Programs & Services offered by the WCASD

  • It is through a combination of programs and services that the District provides to special education students a Free and Appropriate Public Education.

    Notice of Special Education Services
    Aviso de Servicios de Educación Especial

    Programs

    • Learning Support
    • Life Skills Support
    • Emotional Support
    • Autistic Support
    • Deaf and Hearing Impaired Support
    • Blind or Visually Impaired Support
    • Speech and Language Support
    • Physical Support
    • Multiple Disabilities Support

    Services

    • Speech & Language Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Hearing Impaired
    • Vision
    • Orientation and Mobility
    • Early Intervention
    • Pragmatic Language
    • Health Services
    • Counseling Services
    • Social Skills Training
    • Behavior Support Plans
    • Educational Needs Assessment
    • Transition Planning
    • Psychological Services
    • Psychological Assessment
    • Interagency Coordination
    • Parent Involvement

    Staff Development

     
    In addition to offering these programs and services, our staff members have attended training sessions in the following areas:
    • Implementing Children's Health Insurance
    • National School Lunch Program
    • Truancy Prevention
    • Chester County Department of Aging - Intergeneration Family Caregivers
    • IDEA Transition Planning
    • Counseling Curriculum
    • Assessment and PSSA
    • Pre-Referral
    • Study Skills
    • ASEBA
    • Components of Professional Practice for Psychologists
    • State Medical Mandates
    • Special Kids Network
    • FERPA
    • Head Trauma, Rehab, and Returning to School
    • State Mandated BMI Screening
    • Food Allergies
    • Animal bite Procedures and Reporting
    • CHIP
    • Young Parents Program
    • Reading Strategies Training
    • Dispute Resolution
    • Level of Care Assessing
    • Medical Access
    • Drug, Alcohol and Mental health Assessments
    • Mental Health Services referral process
    • Motivation Training
    • IDEA and ESL
    • Grief, Anxiety, and Panic Attack Counseling
    • Social Skills, Stress and Anxiety, Anger Management
    • Identifying students with Emotional Disturbance
    • 504
    • Autism and Asperger's
    • Street Drugs and Tobacco
    • Smallpox, West Nile Virus
    • Dental Care for High-Risk Children
    • State Physical Examinations
    • Head Lice
    • Diabetic Care Plans
    • Asthma
    • Pesticide Hypersensitivity
    • Curriculum-Based Assessments
    • "Fast Track Reading"
    • Crisis Prevention Intervention