Board and Trustees, continue to inspire our academic philosophy in the areas of learning disabilities, ADHD, ADD, students with an IEP and their accommodations. These discussions are still relevant, and we encourage you to explore these valuable resources.
- How to Design a School
- Twenty-five Years, The Community School Program
- Educating the Bright Child with Learning Disabilities
- Defining a Therapeutic Milieu
- College and the Learning Disabled
- Learning Disabilities in the Exceptionally Bright Child
- Who’s afraid of the _H_ Word_ Educating the Hyperactive Child
- It is All Right The Challenge of Educating the Right Brain Child
- Language Training at Community High School, It is Never Too Late
- What About Homework – a Balanced Approach at Our Lower School
- A Comprehensive Program for the Learning Disabled Child
- Treating the Bright Child with Learning Disabilities Social and Emotional Problems in the Classroom and with Peers
- Learning Disabilities and the Closing of the Frontier, The Huck Finn Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADAD) What is The Real Problem Here
- Measuring Success Using Assessments and Accountability to Raise Student Reading Levels and Achievement
- A Counseling Paradigm Thinking Outside the Box
- Advances in Understanding and Managing ADHD
- Building Blocks Creating the Optimal Program at Community School