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2023 Special Needs Bolivia, La Paz

March 31, 2023

Infographic on special needs education in La Paz Bolivia at the assisted school ACS Calvert American Cooperative School. In general, the school can support students whose learning support needs are MILD MODERATE. See REO about services in the community. The school is able and willing to accommodate students within the following categories: hearing impaired-yes physically and orthopedically impaired- no visually impaired-no autistic- yes specifically learning disabled-yes intellectually disabled- no behaviorally/emotionally disturbed- no multiple disabilities-no other health impairment- yes speech or language impaired- no traumatic brain injury- no Special needs support services include: teacher accommodations-no teacher accommodations learning support teacher- no learning support teacher- yes co-teaching/team teaching in the classroom-no academic support class secondary school- no support special needs preschoolers-no use of IEP and ILP-yes The school has a self-contained classroom for ELEMENTARY. Maximum hours per week per student for push in See REO for pull out See REO. Special needs support staff in the school include: Nurse-1 Psychologist-1 Social Worker-0 Special Needs Coordinator-1 Learning Support Teacher-3 Guidance Counselor-2 Services are available in English at post for the following: psychoeducational assessment- yes speech therapy-yes occupational therapy- yes physical therapy-yes behavior and/or autism specialist (ABA/Behavior Plan/Interventions)-yes social skills group/social skills training-yes US credentialed reading specialist-yes reading remediation-yes reading programs for Dyslexia (Ortho Gillingham etc.)-yes math specialist-yes The school can provide the following: 1:1 classroom aide- no special transportation- no transportation paraprofessional- no

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