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PCS Support Services
In addition to our academic, clinical, and social emotional learning program, Park Century provides other in-house support services for our students and families. We are also happy to field questions and offer advice to outside community members who have questions about testing, LD services, testing accommodations, referrals, etc.
PCS Sibs Group
Because we understand that being a sibling of an LD child can have a tremendous impact on the role and self-esteem of even the most successful and well-adjusted child in a family, Park Century offers Sibs Groups to provide an opportunity for brothers and sisters of PCS students to discover more about learning differences and our school program. In a supportive environment surrounded by fellow siblings of students with learning differences, children participate in a program that aims to foster empathy and understanding for what it feels like to struggle in school.
Siblings are grouped by age in two sessions: ages 6-9 and ages 10-14. Depending on the age of the group, Sibs Groups provide education through informal discussions, short videos, and simulated exercises. Siblings can participate to any extent they feel comfortable!
Executive Functioning
Executive functions are a set of mental processes that help us to connect our past experiences with our present actions and affect our ability to get things done. We use executive functions in our everyday lives to plan, organize, manage time and space, pay attention, strategize, remember details, and keep motivated. According to the Learning Disabilities Association of America, “Although not a learning disability, different patterns of weakness in executive functioning are almost always seen in the learning profiles of individuals who have specific learning disabilities or ADHD.”
At Park Century School, instructors at all levels are mindful that students with learning disabilities need direct instruction in executive functioning to incorporate them into their daily toolbox. PCS teachers and students have access to a trained staff member who can provide lessons to the class on executive functioning awareness and also work one-to-one with some students, as available, upon recommendation through our academic deans. Executive functioning tools may include: daily work logs, checklists for organization, time management and materials, scaffolding for writing assignments, one-to-one conferencing for writing assignments, timing of tasks, breaking down long-term assignments, using visual symbols to learn vocabulary, story-mapping novels and texts, and goal-setting, to name a few.