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Download the Special Needs Profile (2023 Special Needs- Egypt, Cairo) for this school to learn more about their capability to support students with exceptionalities.

Infographic for the special needs at the assisted school in Cairo, Egypt at Cairo American College. In general the school can support students with learning needs that are MILD or MODERATE. The school is able and willing to accommodate students in the following categories: hearing impaired,  physically or orthopedically impaired, visually impaired, other health impairment, speech and language impaired. The school has a self-contained classroom. Special Needs Support Services include: teacher accommodations, teacher accommodations learning support teacher, learning support teacher, co-teaching and team teaching in the classroom, academic support class secondary school, support for special needs preschoolers, use of IEP or ILP. O hours for push in or pull out. Special needs support staff include: 1 nurse, 4 learning support teachers, 3 Guidance counselors. The following services are available in English at post: psychoeducational assessment, speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, Behavior and/or Autism Specialist, Social Skills Group/Social Skills Training, US Credentialed Reading Specialist, Math specialist, reading remediation, reading programs for dyslexia (ortho gillingham).

Cairo American College (CAC) is an independent coeducational day school, which offers an educational program from prekindergarten through grade 12 for students of all nationalities. The school was founded in 1945. The school year runs from the third week of August to mid-June.

This is intended to provide general information. Prospective users of the schools may wish to inquire further of A/OPR/OS or contact the school directly for more specific and up-to-the-minute information. Information and statistics are current as of September 2022 and provided by the school.

NOTE: School situations can change quickly, particularly as schools face cutbacks to learning support programs due to the pandemic, unrest, and economic uncertainty. For the most current information, work with the REO and school. Information in this document was collected by the Department of State’s Office of Overseas Schools directly from the school in fall 2022 and shows the availability of services rather than an assessment of the quality of the services. The profile is intended as a jumping off point for a conversation with the REO and school to understand the best fit for your child. Definitions may vary school to school.

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