School Psychologist, Learning Disabilities Teacher/Consultant, School Social Worker, Speech/Language Specialist:
Nicole Gleen (Sch. Psy.), Erika Zucconi (SSW), Colleen Bachmann (S/LS)
SCHOOL:
Weehawken High School- Child Study Team Services
CLASS:
Grades 5 through 12
SCHOOL PHONE:
201-422-6134
WHAT IS A CHILD STUDY TEAM?
The CHILD STUDY TEAM is a multidisciplinary group of individuals, a Learning
Disabilities Teacher-Consultant, School Psychologist, School Social Worker,
and Speech/Language Specialist. Their purpose is to screen and identify
children between the ages of three and twenty-one years of age for
educational disabilities, and who are eligible for special education and/or
related services.
The CHILD STUDY TEAM confers with educational staff and parents/guardians,
and collaboratively suggests interventions, reviews assessment data and
develops Individualized Educational Plans (IEP's).
Frequently, the Child Study Team also serves on committees such as
Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS), and "504".
CHILD STUDY TEAM/WEEHAWKEN HIGH SCHOOL
Robert Ferullo, Supervisor of Special Education, heads the Child Study
Team for the Weehawken Public School district.
Housed at Weehawken High School is:
One full-time School Psychologist (Ms. Nicole Osher),
One School Social Worker (Ms. Erika Zucconi)
One Speech/Language Specialist(Ms. Colleen Bachmann).
This team services the fifth through twelfth grade students
at Weehawken High School and Theodore Roosevelt School, during school hours
throughout the school year.
Ms. Nicole (Gleen) Osher, a certified School Psychologist, has four years
experience working with students in the seventh through twelfth grade, at
Weehawken High School. She completed her Masters degree at Fairleigh
Dickinson University. Currently she is pursuing a Doctor of Psychology
degree at Rutgers University.
Ms. Osher evaluates students individually, with cognitive and emotional
measures, and with the Child Study Team and IEP team, helps to identify
those students in need of Special Education and/or related services.
Ms. Osher manages individual cases and counsels students who require both
individual and group counseling.
With the Child Study Team and the IEP team, she helps to identify those
students in need of Special Education and/or related services.
To educate each child in the Least Restrictive Environment. This means to
keep children in the mainstream classes to the best of their ability. It is
the feeling of the Child Study Team that each child, classified or not has
weaknesses and STRENGTHS. Our job is to provide the best possible education
so each individual child can learn to cultivate their strengths and develop
strategies for their weaknesses.
