SPEC Miami

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACADEMIC TUTORING

SPEC’S Educational Programs have proven to be effective across a broad spectrum of Communication Disorders.  Our Educational Programs have been created to go hand and hand with our treatment programs.

These programs are:

TODDLER TALK:: Download Emergency Card Download Registration Form

** Intensive Language Educational Program for ages 24-36 months**

This program provides a creative and exciting atmosphere to enhance and promote verbal communication and involvement through: circle time, stories, art, music, movement, science, dramatic play, role play, pre-reading, pre-math, and developmental tasks.

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PRESCHOOL LANGUAGE PROGRAM :: Download Emergency Card Download Registration Form

** Intensive Language Educational Program for ages 3-5**

An inclusive and whole language approach is used to create a natural and comfortable atmosphere that promotes and encourages children to perform to the best of their abilities in activities that develop educational concepts and pragmatic language skills. Activities include: circle time, stories, art, music, movement, science, cooking, and role  and dramatic play.

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EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Language Literacy Labs: (Ages 3-6) Download Registration Form

Our Language Literacy Labs will help you help your child immediately and effectively!   It is the most innovative, developmentally appropriate and effective language-reading program around town! 

The country has embraced Response to Intervention (RTI) as best-practices for a child’s education.  RTI is a movement to address the needs of children BEFORE they fail by providing intense, goal oriented intervention BEFORE they are fully evaluated and “labeled” with a disability.

By itself the LLL are used to intervene immediately until further evaluations can be made.  When used in conjunction with individual speech-language therapy, the LLL create a more intense, affordable program.  It will enhance all the goals set for your child.

 Our educational programs bring together our outstanding professionals and offers support and incentives to help children reach their goals. 

 Sessions will work on the following areas:

  • Increasing receptive/expressive language skills
  • Enhancing pragmatic language and social skills
  • Increasing pre-reading literature skills
  • Promoting school readiness skills

For program specifics call our office today to see how we can help your child immediately.

ReadingWrite: (Grades K-5th) Download Registration Form  Questionnaire Form

Our Reading Write Program is an advanced Language-Reading-Writing program for students in K-5th grades. A pre-test will be used to determine immediate needs and goals are developed to address target areas using Multi-Sensory Learning Activities.  Parents receive an analysis of pre-test results and periodic progress reports of their child’s improvement.  Our program also coordinates with the skills needed to achieve success on the F-CAT.

By itself, the Reading-Write program is used to intervene immediately until further evaluations can be made.  When used in conjunction with individual speech-language therapy, Reading Write creates a more intense, affordable program.  It will enhance all the goals set for your child.  It is the most innovative, developmentally appropriate and effective language-reading-writing program around town! 

Our educational programs bring together our outstanding professionals and offers support and incentives to help children reach their goals. 

Sessions will work on the following areas:

  • Receptive-Expressive Language               Letter-Sound Recognition
  • Attention Skills                                       Reading Comprehension 
  • Social-Pragmatic Language                     Vocabulary Skills
  • Writing Skills                                         Phonics
  • Reading Fluency                                    Spelling Skills
  • Sight Words

For program specifics call our office today to see how we can help your child immediately.

Play School 101: (Ages 2-4) & Play School 102: (Ages 4-6) Download Registration Form

Our Play School 101 and Play School 102 programs develop skills needed to succeed through age appropriate activities in sensory integration, social skills, gross and fine motor skills, writing skills and activities of daily living. We will help you help your child get ready for day-care, preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade.  

Play School, by itself, is used to intervene immediately until further evaluations with an Occupational Therapist can be made or as an addition to occupational therapy to provide an intense, comprehensive treatment plan.

 In Play School 101 your child will participate in age appropriate activities that will help them develop:

  • Attention                                           Age Appropriate Play
  • Sensory Mudulation                            Gross Motor Skills
  • Social Skills                                       Fine Motor Skills
  • Pre-Writing Skills                               Activities of Daily Living (dressing, personal hygiene, organiztion, etc.)

In Play School 102 your child will work on developing:

  • Attention                                          Social Skills
  • Visual-Perceptual Skills                      Visual-Motor Skills
  • Gross Motor Skills                             Fine Motor Skills
  • Writing Skills

For program specifics call our office today to see how we can help your child immediately.

 
SIMPLE STUDY SKILLS PROGRAM :: Download Registration Form

A 10-hour program presented at our office or at various after schools for 3rd through 8th grade students.  The goal is to teach students critical study skills which will allow them to work independently at home and at school with great success.  Some of the topics covered in the course are personal learning styles, time management, reading comprehension, and test taking techniques, just to name a few.  (Duration: five weeks once a week during school year, or one week during summer).  If you are interested in finding out more about this program and wish to find out if we provide this program at your childs school you can contact us by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us.


 

HANDWRITING PROGRAM :: Download Registration Form

This program is for children who demonstrate difficulty with letter formation, legibility, pencil grasp and proper posture.  The program is designed for printing skills as well as transition to cursive writing.  If you are interested in finding out more about this program please email or call us.


 

ACADEMIC TUTORING (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP)

Academic Tutoring is provided for children from 3 years and older to assist them in developing those skills necessary to be successful in their academic worlds. A multi-sensory tutoring program is designed and scheduled on a one-to-one or group basis and individualized to meet your child's specific needs.
Our professional staff includes certified teachers who have received training in working with children with special needs. These innovative teachers provide the individualized help your child needs.

The special programs for children from three to five years of age are designed to assist your child in developing the readiness skills which are so important to developing a foundation for later academic success.

Academic tutoring for our older children includes content tutoring and study skills support. Our goal is to improve learning effectiveness. This is achieved through focusing on the best way that your child learns and using state-of-the-art methods to reach their targeted goals.

Our programs assist your child in experiencing success and showing positive growth. Individualized programs result in your child's enhanced self esteem.

 

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