The Child Study Team is a multidisciplinary educational team that is responsible to locate, identify, evaluate, determine eligibility, and develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for students with educational disabilities. As a team, we service students attending both the Elementary School and Middle School.

The Child Study Team (CST) consists of a Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC), a School Social Worker, and School Psychologist. The role of the LDT-C is to assess a student's academic levels, learning strengths and needs, and help develop instructional strategies. Our School Social Worker investigates a student's developmental history and home environment and acts as a liaison between the school, home and community as well as providing counseling to students. The School Psychologist determines a student's intellectual and social/emotional functioning and provides counseling and other interventions. Other specialists such as speech language specialists,
physical therapists, occupational therapists, and school nurses may be called upon to provide input.

Information about the Special Education process in the State of New Jersey can be found at this website: http://www.state.nj.us/njded/parights/prise.pdf

Additional information regarding the special education code (N.J.A.C. 6A-14) may be found at New Jersey Department of Education website: http://www.state.nj.us/education/

Child Find

If you suspect your child may be displaying a delay or having difficulty in any one of the following areas:
1. academic difficulties
2. speech and language
3. social/emotional development
4. gross/fine motor skills

The district provides a range of special education and related services to assist with these difficulties and meet the varying needs of our students. To be eligible to receive Special Education and Related Services a child must qualify based on a Child Study Team evaluation.

Please contact the Child Study Team if your child is experiencing any of the above difficulties.