During the past school year, Aldar has responded to the changing needs of our population in the following areas:

Mental Health

Currently providing group, and/or individual therapy
Resources:

• Social Workers
• Therapists
• Supervising Clinician
• Social Work/MFT Interns/Trainees
• Clinical Psychologist with ASL skills
• Active involvement with outside services

Behavioral Modification

Individual and Group Behavioral systems in each classroom
Academic and behavioral assessments
Behavioral Modification through extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, both group and individual

Additional Services

Speech and Language Pathologist
Home visits and family intervention
ASL classes for families
Student staffing's

Training for:

• Parents
• Associated agencies
• Pro-Act (Professional Assault Crisis Training)

Testing:

• Assessment
• Group Services
• Individual Services

Focus Groups:

• Respect for self and others
• Improve communication skills
• Identify conflict/communication styles
• Win/Win situations vs. win/lose situations
• Power/control
• Process loss
• Grief Cycle
• Overcoming survivors guilt
• Anger Management
• Aggression Replacement Training

Social Skills Groups:

• Improve communication skills
• Behavioral expectations in a classroom
• Behavioral expectations in the community
• Good manners
• Appropriate boundaries

Team Building Groups:

• To enhance peer relations
• Physical act ivies requiring teamwork
• Identifying roles in groups
• Effective communication
• Sharing
• Poetry
• Finding mediums of expression
• Learning to translate what’s inside