| Special Programs
The Willamette Special Program provides services
to school districts with students who present emotional or behavioral
problems that adversely affect their educational performance. Additional
cognitive evaluation services to school districts are available to assess
students who are diagnostically complex and/or multiple impaired.
For emotional/behavioral services
Students that exhibit
the following emotional/behavioral difficulties that keep him/her from
making progress in school: lacks ability to build
or maintain interpersonal relationships; exhibits excessive behaviors
ranging from hyperactive, impulsive responses to depression or withdrawal;
exhibits inappropriate types of behaviors or feelings under normal
conditions; and/or has a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears
associated
with personal or school problems. For
school psychologist evaluation services
Referral
for psychological evaluation services would include: students that
are suspected of having a significantly low cognitive ability; suspected
or known to have a traumatic brain injury; academic skills are significantly
below that of his/her peers; and/or has suspected learning style differences
or processing issues that interfere with academic learning.
- Evaluation
- Consultation
- Specially designed instruction
- Counseling
- Service coordination
- Program development and implementation
- Staff development
- Functional behavior assessment
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Manual (AD/HD
Manual)
Processing Deficits Informational Notebook
National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH)
Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. - The Explosive Child
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: Facts for Families
Curriculum-Based Measurement Warehouse
ADHD Parents Support Project
BrainTrain - Cognitive Rehabilitiation and Cognitive Testing Software
For additional information on Behavioral Services
contact Willamette ESD Behavior Coordinator, Susan Zenor at 503-588-5330.
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