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Name of Site:
William S. Baer School
Contact Persons:
Patrick Crouse, Principal
Mrs. Roxanne Lee-McLaughlin, Physical Therapist
Address:
2001 N. Warwick Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Phone:
(410) 396-0833
Fax:
(410) 396-0853
Email:
pcrouse@bcps.k12.md.us
Web Site:
http://www.thebaerschool.com
Designation Date as MOVE Model Site:
April 26, 2001
MOVE Site Trainers:
Roxanne Lee-McLaughlin, Physical Therapist
Laura Savadow, Special Education Teacher
Description of Site:
The William S. Baer School is a Baltimore City Public School System school. The program provides education and therapeutic services for 170 students aged 3-21 with severe multiple disabilities and health impairments and 63 non-disabled students, ages 3-5 in a reverse inclusion model program. The four cornerstones of the Baer School program are: academic (Open Court series) and functional (adapted daily living skills) programming, therapeutic feeding, communication and mobility. The Baer School and the MOVE Program have been intertwined for the past 10 years. A multi-disciplinary model approach is utilized throughout the school to deliver services to the children.
Number of students:
170
Age range:
3-21 years
Number of classrooms:
22
Student/staff ratio:
Baer School classes are staffed with one special education teacher and one paraprofessional for each seven students. There is a total of 20 physical, occupational and speech therapists who work with the children.
Other notes of interest:
The Baer School has its own private Partnership Board which supports the MOVE Program at the school. The school's instructional program includes: a therapeutic aquatics program, a performance-based multi-media program and a full-day pre-school and kindergarten experience. Students move freely in an outdoor courtyard designed for independent mobility in their MOVE equipment. A Boundless Playground and Therapy Park are planned to open in 2002.
Directions:
Take 83 to North Avenue and proceed West 2 miles, to Warwick Avenue. Turn right and go up the hill until you see Baer School on the right hand side of the street. A parking lot is provided just beyond the school.
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