General Enrollment Steps:
- Call or email to check for space availability or go right to step 2 below.
- Mail in a completed copy of the Registration Forms and Schedule worksheet found below, along with any current relevant reports and communication IEP goals. Note: It is also possible to use the upper right hand edit "pencil" icon tool on the pdf document to fill in forms, save and return via email attachment!!!!
- Expect to be contacted without delay to discuss a 'Meet & Greet' appointment* to help determine a group match/placement for your
child. The fee for this informal intake evaluation is $90 and unless a group match is found within 8 weeks, guarantees that your child's name will be kept on our wait list while a group is actively sought for one year.
Note: In the event a group match is not immediately available for your student, individual sessions are strongly encouraged. A great deal can be addressed (and in many cases addressed more appropriately) during one on one time. Please do not assume that "social" can only be taught in a group, especially beyond grade one.
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How therapy groups are organized:
- During the school year, social groups will begin in mid September and run through mid June. Summer program runs late June through mid August.
- Social Groups are carefully
arranged according to student match regarding social, cognitive and behavioral ability and fill up quickly. Size is limited to 2-4 students. These after school sessions are 60 minutes in length. The first 45 minutes are for direct
instruction with students and the final 10-15 minutes are spent in parent/caregiver
consult. Carry-over assignments and activities are offered during the parents' time and are an important link to improving social competence in every day situations.
- 24 hour notice is appreciated if your child will be missing a session.
- Families will be allowed 1 absence per semester for any reason; beyond this, charges will apply to missed sessions.
- Make-up sessions are available on a limited basis - please check with your therapist.
- Continuing students do not need to repeat an intake assessment.
- Individual sessions for speech/language therapy are scheduled on a
month by month basis, usually
once per week for 60 minutes.
Thank you for
understanding that scheduling well-matched groups across family
schedules and cities is extremely challenging. The integrity of each
group is dependent on information provided about day and time
availability prior to participation in group and then each
student's presence for the others throughout a semester once a group
has begun.
Drop outs for seasonal sports or other commitments
result in an unsatisfactory experience for all the participants.
Families are expected to make every effort to attend all semester
sessions. This is particularly true for those seen in small groups of
two students!
Again ~ thank you in advance for consideration of these
factors.
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Fees:
- For a detailed description of our therapeutic and diagnostic rates, please email info@socialstrides.com.
- Families are invoiced during the first week of the month for the preceding month's therapy sessions. Beyond the two absences allowed for any reason per year (fall-spring), all scheduled sessions will be invoiced. Balances remaining overdue in excess of six weeks are subject to a late fee of 10% of the total balance per each month that it is left outstanding.
- Parents and agencies wishing to contract for consultative and/or collaborative work in the areas of occupational therapy, behavioral intervention or other related services will be given referrals and the fee schedule of the individual provider(s). Social Strides does contract with school districts and will work collaboratively with ABA agencies to develop and monitor social and language programming implemented by behavioral teams.
- Workshop fees for regular education classmates are determined on a case by case basis and depend on the number of students/classes to be included and the overall number of visits arranged to the school site.
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