Our Program

At The Skill Building Center, our curriculum focuses on language, reading and social skills, incorporating a variety of cutting-edge, research-based methods from experts in many fields.

These include Mel Levine's child self-awareness philosophy; Beth Slingerland's language enrichment program; and Michelle Winners' social/cognitive program that helps children develop insight into another person's mind.

We place a strong emphasis on phonemic awareness and literary skills, and we have developed our own multi-sensory reading program based on the Orton-Gillingham method, memory strategies, visual imaging, and song. In addition, special computer programs teach our students to type as they learn to read; others enhance brain function and improve language.

In mathematics, we use a systematic program designed by Sarah Morgan Major that teaches math to children with all learning styles. It develops thinking skills, pattern recognition, learning strategies and abstract thought.

Social skills are integrated into all aspects of the curriculum, including Parsha, and children learn to apply what they learn in all situations, and to break down life into understandable pieces.

In addition to therapists provided by our school district, The Skill Building Center employs consulting therapists who work side-by-side with teachers, who in turn integrate a sensory program into the classroom routine. Our individualized academic, language and social goals are driven by professional evaluations, grade expectations and parental input.