Special Needs Academy Opens In Davie

June 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Westlake Academy has opened in Davie, Florida.
Westlake Academy is a private non-profit school dedicated to the education of students with specific learning challenges, special needs and developmental disabilities.

Approved for McKay and SUFS Scholarship Programs as well as Title I, II, III, and IV, the school provides a year round, academically based educational model of Individual and Classroom Programs for the instruction of students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

The school also provides guidance for students and support to families through private communication clinics, transitional assistance clinics, and a community outreach program.

The school is located in its own free-standing school building specifically designed to meet the physical and social needs of students that will benefit from instructional methods for learning intervention that support a wide range of ESE programs;

   Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
   Cognitive Impairments
   Non-verbal Learning Disability (NVLD)
   Asberger’s Syndrome
   The Acquisition of Language and Communication Skills
    Autism
   Visual and Auditory Processing Concerns
   Academic, Pre-academic, Independent Functioning and Socialization Skills Areas.
   Social Communication
   Occupational Therapy
   Speech therapy


The school’s staff of specialists develops effective annual goals with observable behavior, conditions and criterion, for each student to improve…..

•   Hyperactivity
•   Coping skills
•   Reading Comprehension
•   Math Computation
•   School and Classroom Behaviors
•   Writing Skills
•   Impulse Control
•   Self-Calming Techniques
•   Functional Life Skills
•   Socialization Skills
•   Self-concept
•   Motivation
•   Planning and Organization Skills
•   Simplifying Concepts
•   Time Management

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Westlake Preparatory School - Educationally serving average, above average and gifted students maximizes each student's scholastic growth, and potential for college acceptance
Westlake Academyl - Educationally serving special need students in grades K-8