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

Behavioral Modification

• Individual and Group Behavioral systems in each classroom - Aldar Academy has long implemented a daily behavioral data tracking system, which is designed to track behavioral data. This data is then used to provide students with feedback about their behavioral tendencies in the areas of following directions, verbal aggression, oppositional defiance, property destruction, and leaving designated areas.  
• Academic and behavioral assessments
• Behavioral Modification through extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, both group and individual

Additional Services

• Speech and Language Pathologist - Aldar Academy contracts with a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPA). Our contracted SLP conducts all assessments and creates a functional academic speech goals designed to assist each student to successfully access the academic curriculum. Instructional goals developed through the IEP process traditionally address: articulation, expressive/receptive language, voice, fluency, pragmatic language and pre-academic/functional communication skills. E
• Home visits and family intervention
• American Sign Language classes for families
• Student staffings

Mental Health

Aldar Academy Mental Health Services (through group and/or individual therapy) focus on recognizing and setting appropriate boundaries, self-esteem building, appropriate conflict resolution and self-advocacy skills, and acknowledgement of student success. 
Resources:

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

Training for:

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

Testing: 

• Assessment
• Group Services
• Individual Services