STEP Center

STEP CENTER

Successful Techniques for Educational Progress

The STEP Center provides services for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, slow processing skills, dysgraphia, and auditory or visual processing difficulties. These students must be of average cognitive ability and be able to work independently in a small group setting. Students and parents must be aware of the goal to enter the mainstream classroom when sufficient progress is attained.

STEP is an academic center: following the goals and objectives of the regular classroom. The content of the subject area is not weakened. Vocabulary and expectations remain the same. Methodology and assessment tools may change, but not the curriculum. The pace of the class may be slower at times to accommodate for the learning styles of particular students. STEP is a structured, learning environment, providing services to students who can do grade level work, but may struggle to keep the pace because of specific learning needs.

All applications will be screened by the Director of the STEP Center and a child study team. Qualifying students must follow the regular admissions policy of GCA before acceptance is granted. All students in Language Therapy and the Resource programs must have a current educational evaluation.

Contact the STEP Director at ggwilliams@gcgators.org.

STEP…a service, not a place children are sent.