Students with Special Needs

Did you know that the population of students at Olive is incredibly diverse? Not only do children at Olive speak more than ten different languages, and represent nearly a dozen ethnicities, many of our students have special needs.  It is the mission of the Olive Staff to work with each individual child, taking into account each learning style, language fluency, background and need.  Here in the USA, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological.

As we all seek to better understand the people around us, the following websites might be useful for you.

What is Autism?

Helping Children with Autism

Allergies and Asthma at School

Attention Deficit Disorder: A definition and fact sheet

Attention Deficit Disorder- Pediatric information

Learning Disabilities Juvenile Diabetes

What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

Excellent set of articles on Conduct Disorders

National Association of Gifted Children

Tourette Syndrome