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Carl Cozier Elementary School's Special Programs include:
Elementary Support Specialist | Occupational Therapist | Reading Support |
Nurse | English as a Second Language
Elementary Support Specialist
The Elementary Support Specialist (ESS) serves all students in the school in
a variety of settings, from whole class, to small groups or individual consultations.
A few students are referred to community resources to meet their needs. There are times when the ESS does handle immediate and urgent needs
of students.
The ESS works with students and their families as requested to overcome barriers to the students’ school success. The ESS works directly with students and families as a support for developmental and social-emotional issues. The ESS can facilitate planning and referral to appropriate community agencies for families needing the support of those agencies.
Carl Cozier’s Elementary Support Specialist is M. Jane Moudry.
Jane is a Certified School Social Worker. Jane works in classrooms, with
groups and individual students. She is also a compassionate problem solver
when parents and caregivers need that extra listening ear or another idea
to raise their child to be the best they can be. She may be reached by calling 676-6470,
x5860.
Occupational Therapy is skilled treatment that helps students achieve independence. OT services may include:
- promoting oral-motor development and eating skills
- improving ability to interact with the environment
- preventing deformities
- promoting age-appropriate mobility and motor skills
- facilitating developmental skills and play behaviors
- educating parents and caregivers about development, play or physical handling of the child
- addressing fine motor skills (handwriting, computer use) and gross motor skills for increased success
- customized treatment programs aimed at improving abilities to carry out activities of daily living/school
- recommendations and training in the use of adaptive equipment to replace lost function
Carl Cozier offers extra reading support to students in grades 1-5 in small group or individual settings through several programs.
Nurse
The School Nurse is a registered nurse with a baccalaureate degree from
an accredited college or university, who has expertise in pediatric, public
health and mental health nursing with strong health promotion, assessment
and referral skills.
The primary role of the School Nurse is to support student learning. The nurse accomplishes this by advocating for children's health and safety within the educational setting and implementing strategies that promote student health and safety. She can be reached at 676-640 ext. 5870.
- Illness, injury assessments and interventions
- Identification, assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of student health concerns
- Health assessments/participation in Individualized Education Plan development
- Pediatric nursing procedures: ventilators, gastrostomy feedings, tracheostomy care, catheterization
- Screening for health factors impacting student education
- Activities and education to promoter health and prevent teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, tobacco use and alcohol and substance abuse
- Chronic disease management and education
- Individualized Nursing Care Plans and services for students with disabilities and/or health conditions that interfere with learning
- Medication administration
- Assessment and interventions for students with mental health needs
- Crisis team participation
- Health curriculum recommendations
- Guidelines for school district health policies, goals and objectives
- School/community/health care provider liaison
ELL (English Language Learners)
English Language Learner services are provided to children who are
from a linguistic background influenced by a language other than English.
We currently have 16 students with a wide range of different languages
that include Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, Punjabi and Spanish. Some of
our students come to us with no English while others have strong verbal
English skills. Our goal is to build vocabulary and teach concepts, skills
and topics. The curriculum is different for the different levels, but
we believe that language is more quickly accessed through reading; therefore,
reading is always introduced right away even to the students with very
little English. Children either learning English for the first time or
those working on becoming more academically proficient benefit from a
private half-hour daily, which we provide at Carl Cozier. The atmostphere
allows them to take risks and have the one-on-one help that encourages
language development. Our ELL Specialist is Lynn Skerry. She can be reached
at 676-6470 ext. 5868.